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PRINCETON,   N.  J. 

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SAMUEL    AGNE^V, 

OF     PHILADELPHIA,    PA. 

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HARMONY 

OF 

THE  KINGS  AND  PROPHETS; 


AN    ARRANGEMENT    OF    THE    HISTORY    CONTAINED   IN   THE   BOOKS   OF 

KINGS    AND     CHRONICLES,    TOGETHER    WITH  THE    WRITINGS    OF 

THE     PROPHETS    INTRODUCED    IN    CHRONOLOGICAL     ORDER 

AS   THEY    WERE    DELIVERED,  COMMENCING   WITH   THE 

REVOLT   OF   THE   TEN   TRIBES,   AND   CLOSING   WITH 

THE  PROPHECY  OF   MALACHI. 


By  STEPHEIN  MERRILL, 

Pastor  of  the  1st  Congregational  Church  in  Kittery^  Maine. 


REVISED   BY   THE   PUBLISHING    COMMITTEE. 


BOSTON: 

MASSACHUSETTS  SABBATH  SCHOOL  SOCIETY. 

Depository,  No.  24,  Cornliill. 

1832. 


Entered  according  to  act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1832, 

By  Christopher  C.  Dean, 
in  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  Massachusetts. 


PREFACE 


The  object  of  this  Compilation  of  the  Holy  Scriptures,  is 
to  present  a  connected  view  of  the  Kings  and  the  Prophets 
with  reference  to  order  of  time  which  each  occupied.  Every 
attentive  reader  must  have  noticed  that  this  order  is  very  little 
regarded,  either  in  the  historical  or  prophetical  part  of  this 
portion  of  the  sacred  volume.  We  are  carried  forward  several 
years,  and  then,  without  any  distinctly  marked  notice,  we  are 
brought  back  to  the  same  period.  This  occasions  incon- 
venience to  the  reader,  and  not  unfrequently  obscurity. 

For  persons  in  ordinary  life  to  arrange,  correctly,  the  chro- 
nology of  these  books,  is  more  than  we  have  a  right  to  expect. 
Yet  such  arrangement  not  unfrequently  gives  peculiar  force 
and  beauty  to  the  Scriptures.  Take  Hosea,  xi.  8,  for  example. 
"How  shall  I  give  thee  up,  Ephraira?  How  shall  I  deliver 
thee,  Israel  ?  How  shall  I  make  thee  as  Admah  ?  How  shall 
I  set  thee  as  Zeboim  ?  My  heart  is  turned  within  me,  my 
repentings  are  kindled  together."  The  knowledge  of  the 
chronology  of  this  inimitably  pathetic  address  to  the  kingdom 
of  Israel,  makes  it  but  five  years  before  the  utter  extinction 
of  that  kingdom ;  and  thus  presents  to  our  view  a  scene,  in 
which  the  great  Jehovah  is  the  actor,  resembling  that  of  the 
most  affectionate  parent  pursuing  his  son  in  a  last  effort  ta 
save  him  from  self-destruction. 


iv  PREFACE.  , 

However  much  men  were  disposed  to  study  the  Scriptures, 
most  of  the  Bibles  in  the  community  have  no  chronology 
noted,  and  they  have  no  means  by  which  correctly  to  ascer- 
tain it ;  and  others  who  have  the  chronology,  either  have  not 
found  leisure  or  inclination  to  search  it  out. 

The  sacred  text  will  be  kept  as  distinct  and  as  free  as  pos- 
sible from  original  composition ;  adding  nothing,  except  occa- 
sionally as  a  connecting  link  between  passages  which  could 
not  be  gained  harmoniously  without ;  and  sometimes  a  short 
explanatory ,  note  or  parenthesis. 

That  this  book  may  assist  in  the  study  and  in  the  under- 
standing of  the  Holy  Scriptures,  is  the  prayer  of  the  au- 
thor. 

S.  Merrill. 


HARMONY,    i&c. 


The  promise  of  a  Saviour  which  God  made  to  our  first  parents, 
was  solemnly  ratified  in  a  covenant  with  Abraham,  and  confirmed  to 
the  sceptre  of  David.     To  him  God  said, 

2  SAMUEL,  VII.  B.   C.   1042. 

12  I  will  set  up  thy  seed  after  thee,  which  shall  proceed  out  of  thy. 
bowels,  and  I  will  establish  his  kingdom. 

13  He  shall  build  an  house  for  my  name,  and  I  will  estabUsh  the 
throne  of  his  kingdom  for  ever. 

14  I  will  be  his  father,  and  he  shall  be  my  son  :  if  he  commit  ini- 
quity, I  will  chasten  him  with  the  rod  of  men,  and  with  the  stripes  of 
the  children  of  men : 

15  But  my  mercy  shall  not  depart  away  from  him,  as  I  took  it 
from  Saul,  wbom  I  put  away  before  thee. 

16  And  thine  house  and  thy  kingdom  shall  be  established  for  ever 
before  thee  :  thy  throne  shall  be  established  for  ever. 

1    KI.NG3,    II.  B.    C.    1014. 

10  So  David  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was  buried  in  the  city  of 
David. 

11  And  the  days  that  David  reigned  over  Israel  were  forty  years  : 
seven  years  reigned  he  in  Hebron,  and  thirty  and  three  years  reigned 
he  in  Jerusalem. 

1    CHRONICLES,    XXIX. 

23  Then  Solomon  sat  on  the  throne  of  the  Lord  as  king  instead 
of  David  his  father,  and  prospered  ;  and  all  Israel  obeyed  him. 

24  And  all  the  princes,  and  the  mighty  men,  and  all  the  sons  like- 
wise of  king  David,  submitted  themselves  unto  Solomon  the  king. 

25  And  the  Lord  magnified  Solomon  exceedingly  in  the  sight  of 
all  Israel,  and  bestowed  upon  him  such  royal  majesty,  as  had  not  been 
on  any  king  before  him  in  Israel. 

1 


10  Solomon. 


:i   CHRONICLES,    I. 

6  And  Solomon  went  up  thither  to  the  brazen  altar  before  the 
Lord,  which  was  at  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  and  offered 
a  thousand  burnt-offerings  upon  it. 

7  IT  In  that  night  did  God  appear  unto  Solomon,  and  said  unto  him. 
Ask  what  I  shall  give  thee. 

8  And  Solomon  said  unto  God,  Thou  hast  showed  great  mercy  unto 
David  my  father,  and  hast  made  me  to  reign  in  his  stead, 

9  Now,  O  Lord  God,  let  thy  promise  unto  David  my  father  be 
established  :  for  thou  hast  made  me  king  over  a  people  like  the  dust 
of  the  earth  in  multitude. 

10  Give  me  now  wisdom  and  knowledge,  that  I  may  go  out  and 
come  in  before  this  people:  for  who  can  judge  this  thy  people  that  is 
so  great? 

11  And  God  said  to  Solomon,  Because  this  was  in  thine  heart,  and 
thou  hast  not  asked  riches,  wealth,  or  honor,  nor  the  life  of  thine 
enemies,  neither  yet  hast  asked  long  life ;  but  hast  asked  wisdom  and 
knowledge  for  thyself,  that  thou  mayest  judge  my  people,  over 
whom  I  have  made  thee  king  ; 

12  Wisdom  and  knowledge  is  granted  unto  thee  ;  and  I  will  give 
thee  riches,  and  wealth,  and  honor,  such  as  none  of  the  kings  have 
had  that  have  been  before  thee,  neither  shall  there  any  after  thee 
have  the  like. 

B.  C.  *992.  ]  KINGS,  IX. 

God^s  covenant  in  a  vision  with  Solomon.      The  mutual  presents 
of  Solomon  and  Hiram.     Solomoii^s  yearly  sacrifices. 

1  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Solomon  had  finished  the  building  of 
the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  the  king's  house,  and  all  Solomon's  de- 
sire which  he  was  pleased  to  do, 

2  That  the  Lord  appeared  to  Solomon  the  second  time,  as  he  had 
appeared  unto  him  at  Gibeon. 

3  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him,  I  have  heard  thy  prayer  and  thy 
supplication  that  thou  hast  made  before  me:  I  have  hallowed  this 
house  which  thou  hast  built,  to  put  my  name  there  for  ever  ;  and 
mine  eyes  and  mine  heart  shall  be  there  perpetually. 

4  And  if  thou  wilt  walk  before  me,  as  David  thy  father  walked,  in 
integrity  of  heart,  and  in  uprightness,  to  do  according  to  all  that  I 
have  commanded  thee,  and  v.'i]t  keep  my  statutes  and  mj'^  judg- 
ments; 

5  Then  1  will  establish  the  throne  of  thy  kingdom  upon  Israel  for 
ever,  as  I  promised  to  David  thy  father,  saying.  There  shall  not  fail 
thee  a  man  upon  the  throne  of  Israel. 

6  But  if  ye  shall  at  all  turn  from  following  me,  you,  or  your 
children,  and  will  not  keep  my  commandments,  and  my  statutes, 
which  I  have  set  before  you,  but  go  and  serve  other  gods,  and  wor- 
ship them  ; 

*  Mr.  Townsend  has  dated  this  portion  B.  C.  100],  which  is  three  years  only  after 
the  dedication;  the  date  of  which,  in  iiis  hook  and  mind,  ai^reo.  But  Solomon  was 
thirteen  years  building  his  own  house.  Reckoning  the  first  and  the  last  of  these, 
after  the  manner  of  the  Hebrews,  the  date  will  agree  with  the  above.  I  must  con- 
clude, therefore,  that  Townsend's  date  is  erroneous. 


Solomon.  1 1 

7  Then  will  I  cut  off  Israel  out  of  the  land  which  I  have  given 
them:  and  this  house,  which  I  have  hallowed  for  my  name,  will  I 
cast  out  of  my  sight;  and  Israel  shall  be  a  proverb  and  a  by-word 
among  all  people  : 

8  And  at  this  house,  which  is  high,  every  one  that  passeth  by  it 
shall  be  astonished,  and  shall  hiss ;  and  they  shall  say.  Why  hath  the 
Lord  done  thus  unto  this  land,  and  to  this  house  ? 

9  And  they  shall  answer.  Because  they  forsook  the  Lord  their 
God,  who  brought  forth  their  fathers  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  and 
have  taken  hold  upon  other  gods,  and  have  worshipped  them,  and 
served  them :  therefore  hath  the  Lord  brought  upon  them  all  this 
evil. 

1  KINGS,  XI.  B.  C.  990  to  982. 

Soloinon's  wives  and  concubines,  in  his  old  age,  draw  him  to  idola- 
try.    God  threateneth  him.     His  death. 

1  But  king  Solomon  loved  many  strange  women,  together  with  the 
daughter  of  Pharaoh,  women  of  the  Moabites,  Ammonites,  Edomites, 
Zidonians,  and  Hittites ; 

2  Of  the  nations  concerning  which  the  Lord  said  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  Ye  shall  not  go  in  to  them,  neither  shall  they  come  in 
unto  you  :  for  surely  they  will  turn  away  your  heart  after  their  gods  : 
Solomon  clave  unto  these  in  love. 

3  And  he  had  seven  hundred  wives,  princesses,  and  three  hundred 
concubines:  and  his  wives  turned  away  his  heart. 

4  For  it  came  to  pass,  when  Solomon  was  old,  that  his  wives  turn- 
ed away  his  heart  after  other  gods :  and  his  heart  was  not  perfect 
with  the  Lord  his  God,  as  was  the  heart  of  David  his  father. 

5  For  Solomon  went  after  Ashtoreth  the  goddess  of  the  Zidonians, 
and  after  Milcom  the  abomination  of  the  Ammonites. 

6  And  Solomon  did  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  and  went  not 
fully  after  the  Lord,  as  did  David  his  father. 

7  Then  did  Solomon  build  an  high  place  for  Chemosh,  the  abom- 
ination of  Moab,  in  the  hill  that  is  i3efore  Jerusalem,  and  for  Molech, 
the  abomination  of  the  children  of  Ammon. 

8  And  likewise  did  he  for  all  his  strange  wives,  which  burnt  in- 
cense and  sacrificed  unto  their  gods. 

9  IT  And  the  Lord  was  angry  with  Solomon,  because  his  heart  was 
turned  from  the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  which  had  appeared  unto  him 
twice, 

10  And  had  commanded  him  concerning  this  thing,  that  he  should 
not  go  after  other  gods  :  but  he  kept  not  that  which  the  Lord  com- 
manded. 

11  Wherefore  the  Lord  said  unto  Solomon,  Forasmuch  as  this  is 
done  of  thee,  and  thou  hast  not  kept  my  covenant  and  my  statutes, 
which  I  have  commanded  thee,  I  will  surely  rend  the  kingdom  from 
thee,  and  will  give  it  to  thy  servant. 

12  Notwithstanding,  in  thy  days  I  will  not  do  it  for  David  thy 
father's  sake  :  but  I  will  rend  it  out  of  the  hand  of  thy  son. 

13  Howbeit  I  will  not  rend  away  all  the  kingdom;  but  will  give 
one  tribe  to  thy  son  for  David  my  servant's  sake,  and  for  Jerusalem's 
sake  which  I  have  chosen. 


12  Ahijah.     ReKohoam. 

The  same  predictions  were  made  to  Jeroboam  the  ruler  of  the 
tribe  of  Ephraim,  by  the  prophet  Ahijah;  to  which  the  foUoivirig 
additions  ivere  made  : 

B.  C.  979.  ]   KK\GS,  XI. 

37  And  I  will  take  thee,  and  thou  shalt  reign  according  to  all  that 
thy  soul  desireth,  and  shalt  be  king  over  Israel. 

3S  And  it  shall  be,  if  thou  wilt  hearken  unto  all  that  I  command 
thee,  and  wilt  walk  in  my  ways,  and  do  that  is  right  in  my  sight,  to 
keep  my  statutes  and  my  commandments,  as  David  my  servant  did, 
that  I  will  be  with  thee,  and  build  thee  a  sure  house,  as  1  built  for 
David,  and  will  give  Israel  unto  thee. 

39  And  I  will  for  this  afflict  the  seed  of  David,  but  not  for  ever. 

42  And  the  time  that  Solomon  reigned  in  Jerusalem, over  all  Israel, 
loas  forty  years. 

43  And  Solomon  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was  buried  in  the  city 
of  David  his  father  :  and  Rehoboam  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

1    KIXGS,  XII. 

Rehoboam  refusing  the  old  men's  counsel,  ten  tribes  revolt. 

1  And  Rehoboam  went  to  Shechem  :  for  all  Israel  were  come  to 
Shecliem  to  make  him  king. 

2  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jeroboam,  the  son  of  Nebat,  who  was 
yet  in  Egypt,  heard  of  it,  (for  he  was  fled  from  the  presence  of  king 
Solomon,  and  Jeroboam  dwelt  in  Egypt,) 

3  That  they  sent  and  called  him  :  and  Jeroboam  and  all  the  con- 
gregation of  Israel  came,  and  spake  unto  Rehoboam,  saying, 

4  Thy  father  made  our  yoke  grievous  :  now,  theiefore,  make  thou 
the  grievous  service  of  thy  father,  and  his  heavy  yoke  which  he  put 
upon  us,  lighter,  and  we  will  serve  thee. 

5  And  he  said  unto  them.  Depart  yet  for  three  days,  then  come 
again  to  me.     And  the  people  departed. 

6  !!  And  king  Rehoboam  consulted  with  the  old  men  that  stood  be- 
fore Solomon  his  father,  while  he  yet  lived,  and  said.  How  do  ye 
advise  r  that  I  may  answer  this  people. 

7  And  they  spake  unto  him,  saying,  If  thou  wilt  be  a  servant  unto 
this  people  this  day,  and  wilt  serve  them,  and  answer  them,  and 
speak  good  words  to  thein,  then  they  will  be  thy  servants  for  ever. 

8  But  he  forsook  the  counsel  of  the  old  men,  which  they  had  given 
him,  and  consulted  with  the  young  men  that  were  grown  up  with 
him,  and  which  stood  before  him  > 

9  And  he  said  unto  them,  AVhat  counsel  give  ye  i  that  we  may 
answer  this  people  who  have  spoken  to  me,  saying,  Make  the  yoke 
which  thy  father  did  put  upon  us  lighter. 

10  And  the  young  men  that  were  grown  up  with  him  spake  unto 
him,  saying.  Thus  shalt  thou  speak  unto  this  people  that  spake  unto 
thee,  saying,  Thy  father  made  our  yoke  heavy,  but  make  thou  it 
lighter  unto  us  ;  thus  shalt  thou  say  unto  them.  My  little  firiger  sh&W 
be  thicker  than  my  father's  loins. 

11  And  now,  whereas  my  father  did  lade  you  with  a  heavy  yoke^ 


Rehohoam.  ■  Jeroboam.     Ahijah.  13 

I  will  add  to  your  yoke  :  my  father  hath  chastised  j'^ou  with  whips, 
but  I  will  chastise  you  with  scorpions. 

12  II  So  Jeroboam  and  all  the  people  came  to  Rehoboam  the  third 
day,  as  the  king  had  appointed,  saying,  Come  to  me  again  the  third 
day. 

13  And  the  king  answered  the  people  roughly,  and  forsook  the  old 
men's  counsel  that  they  gave  him ; 

14  And  spake  to  them  after  the  counsel  of  the  young  men,  saying. 
My  father  made  your  yoke  heavy,  and  I  will  add  to  your  yoke  :  my 
father  also  chastised  you  with  whips,  but  I  will  chastise  you  with 
scorpions. 

15  Wherefore  the  king  hearkened  not  unto  the  people  ;  for  the 
cause  was  from  the  Lord,  that  he  might  perform  his  saying,  which 
the  Lord  spake  by  Ahijah  the  Shilonite  unto  Jeroboam  the  son  of 
Nebat. 

16  IF  So  when  all  Israel  saw  that  the  king  hearkened  not  unto 
them,  the  people  answered  the  king,  saying.  What  portion  have  we 
in  David  ?  neither  have  we  inheritance  in  the  son  of  Jesse  :  to  your 
tents,  O  Israel :  now  see  to  thine  own  house,  David,  So  Israel  de- 
parted unto  their  tents. 

17  But  as  for  the  children  of  Israel  which  dwelt  in  the  cities  of 
Judah,  Rehoboam  reigned  over  them. 

18  Then  king  Rehoboam  sent  Adoram,  who  was  over  the  tribute  ; 
and  all  Israel  stoned  him  with  stones,  that  he  died.  Therefore  king 
Rehoboam  made  speed  to  get  him  up  to  his  chariot,  to  flee  to  Jeru- 
salem. 

19  So  Israel  rebelled  against  the  house  of  David  unto  this  day. 

20  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  all  Israel  heard  that  Jeroboam  was 
come  again,  that  they  sent  and  called  him  unto  the  congregation, 
and  made  him  king  over  all  Israel :  there  was  none  that  followed  the 
house  of  David,  but  the  tribe  of  Judah  only. 

21  TI  And  when  Rehoboam  was  come  to  Jerusalem,  he  assembled 
all  the  house  of  Judah,  with  the  tribe  of  Benjamin,  an  hundred  and 
fourscore  thousand  chosen  men,  which  were  warriors,  to  fight  against 
the  house  of  Israel,  to  bring  the  kingdom  again  to  Rehoboam  the  son 
of  Solomon. 

22  But  the  word  of  God  cawie  unto  Shemaiah  the  man  of  God, 
saying, 

23  Speak  unto  Rehoboam,  the  son  of  Solomon,  king  of  Judah,  and 
unto  all  the  house  of  Judah  and  Benjamin,  and  to  the  remnant  of  the 
people,  saying, 

24  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Ye  shall  not  go  up  nor  fight  against  your 
brethren  the  children  of  Israel :  return  every  man  to  his  house  ;  for 
this  thing  is  from  me.  They  hearkened,  therefore,  to  the  word  of 
the  Lord,  and  returned  to  depart,  according  to  the  word  of  the 
Lord. 

25  IT  Then  Jeroboam  built  Shechem  in  mount  Ephraim,  and  dwelt 
therein  ;  and  went  out  from  thence  and  built  Penuel. 

26 
to  the  house  of  David : 

*  We  here  have  one  of  the  most  artful  and  successful  devices  to  corrupt  and  de- 
stroy reHgibn.     Selfishness  lay  at  the  foundation  of  Jerohoam's  conduct.    And 
this,  alas,  in  every  age,  has  been  most  fatally  productive  of  false  religions,  aud  of 
1   * 


14  Rehohoam.     Jerohoam.     Ahijah, 

27  If  this  people  go  up  to  do  sacrifice  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  at 
Jerusalem,  then  shall  the  heart  of  this  people  turn  again  unto  their 
lord,  even  unto  Rehoboam  king  of  Judah,  and  they  shall  kill  me,  and 
go  again  to  Rehoboam  king  of  Judah. 

28  Whereupon  the  king  took  counsel,  and  made  two  calves  o/gold, 
and  said  unto  them.  It  is  too  much  for  you  to  go  up  to  Jerusalem  : 
behold  thy  gods,  O  Israel,  which  brought  thee  up  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt. 

29  And  he  set  the  one  in  Beth-el,  and  the  other  put  he  in  Dan. 

30  And  this  thing  became  a  sin :  for  the  people  went  to  worahip 
before  the  one,  even  unto  Dan. 

Si  And  he  made  an  house  of  high  places,  and  made  priests  of  the 
loweit  of  the  people,  which  were  not  of  the  sons  of  Levi. 

32  And  Jeroboam  ordained  a  feast  in  the  eighth  month,  on  the 
fifteenth  day  of  the  month,  like  unto  the  feast  that  is  in  Judah,  and 
he  offered  upon  the  altar.  So  did  he  in  Beth-el,  sacrificing  unto  the 
calves  that  he  had  made  :  and  he  placed  in^Beth-el  the  priests  of  the 
high  places  which  he  had  made. 

33  So  he  offered  upon  the  altar  which  he  had  made  in  Beth-el  the 
fifteenth  day  of  the  eighth  month,  even  in  the  month  which  he  had 
devised  of  his  own  heart ;  and  ordained  a  feast  unto  the  children  of 
Israel  :  and  he  offered  upon  the  altar,  and  burnt  incense. 

2    CHRO.VICLES,    XI. 

13  IT  And  the  priests  and  the  Levites  that  were  in  all  Israel,  resorted 
to  him  out  of  all  their  coasts, 

14  (For  the  Levites  left  their  suburbs,  and  their  possession,  and 
came  to  Judah  and  Jerusalem  :  for  Jeroboam  and  his  sons  had  cast 
them  off  from  executing  the  priest's  office  unto  the  Lord. 

15  And  he  ordained  him  priests  for  the  high  places,  and  for  the 
devils,  and  for  the  calves  which  he  had  made.) 

16  And  after  them  out  of  all  the  tribes  of  Israel,  such  as  set  their 
hearts  to  seek  the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  came  to  Jerusalem  to  sacrifice 
unto  the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers. 

corruptions  in  tlie  true.  The  fear  of  losing  tlie  government  was  the  selfish  motive. 
The  art  of  liis  conduct  lay  in  addressing  the  ease  and  convenience  of  the  people, 
"  It  is  too  much  for  you  to  go  up  to  Jerusalem  ;"  in  pretending  to  worship  the  same 
gods  which  broughtthem  up  out  of  Egypt;  in  making  the  worship,  in  some  mea- 
sure, resemble  Die  true,  and  in  selecting  from  the  lower  classes  his  priests.  This 
latter  was  calculated  to  secure  the  favor  of  the  populace  by  raising  them,  without 
any  preparation,  to  the  otfices  of  ministers  of  religion.  It  was  also  calculated  to 
prevent  all  instruction  on  the  subject  of  religion,  by  which  the  truth  should  be  per- 
ceived, and  his  errors  detected.  By  this  course.  Jeroboam  has  become  famous  in- 
deed :  for  his  uame  is  mentioned  in  the  subseiiuent  history  something  like  twenty 
times,  as  the  sinner  who  "  made  Israel  to  sin."  From  the  time  Israel  left  Egypt, 
the  nation  had  manifested  a  strong  propensity  to  idolatry.  But  revival  after  re- 
vival of  tlie  worship  of  Jehovah  had  saved  them;  and  under  the  government  of 
pious  David,  they  had  become  a  very  numerous  and  prosperous  people.  But  from 
the  accession  of  Jeroboam  to  the  throne  of  the  ten  tribes,  no  pious  king  reigned, 
and  no  extensive  revival  of  true  religion  was  enjoyed.  God  raised  up  prophets  who 
labored  to  bring  them  back  to  his  worship  and  fear;  and  a  small  remnant  were 
saved  by  their  means.  But  sin,  like  a  consumption,  was  continually  wasting  their 
prosperity  and  their  national  being.  Idolatry,  encouraged  by  their  kings,  prevailed 
against  all  obstacles  presented  by  the  imperfect  knowledge  of  the  Scriptures,  and 
the  faithful  labors  of  the  Lord's  prophets.  And  in  254  years  from  the  setting  up 
of  Jeroboam's  calves,  the  ten  tribes  ceased  for  ever  to  be  a  body  politic. 


Jeroboam.      The  Prophet  loithout  a  name.  15 

17  So  they  strengthened  the  kingdom  of  Jiidah,  and  made  Reho- 
boam  the  son  of  Solomon  strong,  three  years  :  for  three  years  they 
walked  in  the  way  of  David  and  Solomon. 

1  KINGS,  XIII.  B.  C.  974. 

1  And  behold,  there  came  a  man  of  God  out  of  Judah  by  the  word 
of  the  Lord  unto  Beth-el :  and  Jeroboam  stood  by  the  altar  to  burn 
incense. 

2  And  he  cried  against  the  altar  in  the  word  of  the  Lord,  and  said, 
O  altar,  altar,  thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Behold,  a  child  shall  be  born  unto 
the  house  of  David,  Josiah  by  name  ;  and  *upon  thee  shall  he  offer 
the  priests  of  the  high  places  that  burn  incense  upon  thee,  and  men's 
bones  shall  be  burnt  upon  thee. 

3  And  he  gave  a  sign  the  same  day,  saying,  This  is  the  sign  which 
the  Lord  hath  spoken  ;  Behold,  the  altar  shall  be  rent,  and  the  ashes 
that  are  upon  it  shall  be  poured  out. 

4  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  king  Jeroboam  heard  the  saying  of  the 
man  of  God,  which  had  cried  against  the  altar  in  Bethel,  that  he  put 
forth  his  hand  from  the  altar,  saying.  Lay  hold  on  him.  And  hishand, 
which  he  put  forth  against  him,  dried  up,  so  that  he  could  not  pull  it 
in  agairt  to  him. 

5  The  altar  also  was  rent,  and  the  ashes  poured  out  from  the  altar, 
according  to  the  sign  which  the  man  of  God  had  given  by  the  word 
of  the  Lord. 

6  IT  And  the  king  answered  and  said  unto  the  man  of  God,  Entreat 
now  the  face  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  pray  for  me,  that  my  hand 
may  be  restored  me  again.  And  the  man  of  God  besought  the  Lord, 
and  the  king's  hand  was  restored  him  again,  and  became  as  it  was 
before. 

7  And  the  king  said  unto  the  man  of  Gotl,  Come  home  with  me, 
and  refresh  thyself,  and  I  will  give  thee  a  reward. 

8  And  the  man  of  God  said  unto  the  king,  If  thou  wilt  give  me 
half  thine  house,  I  will  not  go  in  with  thee,  neither  will  I  eat  bread 
nor  drink  water  in  this  place: 

9  For  so  was  it  charged  me  by  the  word  of  the  Lord,  saying.  Eat 
no  bread,  nor  drink  water,  nor  turn  again  by  the  same  way  that  thou 
earnest. 

10  So  he  went  another  way,  and  returned  not  by  the  way  that  he 
came  to  Beth-el.  ^ 

11  Tl  Now  there  dwelt  an  old  prophet  in  Beth-el ;  and  his  sons 
came  and  told  him  all  the  works  that  the  man  of  God  had  done  that 
day  in  Beth-el :  the  words  which  he  had  spoken  unto  the  king,  them 
they  told  also  to  their  father. 

12  And  their  father  said  unto  them,  WTiat  way  went  he  ?  for  his 
sons  had  seen  what  way  the  man  of  God  went,  which  came  from 
Judah. 

13  And  he  said  unto  his  sons.  Saddle  me  the  ass.  So  they  saddled 
him  the  ass,  and  he  rode  thereon, 

14  And  went  after  the  man  of  God,  and  found  him  sitting  under  an 

*  See  2  Kings,  xxiii.  j  or,  B.  C.  624. 


16  The  Prophet  imthout  a  natne. 

oak  :  and  he  said  unto  him,  Art  thou  the  man  of  God  that  earnest  from 
Judah  ?  And  he  said,  I  am. 

15  Then  he  said  unto  him,  Come  home  with  me,  and  eat  bread. 

16  And  he  said,  I  may  not  return  with  thee,  nor  go  in  with  thee  : 
neither  will  I  eat  bread  nor  drink  water  with  thee  in  this  place  : 

17  For  it  was  said  to  me  by  the  word  of  the  Lord,  Thou  shalt  eat 
no  bread,  nor  drink  water  there,  nor  turn  again  to  go  by  the  way  that 
thou  earnest. 

18  He  said  unto  him,  I  am  a  prophet  also  as  thou  art ;  and  an  angel 
spake  unto  me  by  the  word  of  the  Lord,  saying,  Bring  him  back  with 
thee  into  thine  house,  that  he  may  eat  bread,  and  drink  water.  But 
he  bed  unto  him. 

19  So  he  went  back  with  him,  and  did  eat  bread  in  his  house,  and 
drank  water. 

20  II  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  they  sat  at  the  table,  that  the  word  of 
the  Lord  came  unto  the  prophet  that  brought  him  back : 

21  And  he  cried  unto  the  man  of  God  that  came  from  Judah,  say- 
ing. Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Forasmuch  as  thou  hast  disobeyed  the 
mouth  of  the  Lord,  and  hast  not  kept  the  commandment  which  the 
Lord  thy  God  commanded  thee, 

22  But  earnest  back,  and  hast  eaten  bread  and  drunk  water  in  the 
place,  of  the  which  the  LORD  did  say  to  thee,  Eat  no  bread,  and 
drink  no  water  ;  thy  carcass  shall  not  come  unto  the  sepulchre  of  thy 
fathers. 

23  U  And  it  came  to  pass  after  he  had  eaten  bread,  and  after  he  had 
drunk,  that  he  saddled  for  him  the  ass,  to  wit,  for  the  prophet  whom 
he  had  brought  back. 

24  And  when  he  was  gone,  a  lion  met  him  by  the  way,  and  slew 
him  :  and  his  carcass  was  cast  in  the  way,  and  the  ass  stood  by  it,  the 
lion  also  stood  by  the  carcass. 

25  And,  behold,  men  passed  by,  and  saw  the  carcass  cast  in  the 
way,  and  the  lion  standing  by  the  carcass :  and  they  came  and  told  it 
in  the  city  where  the  old  prophet  dwelt. 

26  And  when  the  prophet  that  brought  him  back  from  the  way 
heard  thereof,  he  said.  It  is  the  man  of  God  who  was  disobedient  unto 
the  word  of  the  Lord  ;  therefore  the  Lord  hath  delivered  him  unto 
the  lion,  which  hath  torn  him,  and  slain  him,  according  to  the  word 
of  the  Lord,  which  he  spake  unto  him. 

27  And  he  spake  to  his  sons,  saying.  Saddle  me  the  ass.  And  they 
saddled  him. 

28  And  he  went  and  found  his  carcass  cast  in  the  way,  and  the  ass 
and  the  lion  standing  by  the  carcass  :  the  lion  had  not  eaten  the  car- 
cass, nor  torn  the  ass. 

29  And  the  prophet  took  up  the  carcass  of  the  man  of  God,  and 
laid  it  upon  the  ass,  and  brought  it  back :  and  the  old  prophet  came 
to  the  city,  to  mourn,  and  to  bury  him. 

30  And  he  laid  his  carcass  in  his  own  grave ;  and  they  mourned 
over  him,  saying,  Alas,  iny  brother ! 

31  And  it  came  to  pass,  after  he  had  buried  him,  that  he  spake  to 
his  sons,  saying.  When  I  am  dead,  then  bury  me  in  the  sepulchre 
wherein  the  man  of  God  is  buried  ;  lay  my  bones  beside  his  bones: 

32  For  the  saying  which  he  cried  by  the  word  of  the  Lord 
against  the  altar  in  Beth-el,  and  against  all  the  houses  of  the  high 


Jeroboam.      Rehoboam.  17 

places  which  are  in  the  cities  of  Samaria,   shall   surely   come   to 
pass. 

33  H  After  this  thing  Jeroboam  returned  not  from  his  evil  way,  but 
made  again  of  the  lowest  of  the  people  priests  of  the  high  places : 
whosoever  would,  he  consecrated  him,  and  he  became  one  of  the 
priests  of  the  high  places. 

34  And  this  thing  became  sin  unto  the  house  of  Jeroboam,  even  to 
cut  it  off,  and  to  destroy  it  from  off  the  l>ice  of  the  earth. 

2    CHRONICLES,    XII.  B.  C.  971. 

1  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Rehoboam  had  established  the  king- 
dom, and  had  strengthened  himself,  he  forsook  the  law  of  the  Lord, 
and  all  Israel  with  him. 

2  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  in  the  fifth  year  of  king  Rehoboam, 
Shishak  king  of  Egypt  came  up  against  Jerusalem,  because  they  had 
transgressed  against  the  Lord. 

3  With  twelve  hundred  chariots,  and  threescore  thousand  horse- 
men :  and  the  people  were,  without  number  that  came  with  him  out 
of  Egypt :  the  Lubims,  the  Sukkiims,  and  the  Ethiopians. 

4  And  he  took  the  fenced  cities  which  pertained  to  Judah,  aud  came 
to  Jerusalem. 

5  li  Then  came  Shemaiah  the  prophet  to  Rehoboam,  and  to  the 
princes  of  Judah  that  were  gathered  together  to  Jerusalem  because 
of  Shishak,  and  said  unto  them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Ye  have 
forsaken  me,  and  therefore  have  I  also  left  you  in  the  hand  of 
Shishak. 

6  Whereupon  tlie  princes  of  Israel  and  the  king  humbled  them- 
selves ;  and  they  said,  The  Lord  is  righteous. 

7  And  when  the  Lord  saw  that  they  humbled  themselves,  the 
word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Shemaiah,  saying.  They  have  humbled 
themselves  ;  therefore  I  will  not  destroy  them,  but  I  will  grant  them 
some  deliverance  ;  and  my  wrath  shall  not  be  poured  out  upon  Jeru- 
salem by  the  hand  of  Shishak. 

8  Nevertheless  they  shall  be  his  servants  ;  that  they  may  know 
my  service,  and  the  service  of  the  kingdoms  of  the  countries. 

9  *  So  Shishak  king  of  Egypt  came  up  against  Jerusalem,  and  took 
away  the  treasures  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  the  treasures  of  the 
king's  house ;  he  took  all :  he  carried  away  also  the  shields  of  gold 
which  Solomon  had  made. 

10  Instead  of  which  king  Rehoboam  made  shields  of  brass,  and 
committed  them  to  the  hands  of  the  chief  of  the  guard,  that  kept  the 
entrance  of  the  king's  house. 

11  And  when  the  king  entered  into  the  house  of  the  Lord,  the 
guard  came  and  fetched  them,  and  brought  them  again  into  the  guard 
chamber. 

12  And  when  he  humbled  himself,  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  turned 
from  him,  that  he  would  not  destroy  him  altogether:  and  also  in 
Judah  things  went  well. 

13  TF  So  king  Rehoboam  strengthened  himself  in  Jerusalem,  and 

*  Thus,  in  the  space  of  five  years  from  the  death  of  Solomon,  was  this  powerful 
and  wealthy  kingdom  reduced  to  a  state  of  vassalage  by  sin. 


18  Jeroboam.     Ahijah. 

reigned ;  for  Rehoboam  was  one  and  forty  years  old  when  he  began 
to  reign,  and  he  reigned  seventeen  years  in  Jerusalem,  the  city 
which  the  Lord  had  chosen  out  of  all  the  tribes  of  Israel  to  put 
his  name  there  :  and  his  mother's  name  was  Naamah,  an  Ammon- 
itess. 

14  And  he  did  evil,  because  he  prepared  not  his  heart  to  seek  the 
Lord. 

B.  C.  960.  1    KKXGS,    XIV. 

1  At  that  time  Abijah  the  son  of  Jeroboam  fell  sick. 

2  And  Jeroboam  said  to  his  wife,  Arise,  I  pray  thee,  and  disguise 
thyself,  that  ihou  be  not  known  to  be  the  wife  of  Jeroboam  ;  and  get 
thee  to  Shiloh  :  behold,  there  is  Ahijah  the  prophet,  which  told  me 
that  I  should  be  king  over  this  people. 

3  And  take  with  thee  ten  loaves,  and  cracknels,  and  a  cruse  of 
honey,  and  go  to  him  :  he  shall  tell  thee  what  shall  become  of  the 
child. 

4  And  Jeroboam's  wife  did  so,  and  arose,  and  went  to  Shiloh,  and 
came  to  the  house  of  Ahijah,  But  Ahijah  could  not  see;  for  his  eyes 
were  set  by  reason  of  his  age. 

5  IT  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Ahijah,  Behold,  the  wife  of  Jeroboam 
Cometh  to  ask  a  thing  of  thee  for  her  son  ;  for  he  is  sick  :  thus  and 
thus  shalt  thou  say  unto  her  :  for  it  shall  be,  when  she  cometh  in, 
that  she  shall  feign  herself  to  be  another  looman. 

6  And  it  was  so,  when  Ahijah  heard  the  sound  of  her  feet,  as  she 
came  in  at  the  door,  that  he  said.  Come  in,  thou  wife  of  Jeroboam  ; 
why  feignest  thou  thyself  to  be  another  ?  For  I  am  sent  to  thee  with 
heavy  tidings. 

7  Go,  tell  Jeroboam,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  Forasmuch 
as  I  exalted  thee  from  among  the  people,  and  made  thee  prince  over 
my  people  Israel, 

8  And  rent  the  kingdom  away  from  the  house  of  David,  and  gave 
it  thee  :  and  yet  thou  hast  not  been  as  my  servant  David  who  kept  my 
commandments,  and  who  followed  me  with  all  his  heart,  to  do  that 
only  which  was  right  in  mine  eyes ; 

9  But  hast  done  evil  above  all  that  were  before  thee  :  for  thou  hast 
gone  and  made  thee  other  gods,  and  m.olten  images,  to  provoke  me  to 
anger,  and  hast  cast  me  behind  thy  back  : 

10  Therefore,  behold,  I  will  bring  evil  upon  the  house  of  Jerobo- 
am, and  will  cut  off  from  Jeroboam  him  that  pisseth  against  the  wall, 
and  him  that  is  shut  up  and  left  in  Israel,  and  will  take  away  the 
remnant  of  the  house  of  Jeroboam,  as  a  man  takethaway  dung,  till  it 
be  all  gone. 

11  Him  that  dieth  of  Jeroboam  in  the  city  shall  the  dogs  eat  ;  and 
him  that  dieth  in  the  field  shall  the  fowls  of  the  air  eat;  for  the  Lord 
hath  spoken  it. 

12  Arise  thou,  therefore,  get  thee  to  thine  own  house  ;  and  when 
thy  feet  enter  into  the  city  the  child  shall  die. 

13  And  all  Israel  shall  mourn  for  him,  and  bury  him  ;  for  he  only 
of  Jeroboam  shall  come  to  the  grave,  because  in  him  there  is  found 
some  good  thing  toward  the  Lord  God  of  Israel  in  the  house  of  Jero- 
boam. 


Jeroboam.     Rehohoam.     Abijah.  19 

14  Moreover,  the  Lord  shall  raise  him  up  a  king  over  Israel,  who 
shall  cut  off  the  house  of  Jeroboam  that  day  :  but  what  ?  even  now. 

15  For  the  Lord  shall  smite  Israel,  as  a  reed  is  shaken  in  the 
water,  and  he  shall  root  up  Israel  out  of  this  good  land  which  he  gave 
to  their  fathers,  and  shall  scatter  them  beyond  the  river,  because  they 
have  made  their  groves,  provoking  the  Lord  to  anger. 

16  And  he  shall  give  Israel  up,  because  of  the  sins  of  Jeroboam, 
who  did  sin,  and  who  made  Israel  to  sin. 

17  IT  And  Jeroboam's  wife  arose,  and  departed,  and  came  to  Tir- 
zah  :  and  when  she  came  to  the  threshold  of  the  door  the  child 
died. 

18  And  they  buried  him,  and  all  Israel  mourned  for  him,  accord- 
ing to  the  word  of  the  Lord,  which  he  spake  by  the  hand  of  his  ser- 
vant Ahijah  the  prophet. 

2  CHRONICLES,   XII.  B.  C.  958. 

15  Now  the  acts  of  Rehoboam,  first  and  last,  are  they  not  w^ritten 
in  the  book  of  Shemaiah  tbe  prophet,  and  of  Iddo  the  seer,  concern- 
ing genealogies  ?  And  there  were  wars  between  Rehoboam  and  Jero- 
boam continually, 

16  And  Rehoboam  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was  buried  in  the 
city  of  David  :  and  Abijah  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

2    CHRONICLES,    XIII. 

Abijah,  succeeding,  maketh  war  against  Jeroboam,  and  overcometk 
him. 

1  Now,  in  the  eighteenth  year  of  king  Jeroboam,  began  Abijah  to 
reign  over  Judah. 

1    KINGS,    XV. 

3  And  he  walked  in  all  the  sins  of  his  father,  which  he  had  done 
before  him  :  and  his  heart  was  not  perfect  with  the  Lord  his  God,  as 
the  heart  of  David  his  fother. 

2   CHRONICLES,  XIII.  B.  C.  957. 

2  He  reigned  three  years  in  Jerusalem  :  (his  mother's  name  also 
was  Micaiah,  the  daughter  of  Uriel  of  Gibeah :)  and  there  was  war 
between  Abijah  and  Jeroboam. 

3  And  Abijah  set  the  battle  in  array  with  an  army  of  valiant  men 
of  war,  even  four  hundred  thousand  chosen  men  :  Jeroboam  also  set 
the  battle  in  array  against  him  with  eight  hundred  thousand  chosen 
men,  being  mighty  men  of  valor. 

4  IT  And  Abijah  stood  up  upon  mount  Zemaraim,  which  is  in  mount 
Ephraim,  and  said.  Hear  me,  thou  Jeroboam,  and  alllsrael  : 

5  Ought  ye  not  to  know,  that  the  Lord  God  of  Israel  gave  the 
kingdom  over  Israel  to  David  for  ever, even  to  him  and  to  his  sons  by 
a  covenant  of  salt  ? 

6  Yet  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat,  the  servant  of  Solomon  the  son 
of  David,  is  risen  up,  and  hath  rebelled  against  his  lord. 

7  And  there  are  gathered  unto  him  vain  men,  the  children  of  Be- 


20  Jeroboam,     Ahijah. 

lial,  and  have  strengthened  themselves  against  Rehoboam,  the  son  of 
Solomon,  when  Rehoboam  was  young  and  tender-hearted,  and  could 
not  withstand  them. 

8  And  now  ye  think  to  withstand  the  kingdom  of  the  Lord  in  the 
hand  of  the  sons  of  David  :  and  ye  he  a  great  multitude,  and  there  are 
with  you  golden  calves,  which  Jeroboam  made  you  for  gods. 

9  Have  ye  not  cast  out  the  priests  of  the  Lord,  the  sons  of  Aaron, 
and  the  Levites,  and  have  made  you  priests  after  the  manner  of  the 
nations  of  of/jer  lands  ?  so  that  whosever  cometh  to  consecrate  him- 
self with  a  young  bullock  and  seven  rams,  the  same  may  be  a  priest 
of  them  that  are  no  gods. 

10  But  as  for  us,  the  Lord  is  our  God  and  we  have  not  forsaken 
him ;  and  the  priests,  which  minister  unto  the  Lord,  are  the  sons  of 
Aaron,  and  the  Levites  wait  upon  their  business. 

11  And  they  burn  unto  the  Lord,  every  morning  and  every  even- 
ing, burnt  sacrifices  and  sweet  incense  :  the  shew-bread  alsose?  they 
in  order  upon  the  pure  table  ;  and  the  candlestick  of  gold  with  the 
lamps  thereof,  to  burn  every  evening  :  for  we  keep  the  charge  of  the 
Lord  our  God ;  but  ye  have  forsaken  him, 

12  And,  behold,  God  himself /s  with  us  for  owr  captain,  and  his 
priests  with  sounding  trumpets  to  cry  alarm  against  you.  O  children 
of  Israel,  fight  ye  not  against  the  Lord  God  of  your  fathers ;  for  ye 
shall  not  prosper. 

13  11  But  Jeroboam  caused  an  ambushment  to  come  about  behind 
them  :  so  they  were  before  Judah,  and  the  ambushment  was  behind 
them. 

14  And  when  Judah  looked  back,  behold,  the  battle  was  before  and 
behind ;  and  they  cried  unto  the  Lord,  and  the  priests  sounded  with 
the  trumpet. 

15  Then  the  men  of  Judah  gave  a  shout :  and  as  the  men  of  Judah 
shouted,  it  came  to  pass,  that  God  smote  Jeroboam  and  all  Israel  before 
Abijah  and  Judah. 

16  And  the  children  of  Israel  fled  before  Judah  :  and  God  delivered 
them  into  their  hand. 

17  *  And  Abijah  and  his  people  slew  them  with  a  great  slaughter : 
so  there  tell  down  slain  of  Israel  five  hundred  thousand  chosen  men. 

18  Thus  the  children  of  Israel  were  brought  under  at  that  time  and 
the  children  of  Judah  prevailed,  because  they  relied  upon  the  Lord 
God  of  their  fathers. 

19  And  Abijah  pursued  after  Jeroboam,  and  took  cities  from  him  ; 
Beth-el  with  the  towns  thereof,  and  Jeshanah  with  the  towns  thereof, 
and  Ephraim  with  the  towns  thereof. 

20  Neither  did  Jeroboam  recover  strength  again  in  the  days  of  Abi- 
jah :  and  the  Lord  struck  him,  and  he  died. 

21  IT  But  Abijah  waxed  mighty,  and  married  fourteen  wives,  and 
begat  twenty  and  two  sons,  and  sixteen  daughters. 

22  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Abijah,  and  his  ways  and  his  sayings, 
are  written  in  the  story  of  the  piopbet  Iddo. 

*  History  affords  few  parallels  to  the  slaughter  made  in  this  battle.  Haifa  mil- 
lion souls  called  from  the  field  of  blood  to  receive  their  endless  reward  according  to 
the  deeds  done  here  in  the  body  !  How  solemn  the  thought  ! 


Asa.     Nadah.     BaasJia.  21 

2   CHRONICLES,   XIV.  B.  C.  955. 

1  So  Abijah  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  they  buried  him  in  the  city 
of  David;  and  Asa  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead.  In  his  days  the  land 
was  quiet  ten  years. 

2  And  Asa  did  that  which  lotts  good  and  right  in  the  eyes  of  the 
Lord  his  God. 

3  For  he  took  away  the  altars  of  the  strange  gods,  and  the  high 
places,  and  brake  down  the  images,  and  cut  down  the  groves; 

4  And  commanded  Judah  to  seek  the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers, 
and  to  do  the  law  and  the  commandment. 

5  Also  he  took  away,  out  of  all  the  cities  of  Judah,  the  high  places 
and  the  images;  and  the  kingdom  was  quiet  before  him. 

6  H  And  he  built  fenced  cities  in  Judah  :  for  the  land  had  rest,  and 
he  had  no  war  in  those  years;  because  the  Lord  had  given  him  rest. 

7  Therefore  he  said  unto  Judah,  Let  us  build  these  cities,  and  make 
about  them  walls  and  towers,  gates  and  bars,  while  the  land  is  yet 
before  us  ;  because  we  have  sought  the  Lord  our  God,  we  have 
sought  him,  and  he  hath  given  us  rest  on  every  side  :  so  they  built 
and  prospered. 

8  And  Asa  had  an  army  of  men  that  bare  targets  and  spears,  out  of 
Judah  three  hundred  thousand,  and  out  of  Benjamin,  that  bare  shields 
and  drew  bows,  two  hundred  and  fourscore  thousand :  all  these  were 
mighty  men  of  valor. 

1  KINGS,  XV.  B.  C.  952. 

25  IT  And  Nadab  the  son  of  Jeroboam  began  to  reign  over  Israel  in 
the  second  year  of  Asa  king  of  Judah,  and  reigned  over  Israel  two 
years. 

26  And  he  did  evil  in  the  sight  of  tlie  Lord,  and  walked  in  the  way 
of  his  father,  and  in  his  sin  wherewith  he  made  Israel  to  sin. 

27  H  And  Baasha,  the  son  of  Abijah,  of  the  house  of  Issachar,  con- 
spired against  him  :  and  Baasha  smote  him  at  Gibberthon,  which 
belongeih  to  the  Philistines  ;  (for  Nadab  and  all  Israel  laid  seige  to 
Gibberthon ;) 

28  Even  in  the  third  year  of  Asa  king  of  Judah  did  Baasha  slay  him, 
and  reigned  in  his  stead. 

29  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  reigned,  that  he  smote  all  the 
house  of  Jeroboam  ;  he  left  not  to  Jeroboam  any  that  breathed,  until 
he  had  destroyed  him,  according  unto  the  saying  of  the  Lord,  which 
he  spake  by  his  servant  Abijah  the  Shilonite  : 

SO  Because  of  the  sins  of  Jeroboam  which  he  sinned,  and  which  he 
made  Israel  sin,  by  his  provocation  wherewith  he  provoked  the  Lord 
God  of  Israel  to  anger. 

34  And  Baasha  did  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  and  walked  in  the 
way  of  Jeroboam,  and  in  his  sin  wherewith  he  made  Israel  to  sin. 

2   CHRONICLES,    XIV.  B.  C.  942. 

9  IT  And  there  came  out  against  Judah  Zerah  the  Ethiopian,  with 
an  host  of  a  thousand  thousariJ,  and  three  hundred  chariots,  and  came 
unto  Mareshah. 


22  Asa.     Oded  the  Prophet. 

10  Then  Asa  went  out  against  him,  and  they  set  the  battle  in  array 
in  the  valley  of  Zephathah  at  Mareshah. 

11  And  Asa  cried  unto  the  Lord  his  God,  and  said.  Lord,  it  is 
nothing  with  thee  to  help,  whether  with  many,  or  with  them  that  have 
no  power  :  help  us,  O  Lord  our  God  ;  for  we  rest  on  thee,  and  in  thy 
name  we  go  against  this  multitude.  O  Lord,  thou  art  our  God  ;  let 
not  man  prevail  against  thee. 

12  So  the  Lord  smote  the  Ethiopians  before  Asa,  and  before  Judah  ; 
and  the  Ethiopians  fled. 

13  And  Asa,  and  the  people  that  were  with  him,  pursued  them  unto 
Gerar :  and  the  Ethiopians  were  overthrown,  that  they  could  not 
recover  themselves;  for  they  were  destroyed  before  the  Lord,  and 
before  his  host :  and  they  carried  away  ver}'  much  spoil. 

14  And  they  smote  all  the  cities  round  about  Gerar  ;  for  the  fear  of 
the  Lord  came  upon  them  :  and  they  spoiled  all  the  cities;  for  there 
was  exceeding  much  spoil  in  them. 

15  They  smote  also  the  tents  of  cattle,  and  carried  awaj' sheep  and 
camels  in  abundance,  and  returned  to  Jerusalem. 

2    CHRO^'ICLES,  XV. 

1  And  the  Spirit  of  God  came  upon  Azariah,  the  son  of  Oded. 

2  And  he  went  out  to  meet  Asa,  and  said  unto  him,  Hear  ye  me, 
Asa,  and  all  Judah  and  Benjamin:  The  Lord  is  with  you  while  ye 
be  with  him  :  and  if  ye  seek  him,  he  will  be  found  of  you  :  but  if  ye 
forsake  him,  he  will  forsake  you. 

3  Now  for  a  long  season  Israel  hath  beeti  v.^ithout  the  true  God, 
and  without  a  teaching  priest,  and  without  law. 

4  But  when  they  in  their  trouble  did  turn  unto  the  Lord  God  of 
Israel,  and  sought  him,  he  was  found  of  them. 

5  And  in  those  times  there  ivas  no  peace  to  him  that  went  out,  nor 
to  him  that  came  in,  but  great  vexations  tvere  upon  all  the  inhabit- 
ants of  the  countries. 

6  And  nation  was  destroyed  of  nation,  and  city  of  city  :  for  God  did 
vex  them  with  all  adversity. 

7  Be  ye  strong,  therefore,  and  let  not  jour  hands  be  weak ;  for 
your  work  shall  be  rewarded. 

8  And  when  Asa  heard  these  words,  and  the  prophecy  of  Oded 
the  prophet,  he  took  courage,  and  put  away  the  abominable  idols  out 
of  all  the  land  of  Judah  and  Benjamin,  and  out  of  the  cities  which  he 
liad  taken  from  mount  Ephraim,  and  renewed  the  altar  of  the  Lord 
that  was  before  the  porch  of  the  Lord. 

9  And  he  gathered  all  Judah  and  Benjamin,  and  the  strangers  with 
them  out  of  Ephraim  and  Manasseh,  and  out  of  Simeon  :  (for  they  fell  to 
him  out  of  Israel  in  abundance,  when  thej'  saw  that  the  Lord  his 
God  icas  with  him  :) 

10  So  they  gathered  themselves  together  at  Jerusalem  in  the  third 
month,  in  the  fifteenth  year  of  the  reign  of  Asa.* 

And  they  offered  unto  the  Lord  the  same  time,  of  the  spoil  which 
tliey  had  brought,  seven  hundred  oxen,  and  seven  thousand  sheep. 

*  B.  C.  941.  Mr.  Townsend,  944:  yet  lie  makes  Asa  begin  to  reign  9ft5,  which 
would  make  it  only  the  11th  year  of  his  reign.    Here  again  his  date  is  erroneous. 


Asa.     BaasJia.     Hanani  the  Seer.  23 

12  And  they  entered  into  a  covenant  to  seek  the  Lord  God  of  their 
fathers  with  all  their  heart,  and  with  all  their  soul ; 

13  That  whosoever  would  not  seek  the  Lord  God  of  Israel  should 
be  put  to  death,  whether  small  or  great,  whether  man  or  woman, 

14  And  they  sware  unto  the  Lord  with  a  loud  voice,  and  with 
shouting;,  and  with  trumpets,  and  with  cornets. 

15  And  all  Judah  rejoiced  at  the  oath  ;  for  they  had  sworn  with  all 
their  heart,  and  sought  him  with  their  wliole  desire  ;  and  he  was 
found  of  them  :  and  the  Lord  gave  them  rest  round  ahout. 

16  IT  And  also  concerning  Maachah,  the  mother  of  Asa  the  king, 
he  removed  her  from  bcins,  queen,  because  she  had  made  an  idol  in 
a  grove  :  and  Asa  cut  down  her  idol,  and  stamped  it,  and  burnt  it  at 
the  brook  Kidron. 

17  But  the  high  places  were  not  taken  away  out  of  Israel :  never- 
theless, the  heart  of  Asa  was  perfect  all  his  days. 

18  11  And  he  brought  into  the  house  of  God  the  things  that  his 
father  had  dedicated,  and  that  he  himself  had  dedicated,  silver,  and 
gold,  and  vessels. 

19  And  there  was  no  more  war  unto  the  five  and  thirtieth  year  of 
the  reign  of  Asa. 

1  KINGS,  XV.  B.  C.  930. 

17  And  Baasha  king  of  Israel  went  up  against  Judah,  and  built  Ra- 
mah,  that  he  might  not  suffer  any  to  go  out  or  come  in  to  Asa  king  of 
Judah. 

2    CHRONICLES,    XVI. 

2  Then  Asa  brought  out  silver  and  gold  out  of  the  treasures  of  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  and  of  the  king's  house,  and  sent  to  Ben-hadad 
king  of  Syria,  that  dwelt  at  Damascus,  saying, 

3"  There  is  a  league  between  me  and  thee,  as  there  was  between 
my  father  and  thy  father  :  behold,  I  have  sent  thee  silver  and  gold  ; 
go,  break  thy  league  with  Baasha  king  of  Israel,  that  he  may  depart 
from  me. 

4  And  Ben-hadad  hearkened  unto  king  Asa,  and  sent  the  captains 
of  his  armies  against  the  cities  of  Israel ;  and  they  smote  Ijon,  and  Dan, 
and  Abel-maim,  and  all  the  store  cities  of  Naphtali. 

5  And  it  came  to  pass  when  Baasha  heard  it,  that  he  left  off  build- 
ing of  Ramah,  and  let  his  work  cease. 

6  Then  Asa  the  king  took  all  Judah  ;  and  they  carried  away  the 
stones  of  Ramah,  and  the  timber  thereof,  wherewith  Baasha  was  a 
building:  and  he  built  therewith  Geba  and  Mizpah. 

7  II  And  at  that  time  Hanani  the  seer  came  to  Asa  king  of  Judah, 
and  said  unto  him.  Because  thou  hast  relied  on  the  king  of  Syria,  and 
not  relied  on  the  Lord  thy  God,  therefore  is  the  host  of  the  king  of 
Syria  escaped  out  of  thine  hand. 

8  Were  not  the  Ethiopians  and  the  Lubims  a  huge  host,  with  verj' 
many  chariots  and  horsemen  ?  yet,  because  thou  didst  rely  on  the 
Lord,  he  delivered  them  into  thine  hand. 

9  For  the  eyes  of  the  Lord  run  to  and  fro  throughout  the  whole 
earth,  to  shew  himself  strong  in  the  behalf  of  the7n  whose  heart  is  per- 


24  Asa.     Elah.     Zimri. 

feet  toward  him.     Herein  thou  hast  done  foohshly  ;  therefore  from 
henceforth  thou  shalt  have  wars. 

10  Then  Asa  was  wroth  with  the  seer,  and  put  him  in  a  prison- 
house  :  for  he  was  in  a  rage  with  liim  because  of  this  thing.  And 
Asa  oppressed  soine  of  the  people  the  same  time. 


1  Then  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Jehu,  the  son  of  Hanani, 
against  Baaslia,  saying, 

2  Forasmuch  as  I  exalted  thee  out  of  the  dust,  and  made  thee 
prince  over  my  people  Israel,  and  thou  hast  walked  in  the  way  of 
Jeroboam,  and  hast  made  my  people  Israel  to  sin,  to  provoke  me  to 
anger  with  their  sins: 

3  Behold,  I  will  take  away  the  posterity  of  Baasha,  and  the  poster- 
ity of  his  house  ;  and  will  make  thy  house  like  the  house  of  Jerobo- 
am, the  son  of  Nel>at. 

4  Him  tbat  dieth  of  Baasha  in  the  city  shall  the  dogs  eat ;  and  him 
that  dieth  of  his  in  the  field  shall  the  fowls  of  the  air  eat. 

6  So  Baasha  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was  buried  in  Tirzah  :  and 
Elah  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

7  And  also  by  the  hand  of  the  prophet  Jehu,  the  son  of  Hanani, 
came  the  word  of  the  Lord  against  Baasha,  and  against  his  house, 
even  for  all  the  evil  that  he  did  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  in  provok- 
ing him  to  anger  with  the  work  of  his  hands,  in  being  like  the  house 
of  Jeroboam  ;  and  because  he  killed  him. 

8  H  In  the  twenty  and  sixth  year  of  Asa  kingof  Judah  began  Elah, 
the  son  of  Baasha,  to  reign  over  Israel  in  Tirzah,  two  years. 

9  And  his  servant  Zimri  (captain  of  half  his  chariots)  conspired 
against  him  as  he  was  in  Tirzah,  drinking  himself  drunk  in  the  house 
of  Arza,  steward  of  his  house  in  Tirzah. 

10  And  Zimri  went  in  and  smote  him,  and  killed  him,  in  the 
twenty  and  seventh  year  of  Asa  king  of  Judah,  and  reigned  in  his 
stead. 

11  H  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  began  to  reign,  as  soon  as  he 
sat  on  his  throne,  that  he  slew  all  the  house  of  Baasha  :  he  left  him 
not  one  that  pisseth  against  a  wall,  neither  of  his  kinsfolks  nor  of  his 
friends. 

12  Thus  did  Zimri  destroy  all  the  house  of  Baasha,  according  to 
the  word  of  the  Lord,  which  he  spake  against  Baasha  by  Jehu  the 
prophet, 

13  For  all  the  sins  of  Baasha,  and  the  sins  of  Elah  his  son,  by 
which  they  sinned,  and  by  which  they  made  Israel  to  sin,  in  pro- 
voking the  Lord  God  of  Israel  to  anger  with  their  vanities. 

14  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Elah,  and  all  that  he  did,  are  they 
not  wiitten  in  the  book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Israel  ? 

15  II  In  the  twenty  and  seventh  year  of  Asa  king  of  Judah  did 
Zimri  reign  seven  days  in  Tirzah  ;  and  the  people  were  encamped 
against  Gibbethon,  which  belonged  to  the  Philistines. 

16  And  the  people  that  were  encamped  heard  say,  Zimri  hath  con- 
spired, and  hath  also  slain  the  king  :  wherefore  all  Israel  made  Omri, 
the  captain  of  the  host,  king  over  Israel  that  day  in  the  camp. 


Asa.     Omri.     AJiab.  25 

17  And  Omri  went  up  from  Gibbethon,  and  all  Israel  with  him, 
and  they  besieged  Tirzah. 

18  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Zimri  saw  that  the  city  was  taken, 
that  he  went  into  the  palace  of  the  king's  house,  and  burnt  the  king's 
house  over  him  with  fire,  and  died, 

19  For  his  sins  which  he  sinned  in  doing  evil  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord,  in  walking  in  the  way  of  Jeroboam,  and  in  his  sin  which  he 
did,  to  make  Israel  sin. 

21  IT  Then  were  the  people  of  Israel  divided  into  two  parts:  half 
of  the  people  followed  Tibni,  the  son  of  Ginath,  to  make  him  king; 
and  half  followed  Omri. 

22  But  the  people  that  followed  Omri  prevailed  against  the  people 
that  followed  Tibni,  the  son  of  Ginath  :  so  Tibni  died,  and  Omri 
reigned. 

23  *  IT  In  the  thirty  and  first  year  of  Asa  king  of  Judah,  began  Omri 
to  reign  over  Israel,  twelve  years  :  six  years  reigned  he  in  Tirzah. 

24  And  he  bought  the  hill  Samaria  of  Shemer  for  two  talents  of 
silver,  and  built  on  the  hill,  and  called  the  name  of  the  city  which  he 
built,  after  the  name  of  Shemer,  owner  of  the  hill,  Samaria. 

25  IT  But  Omri  wrought  evil  in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord,  and  did 
worse  than  all  that  were  before  him. 

26  For  he  walked  in  all  the  way  of  Jeroboam,  the  son  of  Nebat, 
and  in  his  sin  wherewith  he  made  Israel  to  sin,  to  provoke  the  Lord 
God  of  Israel  to  anger  with  their  vanities. 

28  So  Omri  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was  buried  in  Samaria  :  and 
Ahab  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

29  t  IT  And  in  the  thirty  and  eighth  year  of  Asa  king  of  Judah,  be- 
gan Ahab,  the  son  of  Omri,  to  reign  over  Israel :  and  Ahab,  the  son 
of  Omri,  reigned  over  Israel  in  Samaria,  twenty  and  two  years. 

30  And  Ahab,  the  son  of  Omri,  did  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord 
above  all  that  were  before  him. 

31  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  if  it  had  been  a  light  thing  for  him  to 
walk  in  the  sins  of  Jeroboam,  the  son  of  Nebat,  that  he  took  to  wife 
Jezebel,  the  daughter  of  Ethbaal,  king  of  the  Zidonians,  and  went 
and  served  Baal,  and  worshipped  him. 

32  And  he  reared  up  an  altar  for  Baal  in  the  house  of  Baal,  which 
he  had  built  in  Samaria, 

33  And  Ahab  made  a  grove  ;  and  Ahab  did  more  to  provoke  the 
Lord  God  of  Israel  to  anger  than  all  the  kings  of  Israel  that  were 
before  him. 

34  IT  In  his  days  did  Hiel  the  Beth-elite  build  Jericho  :  he  laid  the 
foundation  thereof  in  Abiram  his  first-born,  and  set  up  the  gates 
thereof  in  his  youngest  son  Segub,  according  to  the  word  of  the 
Lord,  which  he  spake  by  Joshua,  the  son  of  Nun. 

2    CHRONICLES,    XVI. 

12  And  Asa,  in  the  thirty  and  ninth  year  of  his  reign,  was  diseased 
in  his  feet,  until  his  disease  ivas  exceeding  great :  yet  in  his  disease 
he  sought  not  to  the  Lord,  but  to  the  physicians. 

13  J  IT  And  Asa  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  died  in  the  one  and  forti- 
eth year  of  his  reign. 

*  B.  C.  924.  t  B-  C.  918.  t  B.  C.  914.  ~ 

2* 


26  Jehoshaphat.     Elijah  the  Prophet. 

14  And  they  buried  him  in  his  own  sepulchres,  which  he  had 
made  for  himself  in  the  city  of  David,  and  laid  him  in  the  bed  which 
was  filled  with  sweet  odors,  and  diverse  kinds  of  spices  prepared  by 
the  apothecaries'  art ;  and  they  made  a  very  great  burning  for 
him. 

2    CHRONICLES,   XVII. 

1  And  Jehoshaphat  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead,  and  strengthened 
nimself  against  Israel. 

2  And  he  placed  forces  in  all  the  fenced  cities  of  Judah,  and  set 
garrisons  in  the  land  of  Judah,  and  in  the  cities  of  Ephraim,  which 
Asa  his  father  had  taken. 

3  And  the  Lord  was  with  Jehoshaphat,  because  he  walked  in  the 
first  ways  of  his  father  David,  and  sought  not  unto  Baalim  ; 

4  But  sought  to  the  LORD  God  of  his  father,  and  walked  in  his 
commandments,  and  not  after  the  doings  of  Israel  : 

5  Therefore  the  Lord  established  the  kingdom  in  his  hand  ;  and  all 
Judah  brought  to  Jehoshaphat  presents  ;  and  he  had  riches  and  honor 
in  abundance. 

6  And  his  heart  was  lifted  up  in  the  ways  of  the  Lord  :  moreover, 
he  took  away  the  high  places  and  groves  out  of  Judah. 

7  *  IT  Also,  in  the  third  year  of  his  reign  he  sent  to  his  princes,  even 
to  Ben-hail,  and  to  Obadiah,  and  to  Zechariah,  and  to  Nethaneel,  and 
to  Michaiah,  to  teach  in  the  cities  of  Judah. 

8  And  with  them  he  sent  Levites,  even  Shemaiah,  and  Nethaniah, 
and  Zebadiah,  and  Asahel,  and  Shemiramoth,  and  Jehonathan,  and 
Adonijah,  and  Tobijah,  and  Tob-adonijah,  Levites  ;  and  with  them 
Elishama  and  Jehoram,  priests. 

9  And  they  taught  in  Judah,  and  had  the  book  of  the  law  of  the 
Lord  with  them,  and  went  about  throughout  all  the  cities  of  Judah, 
and  taught  the  people. 

B.  C.    910.  1    KINGS,    XVII. 

Elijah,  prophesying  against  Ahah,  is  sent  to  Cherith,  where  the  ra- 
vens feed  him  :  he  is  sent  to  the  ividow  of  Zarephath :  he  raiseth 
the  widow^s  so7i. 

1  And  Elijah  the  Tishbite,  ivho  was  of  the  inhabitants  of  Gilead, 
said  unto  Ahab,  Jls  the  Lord  God  of  Israel  liveth,  before  whom  I 
stand,  there  shall  not  be  dew  nor  rain  these  years,  but  according  to 
my  word. 

2  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  him,  saying, 

3  Get  thee  hence,  and  turn  thee  eastward,  and  hide  thyself  by  the 
brook  Cherith,  that  is  before  Jordan. 

4  And  it  shall  be,  that  thou  shalt  drink  of  the  brook  ;  and  I  have 
commanded  the  ravens  to  feed  thee  there. 

5  So  he  went,  and  did  according  unto  the  word  of  the  Lord  :  for 
he  went  and  dwelt  by  the  brook  Cherith,  that  is  before  Jordan. 

6  And  the  ravens  brought  him  bread  and  flesh  in  the  morning,  and 
bread  and  flesh  in  the  evening ;  and  he  drank  of  the  brook. 

*  B.  C.  911. 


Elijah,  and  the  woman  of  Zarephath.  27 

7  And  it  came  to  pass,  after  a  while,  that  the  brook  dried  up,  be- 
cause there  had  been  no  rain  in  the  land. 

8  *  IT  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  him,  saying, 

9  Arise,  get  thee  to  Zarephath,  which  belongeth  to  Zidon,  and 
dwell  there :  behold,  I  have  commanded  a  widow  woman  there  to 
sustain  thee. 

10  So  he  arose,  and  went  to  Zarephath  :  and  when  he  came  to  the 
gate  of  the  city,  behold,  the  widow  woman  ivas  there  gathering  of 
sticks  ;  and  he  called  to  her,  and  said,  Fetch  me,  I  pray  thee,  a  little 
water  in  a  vessel,  that  I  may  drink. 

11  And  as  she  was  going  to  fetch  it,  he  called  to  her,  and  said, 
Bring  me,  I  pray  thee,  a  morsel  of  bread  in  thine  hand. 

12  And  she  said,  ^s  the  Lord  thy  God  liveth,  I  have  not  a  cake, 
but  a  handful  of  meal  in  a  barrel,  and  a  little  oil  in  a  cruise  ;  and,  be- 
hold, I  am  gathering  two  sticks,  that  I  may  go  in  and  dress  it  for  me 
and  my  son,  that  we  may  eat  it,  and  die. 

13  And  Elijah  said  unto  her.  Fear  not ;  go  and  do  as  thou  hast 
said  :  but  make  me  thereof  a  little  cake  first,  and  bring  it  unto  me, 
and  after  make  for  thee  and  for  thy  son : 

14  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  The  barrel  of  meal  shall 
not  waste,  neither  shall  the  cruise  of  oil  fail,  until  the  day  that  the 
Lord  sendeth  rain  upon  the  earth. 

15  And  she  went,  and  did  according  to  the  saying  of  Elijah  :  and 
she,  and  he,  and  her  house,  did  eat  many  days. 

16  And  the  barrel  of  meal  wasted  not,  neither  did  the  cruise  of  oil 
fail,  according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord,  which  he  spake  by  Elijah. 

17  t  TT  And  it  came  to  pass,  after  these  things,  that  the  son  of  the 
woman,  the  mistress  of  the  house,  fell  sick  ;  and  his  sickness  was  so 
sore,  that  there  was  no  breath  left  in  him. 

18  And  she  said  unto  Elijah,  What  have  I  done  to  thee,  0  thou 
man  of  God  ?  Art  thou  come  unto  me  to  call  ray  sin  to  remembrance, 
and  to  slay  my  son  ? 

19  And  he  said  unto  her.  Give  me  thy  son.  And  he  took  him  out 
of  her  bosom,  and  carried  him  up  into  a  loft  where  he  abode,  and  laid 
him  upon  his  own  bed. 

20  And  he  cried  unto  the  Lord,  and  said,  0  Lord  my  God,  hast 
thou  also  brought  evil  upon  the  widow  with  whom  I  sojourn,  by  slay- 
ing her  son  ? 

21  And  he  stretched  himself  upon  the  child  three  times,  and  cried 
unto  the  Lord,  and  said,  0  Lord  my  God,  I  pray  thee,  let  this  child's 
soul  come  into  him  again. 

22  And  the  Lord  heard  the  voice  of  Elijah,  and  the  soul  of  the 
child  came  into  him  again,  and  he  revived. 

23  And  Elijah  took  the  child,  and  brought  him  down  out  of  the 
chamber  into  the  house  and  delivered  him  unto  his  mother :  and  Eli- 
jah said,  See,  thy  son  liveth  ! 

24  And  the  woman  said  to  Elijah,  Now  by  this  I  know  that  thou 
art  a  man  of  God,  and  that  the  word  of  the  Lord  in  thy  mouth  is 
truth. 

1  KINGS,  XVIII.  B.  C.  906. 

1  And  it  came  to  pass,  after  many  days,  that  the  word  of  the  Lord 

*  B.  C.  909.  t  B.  C.  907. 


28  Elijah.     Obadiah.     Akab, 

came  to  Elijah  in  the  third  year,  saying,  Go  shew  thyself  unto  Ahab  ; 
and  I  will  send  rain  upon  the  earth. 

2  And  Elijah  went  to  shew  himself  unto  Ahab  :  and  there  was  a 
sore  famine  in  Samaria. 

3  And  Ahab  called  Obadiah,  which  was  the  governor  of  A/s  house: 
(now  Obadiah  feaied  the  Lord  greatly  ; 

4  For  it  was  so,  when  Jezebel  cutoff  the  prophets  of  the  Lord, 
that  Obadiah  took  an  hundred  prophets,  and  hid  them  by  fifty  in  a 
cave,  and  fed  them  with  bread  and  water :) 

5  And  Ahab  said  vmto  Obadiah,  Go  into  the  land,  unto  all  fountains 
of  water,  and  unto  all  brooks;  peradventure  we  may  find  grass  to 
save  the  horses  and  mules  alive,  that  we  lose  not  all  the  beasts. 

6  So  they  divided  the  land  between  them,  to  pass  throughout  it : 
Ahab  went  one  way  by  himself,  and  Obadiali  went  another  way  by 
himself. 

7  IT  And  as  Obadiah  was  in  the  way,  behold,  Elijah  met  him :  and 
he  knew  him,  and  fell  on  his  face,  and  said,  jlit  thou  that  my  lord 
Elijah  ? 

8  And  he  answered  him,  I  am  :  go  tell  thy  lord.  Behold,  Elijah  is 
here. 

9  And  he  said,  What  have  I  sinned,  that  thou  wouldst  deliver  thy 
servant  into  the  hand  of  Ahab,  to  slay  me  ? 

10  ^s  the  Lord  thy  God  liveth,  there  is  no  nation  or  kingdom 
whither  my  lord  hath  not  sent  to  seek  thee  :  and  when  they  said.  He 
is  not  (here,  he  took  an  oath  of  the  kingdom  and  nation,  that  they  found 
thee  not. 

11  And  now  thou  sayest.  Go  tell  thy  lord.  Behold,  Elijah  is 
here. 

12  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  as  soon  as  I  am  gone  from  thee,  that 
the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  shall  carry  thee  whither  I  know  not ;  and  so, 
when  I  come  and  tell  Ahab,  and  he  cannot  find  thee,  he  shall  slay  me : 
but  I  thy  servant  fear  the  Lord  from  my  youth. 

13  Was  it  not  told  my  lord  what  I  did,  when  Jezebel  slew  the 
prophets  of  the  Lord,  how  1  hid  an  hundred  men  of  the  Lord's 
prophets  by  fifty  in  a  cave,  and  fed  them  with  bread  and  water  ? 

14  And  now  thou  sayest,  Go,  tell  thy  lord,  Behold,  Elijah  is  here: 
and  he  shall  slay  me. 

15  And  Elijah  said,  As  the  Lord  of  hosts  liveth,  before  whom  I 
stand,  I  will  surely  shew  myself  unto  him  to-day. 

16  So  Obadiah  went  to  meet  Ahab,  and  told  him  :  and  Ahab  went 
to  meet  Elijah. 

17  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Ahab  saw  Elijah,  that  Ahab  said  unto 
him,  Jlrt  thou  he  that  troiibleth  L^-ael  ? 

18  And  he  answered,  I  have  not  troubled  Israel ;  but  thou  and  thy 
father's  house,  in  that  ye  have  forsaken  the  commandments  of  the 
Lord,  and  thou  hast  followed  Baalim. 

19  Now,  therefore,  send,  and  gather  to  me  all  Israel  unto  mount 
Carmel,  and  the  prophets  of  Baal  four  hundred  and  fifty,  and  the 
prophets  of  the  groves  four  hundred,  which  eat  at  Jezebel's  table. 

20  So  Ahab  sent  unto  all  the  children  of  Israel,  and  gathered  the 
prophets  together  unto  mount  Carmel. 

21  H  And  Elijah  came  unto  all  the  people,  and  said,  How  long  halt 


Elijah  confounds  the  false  Prophets.  29 

ye  between  two  opinions  ?  If  the  Lord  he  God,  follow  him  :  but  if 
Baal,  then  follow  him.     And  the  people  answered  him  not  a  word. 

22  Then  said  Elijah  unto  the  people,  I,  even  I  only,  remain  a 
prophet  of  the  Lord  ;  but  Baal's  prophets  are  four  hundred  and  fifty 
men. 

23  Let  them,  therefore,  give  us  two  bullocks  ;  and  let  them  choose 
one  bullock  for  themselves,  and  cut  it  in  pieces,  and  lay  it  on  wood, 
and  put  no  fire  under  ;  and  I  will  dress  the  other  bullock,  and  lay  it 
on  wood,  and  put  no  fire  under : 

24  And  call  ye  on  the  name  of  your  gods,  and  I  will  call  on  the 
name  of  the  Lord  ;  and  the  god  that  answereth  by  fire  let  him  be 
God.     And  all  the  people  answered  and  said,  It  is  well  spoken. 

25  And  Elijah  said  unto  the  prophets  of  Baal,  Choose  you  one  bul- 
lock for  yourselves,  and  dress  it  first;  for  ye  are  many:  and  call  on 
the  name  of  your  gods,  but  put  no  fire  under. 

26  And  they  took  the  bullock  which  was  given  them,  and  they 
dressed  it,  and  called  on  the  name  of  Baal  from  morning  even  until 
noon,  saying,  O  Baal,  hear  us!  But  there  was  no  voice,  nor  any  that 
answered.     And  they  leaped  upon  the  altar  which  was  made. 

27  And  it  came  to  pass  at  noon  that  Elijah  mocked  them,  and  said, 
Cry  aloud ;  for  he  is  a  god :  either  he  is  talking,  or  he  is  pursuing, 
or  he  is  in  a  journey,  or  peradventure  he  sleepeth,  and  must  be 
awaked. 

28  And  they  cried  aloud,  and  cut  themselves,  after  their  manner, 
with  knives  and  lancets,  till  the  blood  gushed  out  upon  them. 

29  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  mid-day  was  past,  and  they  prophe- 
sied until  the  time  of  the  offering  of  the  evening  sacrifice,  that  there 
was  neither  voice,  nor  any  to  answer,  nor  any  that  regarded. 

30  11  And  Elijah  said  unto  all  the  people,  Come  near  unto  me.  And 
all  the  people  came  near  unto  him ;  and  he  repaired  the  altar  of  the 
Lord  that  was  broken  down. 

31  And  Elijah  took  twelve  stones,  according  to  the  number  of  the 
tribes  of  the  sons  of  Jacob,  unto  whom  the  word  of  the  Lord  came, 
saying,  Israel  shall  be  thy  name  ; 

32  And  with  the  stones  he  built  an  altar  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  : 
and  he  made  a  trench  about  the  altar,  as  great  as  would  contain  two 
measures  of  seed. 

33  And  he  put  the  wood  in  order,  and  cut  the  bullock  in  pieces, 
and  laid  him  on  the  wood,  and  said.  Fill  four  barrels  with  water,  and 
pour  it  on  the  burnt-sacrifice,  and  on  the  wood. 

34  And  he  said.  Do  it  the  second  time :  and  they  did  it  the  second 
time.  And  he  said,  Do  it  the  third  time  :  and  they  did  it  the  third 
time. 

35  And  the  water  ran  round  about  the  altar ;  and  he  filled  the 
trench  also  with  water. 

36  And  it  came  to  pass,  at  the  time  of  the  offering  of  the  evening 
sacrifice,  that  Elijah  the  prophet  came  near,  and  said.  Lord  God  of 
Abraham,  Isaac,  and  of  Israel,  let  it  be  known  this  day  that  thou  art 
God  in  Israel,  and  that  I  am  thy  servant,  and  that  I  have  done  all 
these  things  at  thy  word. 

37  Hear  me,  O  Lord,  hear  me  ;  that  this  people  may  know  that 
thou  art  the  Lord  God,  and  that  thou  hast  turned  their  heart  back 
again. 


30  Elijah.     Jezebel 

38  Then  the  fire  of  the  Lord  fell,  and  consumed  the  burnt  sacri- 
fice, and  the  wood,  and  the  stones,  and  the  dust,  and  licked  up  the 
water  that  was  in  the  trench. 

39  And  when  all  the  people  saw  it  they  fell  on  their  faces ;  and 
they  said,  The  Lord,  he  is  the  God ;  the  Lord,  he  is  the  God. 

40  And  Elijah  said  unto  them.  Take  the  prophets  of  Baal ;  let  not 
one  of  them  escape.  And  they  took  them,  and  Elijah  brought  them 
down  to  the  brook  Kishon,  and  slew  them  there. 

41  TT  And  EHjah  said  unto  Ahab,  Get  thee  up,  eat  and  drink  ;  for 
there  is  a  sound  of  abundance  of  rain. 

42  So  Ahab  went  up  to  eat  and  to  drink  :  and  Elijah  went  up  to  the 
top  of  Carmel ;  and  he  cast  himself  down  upon  the  earth,  and  put  his 
face  between  his  knees, 

43  And  said  to  his  servant.  Go  up  now,  look  toward  the  sea.  And 
he  went  up,  and  looked,  and  said,  There  is  nothing.  And  he  said.  Go 
again  seven  times. 

44  And  it  came  to  pass,  at  the  seventh  time,  that  he  said.  Behold, 
there  ariseth  a  little  cloud  out  of  the  sea,  like  a  man's  hand.  And  he 
said.  Go  up,  say  unto  Ahab,  Prepare  thy  chariot,  and  get  thee  down, 
that  the  rain  stop  thee  not. 

45  And  it  came  to  pass,  in  the  mean  while,  that  the  heaven  was 
black  with  clouds  and  wind,  and  there  was  a  great  rain.  And  Ahab 
rode,  and  went  to  Jezreel. 

46  And  the  hand  of  the  Lord  was  on  Elijah  ;  and  he  girded  up  his 
loins,  and  ran  before  Ahab  to  the  entrance  of  Jezreel. 

B.  C.  906.  1  KINGS,  XIX. 

Elijah,  threatened  by  Jezebel,  fleeth  to  Beer-sheba :  he  is  comfort- 
ed by  an  angel.  God  sendeih  him  to  anoint  Hazael,  Jehu,  and 
JElisha.     Eiisha  foUoweih  Elijah. 

1  And  Ahab  told  Jezebelall  that  Elijah  had  done,  and  withal,  how 
he  had  slain  all  the  prophets  with  the  sword. 

2  Then  Jezebel  sent  a  messenger  unto  Elijah,  saying.  So  let  the 
gods  do  to  me,  and  more  also,  if  I  make  not  thy  life  as  the  life  of  one 
of  them,  by  to-morrow  about  this  time. 

3  And  when  he  saw  that,  he  arose,  and  went  for  his  life,  and  came 
to  Beer-sheba,  which  belongeth  to  Judah,  and  left  his  servant 
there. 

4  H  But  he  himself  went  a  day's  journey  into  the  wilderness,  and 
came  and  sat  down  under  a  juniper  tree  :  and  he  requested  for  him- 
self that  he  might  die  ;  and  said,  it  is  enough  ;  now,  O  Lord,  take 
away  my  life  :  for  I  a?n  not  better  than  my  fathers. 

5  And  as  he  lay  and  slept  under  a  juniper-tree,  behold,  then  an 
angel  touched  him,  and  said  unto  him,  Arise  ayid  eat. 

6  And  he  looked,  and,  behold,  there  was  a  cakebakenon  the  coals, 
and  a  cruise  of  water  at  his  head  ;  and  he  did  eat  and  drink,  and  laid 
him  down  again. 

7  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  came  again  the  second  time,  and 
touched  him,  and  said.  Arise  and  eat ;  because  the  journey  is  too  great 
for  thee. 

8  And  he  arose,  and  did  eat  and  drink,  and  went  in  the  strength  of 


Elijah.     Eli  ska.  31 

that  meat  forty  days   and  forty  nights,  unto  Horeb,  the  mount  of 
God. 

9  H  And  he  came  thither  unto  a  cave,  and  lodged  there  ;  and,  be- 
hold, the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  him,  and  he  said  unto  him.  What 
doest  thou  here,  Elijah  ? 

10  And  he  said,  I  have  been  very  jealous  for  the  Lord  God  of 
hosts  :  for  the  children  of  Israel  have  forsaken  thy  covenant,  thrown 
down  thine  altars,  and  slain  thy  prophets  with  the  sword  :  and  I,  even 
I  only,  am  left ;  and  they  seek  my  life,  to  take  it  away. 

11  And  he  said.  Go  forth,  and  stand  upon  the  mount  before  the 
Lord.  And,  behold,  the  Lord  passed  by,  and  a  great  and  strong 
"wind  rent  the  mountains,  and  brake  in  pieces  the  rocks,  before  the 
Lord  ;  bid  the  Lord  ivas  not  in  the  wind  :  and  after  the  wind  an 
earthquake  ;  but  the  Lord  teas  not  in  the  earthquake  : 

12  And  after  the  earthquake  a  tire;  but  the  Lord  icas  not  in  the 
fire  :  and  after  the  fire  a  still  small  voice. 

13  And  it  was  so,  when  Elijah  heard  it,  that  he  wrapped  his  face 
in  his  mantle,  and  went  out,  and  stood  in  the  entering  in  of  the  cave : 
and,  behold,  there  came  a  voice  unto  him,  and  said.  What  dost  thou 
here,  Elijah  ? 

14  And  he  said,  I  have  been  very  jealous  for  the  Lord  God  of 
hosts ;  because  the  children  of  Israel  have  forsaken  thy  covenant, 
thrown  down  thine  altars,  and  slain  thy  prophets  with  the  sword  : 
and  I,  even  I  only,  am  left ;  and  they  seek  my  life,  to  take  it  away. 

15  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him.  Go,  return  on  thy  way  to  the 
wilderness  of  Damascus  :  and,  when  thou  comest,  anoint  Hazael  to  be 
king  over  Syria : 

16  And  Jehu,  the  son  of  Nimshi,  shalt  thou  anoint  to  be  king  over 
Israel ;  and  Elisha,  the  son  of  Shaphat,  of  Abel-meholah,  slialt  thou 
anoint  to  be  prophet  in  thy  room. 

17  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  him  that  escapeth  the  sword  of 
Hazael  shall  Jehu  slay  ;  and  him  that  escapeth  from  the  sword  of 
Jehu  shall  Elisha  slay. 

18  Yet  I  have  left  77ie  seven  thousand  in  Israel,  all  the  knees  which 
have  not  bowed  unto  Baal,  and  every  mouth  which  hatk  not;  kissed 
him. 

19  IT  So  he  departed  thence,  and  found  Elisha  the  son  of  Shaphat, 
who  was  ploughing  with  twelve  yoke  of  oxen  before  him,  and  he 
with  the  twelfth  :  and  Elijah  passed  by  him,  and  cast  his  mantle  upon 
him. 

20  And  he  left  the  oxen,  and  ran  after  Elijah,  and  said.  Let  me,  I 
pray  thee,  kiss  my  father  and  my  m.other,  and  then  I  will  follow 
thee.  And  he  said  unto  him.  Go  back  again  :  for  what  have  I  done 
to  thee  ? 

21  And  he  returned  back  from  him,  and  took  a  j'oke  of  oxen,  and  slew 
them,  and  boiled  their  flesh  with  the  instruments  of  the  oxen,  and 
gave  unto  the  people,  and  they  did  eat :  then  he  arose,  and  went  after 
Elijah,  and  ministered  unto  him. 

2    CHRONICLES,    XVII.  B,  C.  905. 

10  IT  And  the  fear  of  the  Lord  fell  upon  all  the  kingdoms  of  the 
lands  that  were  round  about  Judah,  so  that  they  made  no  war  against 
Jehoshaphat. 


32  Jehoshaphat.     Benhadad.     Ahah. 

11  Also  some  of  the  Philistines  brought  Jehoshaphat  presents,  and 
tribute  silver  ;  and  the  Arabians  brought  him  flocks,  seven  thousand 
and  seven  hundred  rams,  and  seven  thousand  and  seven  hundred  he- 
goats. 

12  H  And  Jehoshaphat  waxed  great  exceedingly  ;  and  he  built  in 
Judah  castles,  and  cities  of  store. 

13  And  he  had  much  business  in  the  cities  of  Judah  :  and  the  men 
of  war,  mighty  men  of  valor,  locre  in  Jerusalem. 

14  And  these  are  the  numbers  of  them,  according  to  the  house  of 
their  fathers:  Of  Judah,  the  captain  of  thousands,  Adnah  the  chief, 
and  with  him  mighty  men  of  valor  three  hundred  thousand. 

15  And  next  to  him  was  Jehohanan  the  captain,  and  with  him  two 
hundred  and  four  score  thousand. 

16  And  next  him  was  Amaziah,  the  son  of  Zichri,  who  willingly- 
offered  himself  unto  the  Lord  ;  and  with  him  two  hundred  thousand 
mighty  men  of  valor. 

17  And  of  Benjamin  ;  Eliada,  a  mighty  man  of  valor,  and  with  him 
armed  men  with  bow  and  shield,  two  hundred  thousand. 

18  And  next  him  was  Jehozabad,  and  with  him  an  hundred  and 
fourscore  thousand  ready  prepared  for  the  war. 

19  These  waited  on  the  king,  besides  those  whom  the  king  put  in 
the  fenced  cities  throughout  all  Jiidah. 

B.  C.  901.  1  KINGS,  XX. 

Ben-hadad  besiegeth  Samaria.     The    Syrians  are    slain.    Ahah 
dismisseth  Ben-hadad  :  a  jtyophet  reprovethhim. 

1  And  Benhadad  the  king  of  Syria  gathered  all  his  host  together  ; 
and  there  were  thirty  and  two  kings  with  him,  and  horses  and  chari- 
ots: and  he  went  up  and  besieged  Samaria,  and  warred  against  it. 

2  And  he  sent  messengers  to  Ahab  king  of  Israel  into  the  city,  and 
said  unto  him.  Thus  saith  Ben-hadad, 

3  Thy  silver  and  thy  gold  is  mine  :  thy  wives  also  and  thy  children, 
even  the  goodliest,  are  mine. 

4  And  the  king  of  Israel  answered  and  said.  My  lord,  0  king,  ac- 
cording to  thy  saying,  I  am  thine,  and  all  that  I  have. 

5  And  the  messengers  came  again,  and  said.  Thus  speaketh  Ben- 
hadad, saying.  Although  I  have  sent  unto  thee,  saying.  Thou  shalt 
deliver  me  thy  silver,  and  thy  gold,  and  thy  wives,  and  thy  chil- 
dren ; 

6  Yet  I  will  send  my  servants  unto  thee  to-morrow  about  this  time, 
and  they  shall  search  thine  house,  and  the  houses  of  thy  servants  ; 
and  it  shall  be,  that  whatsoever  is  pleasant  in  thine  eyes  they  shall 
put  it  in  their  hand,  and  take  it  away. 

7  Then  the  king  of  Israel  called  all  the  elders  of  the  land,  and 
said,  Mark,  I  pray  you,  and  see  how  this  man  seeketh  mischief:  for 
he  sent  unto  me  for  my  wives,  and  for  my  children,  and  for  my  silver, 
and  for  my  gold,  and  I  denied  him  not. 

8  And  all  the  elders,  and  all  the  people,  said  unto  him,  Hearken 
not  unto  him,  nor  consent. 

9  Wherefore  he  said  unlo  the  messengers  of  Ben-hadad,  Tell  ray 
lord  the  king,  All  that  thou  didst  send  for  to  thy  servant  at  the  lust  I 


Ahah.     Benhadad.  33 

will  do  :  but  this  thing  I  may  not  do.     And  the  messengers  departed, 
and  brought  him  word  again. 

10  And  Ben-hadad  sent  unto  him,  and  said,  The  gods  do  so  unto 
rne,  and  more  also,  if  the  dust  of  Samaria  shall  suffice  for  handfals  for 
all  the  people  tliat  follow  me. 

11  And  the  king  of  Israel  answered  and  said,^  Tell  him.  Let  not 
him.  that  girdeth  on  his  harness  boast  himself,  as  he  that  putteth 
it  off". 

12  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Ben-hadatl  heard  this  message,  (as 
he  loas  drinking,  he  and  the  kings  in  the  pavilions,)  that  he  said  unto 
his  servants.  Set  yourselves  in  array.:  and  they  set  themselves  in 
array  against  the  city. 

13  II  And,  behold,  there  came  a  propTiet  unto  Ahab  king  of  Israel, 
saying.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Hast'  thou  seen  all  this  great  multi- 
tude ?  behold,  1  will  deliver  it  into  thine  hand  this  day  ;  and  thou 
shalt  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

14  And  Ahab  said,  By  whom  ?  And  he  said,  Thus  saith  the  Lord, 
Even  by  the  young  men  of  the  princes  of  the  provinces.  Then  he 
said.  Who  shall  order  the  battle  ?  And  he  answered.  Thou. 

15  Then  he  numbered  the  young  men  of  the  princes  of  the  prov- 
inces, and  they  were  two  hundred  and  thirty-two  :  and  after  them  he 
numbered  all  the  people,  even  all  the  children  of  Israel,  being  seven 
thousand. 

16  And  they  went  out  at  noon:  but  Ben-hadad  loas  drinking  him- 
self drunk  in  the  pavilions,  he  and  the  kings,  the  thirty  and  two 
kings  that  helped  him. 

17  And  the  young  men  of  the  princes  of  the  provinces  went  out 
first;  and  Ben-hadad  sent  out,  and  they  told  him,  saying.  There  are 
men  come  out  of  Samaria. 

18  And  he  said.  Whether  they  be  come  out  for  peace,  take  them 
alive;  or  whether  they  be  come  out  for  war,  take  tlicni  alive. 

19  So  these  young  men  of  the  princes  of  the  provinces  came  out 
of  the  city,  and  the  army  which  followed  them. 

20  And  they  slew  evory  one  his  man  :  and  the  Syrians  fled,  and 
Israel  pursued  them  ;  and  Ben-hadad  the  king  of  Syria  escaped  on 
an  horse  with  the  horsemen. 

21  And  the  king  of  Israel  v/ent  out,  and  smote  the  horses  and 
chariots,  and  slew  the  Syrians  with  a  great  slaughter. 

22  TI  And  the  prophet  came  to  the  king  of  Israel,  and  said  unto 
him.  Go,  strengthen  thyself,  and  mark  and  see  what  thou  doest :  for 
at  the  return  of  the  year  the  king  of  Syiia  will  come  up  against 
thee. 

23  And  the  servants  of  the  king  of  Syria  said  unto  him,  Their  gods 
are  gods  of  the  hills,  therefore  they  were  stronger  than  we  :  but  let 
us  light  against  them  in  the  plain,  and  surely  we  shall  be  stronger 
than  they. 

24  And  do  this  thing  ;  Take  the  kings  away,  every  man  out  of  his 
place,  and  put  captains  in  their  rooms, 

25  And  number  thee  an  army  like  the  army  that  thou  hast  lost, 
horse  for  horse,  and  chariot  for  chariot :  and  we  will  fight  against 
them  in  the  plain,  and  surely  we  shall  be  stronger  than  they.  And 
he  hearkened  unto  their  voice,  and  did  so. 

26  And  it  came  to  pass,  at  the  return  of  the  year,  that  Ben-hadad 

3 


34  Ahab.     Benhadad. 

numbered  the  Syrians,  and  went  up  to  Aphek,  to  fight  against  Is- 
rael. 

27  And  the  children  of  Israel  were  numbered,  and  were  all 
present,  and  went  against  them :  and  the  children  of  Israel  pitched 
before  them  like  two  little  flocks  of  kids ;  but  the  Syrians  filled  the 
country. 

28  H  And  there  came  a  man  of  God,  and  spake  unto  the  king  of 
Israel,  and  said.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Because  the  Syrians  have 
said,  The  Lord  is  God  of  the  hills,  but  he  is  not  God  of  the  valleys ; 
therefore  will  1  deliver  all  this  great  multitude  into  thine  hand,  and 
ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

29  And  they  pitched  one  over  against  the  other  seven  days ;  and 
so  it  was,  that  in  the  seventh  day  the  battle  was  joined  :  and  the 
children  of  Israel  slew  of  the  Syrians  an  hundred  thousand  footmen 
in  one  day. 

30  But  the  rest  fled  to  Aphek,  into  the  city  ;  and  there  a  wall  fell 
upon  twenty  and  seven  thousand  of  the  men  that  'were  left.  And 
Ben-hadad  fled,  and  came  into  the  city,  into  an  inner  chamber. 

31  T  And  his  servants  said  unto  him.  Behold  now,  we  have  heard 
that  the  kings  of  the  house  of  Israel  are  merciful  kings  :  let  us,  I 
pray  thee,  put  sackcloth  on  our  loins,  and  ropes  upon  our  heads,  and 
go  out  to  the  king  of  Israel;  peradventure  he  will  save  thy  life. 

32  So  th^j"  girded  sackcloth  on  their  loins,  and  put  ropes  on  their 
heads,  and  came  to  the  king  of  Israel,  and  said,  Thy  servant  Ben- 
hadad saith,  I  pray  thee  let  me  five.  And  he  said,  is  he  yet  alive  ? 
he  is  my  brotiier. 

33  Now  the  men  did  diligently  observe  whether  any  thing  would 
come  from  him,  and  did  hastily  catch  it:  and  they  said.  Thy  brother 
Ben-hadad.  Then  he  said.  Go  ye,  bring  him.  Then  Ben-hadad 
came  forth  to  him  ;  and  he  caused  him  to  come  up  into  the  cha- 
riot. 

34  And  Ben-hadad  said  unto  him.  The  cities  which  my  father 
took  from  thy  father  I  will  restore  ;  and  thou  shalt  make  streets  for 
thee  in  Damascus,  as  my  father  made  in  Samaria.  Then,  saidAhah. 
I  will  send  thee  away  with  this  covenant.  So  he  made  a  covenant 
with  him,  and  sent  him  away. 

35  11  And  a  certain  man  of  the  sons  of  the  prophets  said  unto  his 
neighbor  in  the  word  of  the  Lord,  Smite  me,  I  pray  thee.  And  the 
man  refused  to  smite  him. 

36  Then  said  he  unto  him.  Because  thou  hast  not  obeyed  the  voice 
of  the  Lord,  behold,  as  soon  as  thou  art  departed  from  me  a  lion 
shall  slay  thee.  And  as  soon  as  he  was  departed  from  him  a  lion 
found  him,  and  slew  him. 

37  Then  he  found  another  man,  and  said.  Smite  me,  I  pray  thee. 
And  the  man  smote  him,  so  that  in  smiling  he  wounded  hitn. 

38  So  the  prophet  departed,  and  waited  for  the  king  by  the  way, 
and  disguised  himself  with  ashes  upon  his  face. 

39  And  as  the  king  passed  by,  he  cried  unto  the  king  ;  and  he  said, 
Thy  servant  went  out  into  the  midst  of  the  battle  ;  and,  behold,  a 
man  turned  aside,  and  brought  a  man  unto  me,  and  said,  Keep  this 
man :  if  by  any  means  he  be  missing,  then  shall  thy  life  be  for  his 
life,  or  else  thou  shalt  pay  a  talent  of  silver. 

*  B.  C.  900.  '         ' 


Ahab.     Nahoth.  35 

40  And  as  thy  servant  was  busy  here  and  there  he  was  gone. 
And  the  king  of  Israel  said  unto  him,  So  shall  thy  judgment  he;  thy- 
self hast  decided  it. 

41  And  he  hasted,  and  took  the  ashes  away  from  his  face  ;  and  the 
king  of  Israel  discerned  him  that  he  was  of  the  prophets. 

42  And  he  said  unto  him.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Because  thou  hast 
let  go  out  of  thy  hand  a  man  whom  I  appointed  to  utter  destruction, 
therefore  thy  life  shall  go  for  his  life,  and  thy  people  for  his  people. 

43  And  the  king  of  Israel  went  to  his  house  heavy  and  displeased, 
and  came  to  Samaria. 

1  KINGS,  XXI.  B.  C.  899. 

1  And  it  came  to  pass,  after  these  things,  that  Naboth  the  Jez- 
reelite  had  a  vineyard,  which  was  in  Jezreel,  hard  by  the  palace  of 
Ahab  king  of  Samaria. 

2  And  Ahab  spake  unto  Naboth,  saying,  Give  me  thy  vineyard, 
that  I  may  have  it  for  a  garden  of  herbs,  because  it  is  near  unto  iny 
house,  and  I  will  give  thee  for  it  a  better  vineyard  than  it;  or,  if  it 
seem  good  to  thee,  I  will  give  thee  the  worth  of  it  in  money. 

3  And  Naboth  said  to  Ahab,  The  Lord  forbid  it  me,  that  I  should 
give  the  inheritance  of  my  fathers  unto  thee. 

4  And  Ahab  came  into  his  house  heavy  and  displeased,  because  of 
the  word  which  Naboth  the  Jezreelite  had  spoken  to  him ;  for  he  had 
said,  I  will  not  give  thee  the  inheritance  of  my  fathers :  and  he  laid 
him  down  upon  his  bed,  and  turned  away  his  face,  and  would  eat  no 
bread. 

5  U  But  Jezebel  his  wife  came  to  him,  and  said  unto  him,  Why  is 
thy  spirit  so  sad,  that  thon  eatest  no  bread  ? 

6  And  he  said  unto  her.  Because  I  spake  unto  Naboth  the  Jez- 
reelite, and  said  unto  him,  Give  me  thy  vineyard  for  money  ;  or  else, 
if  it  please  thee,  I  will  give  thee  another  vineyard  for  it;  and  he  an- 
swered, I  will  not  give  thee  my  vineyard. 

7  And  Jezebel  his  wife  said  unto  him.  Dost  thou  now  govern  the 
kingdom  of  Israel  ?  Arise,  and  eat  bread,  and  let  thine  heart  be 
merry  ;  I  will  give  thee  the  vineyard  of  Naboth  the  Jezreelite. 

8  So  she  wrote  letters  in  Ahab's  name,  and  sealed  them  with  his 
seal,  and  sent  the  letters  unto  the  elders,  and  to  the  nobles,  that  were 
in  his  city  dwelling  with  Naboth. 

9  And  she  wrote  in  the  letters,  saying.  Proclaim  a  fast,  and  set 
Naboth  on  high  among  the  people  ; 

10  And  set  two  men,  sons  of  Belial,  before  him,  to  bear  witness 
against  him,  saying,  Thou  didst  blaspheme  God  and  the  king:  and 
then  carry  him  out,  and  stone  him,  that  he  may  die. 

11  And  the  men  of  his  city,  even  the  elders,  and  the  nobles,  who 
were  the  inhabitants  in  his  city,  did  as  Jezebel  had  sent  unto  them, 
and  as  it  ivas  written  in  the  letters  which  she  had  sent  unto  them : 

12  They  proclaimed  a  fast,  and  set  Naboth  on  high  among  the 
people. 

13  And  there  came  in  two  men,  children  of  Belial,  and  sat  before 
him:  and  the  men  of  Belial  witnessed  against  him,  even  against  Na- 
both, in  the  presence  of  the  people,  saying,  Naboth  did  blaspheme 
God  and  the  king.  Then  they  carried  him  "forth  out  of  the  city,  and 
stoned  him  with  stones,  that  he  died. 


36  Ahab.     Elijah. 

14  Then  they  sent  to  Jezebel,  saying,  Naboth  is  stoned,  and  is 
dead. 

15  IT  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jezebel  heard  that  Naboth  was 
stoned,  and  was  dead,  that  Jezebel  said  to  Ahab,  Arise,  take  posses- 
sion of  the  vineyard  of  Naboth  the  Jezreelite,  which  he  refused  to 
give  thee  for  money:  for  Naboth  is  not  alive,  but  dead. 

16  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Ahab  heard  that  Naboth  was  dead, 
that  Ahab  rose  up  to  go  down  to  the  vineyard  of  Naboth  the  Jez- 
reelite, to  take  possession  of  it. 

17  IT  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Elijah  the  Tishbite,  say- 
ings 

18  Arise,  go  down  to  meet  Ahab  king  of  Israel,  which  is  in  Sama- 
ria :  behold,  he  is  in  the  vineyard  of  Naboth,  whither  he  is  gone 
down  to  possess  it. 

19  And  thou  shait  speak  unto  him,  saying.  Thus  saith  the  Lord, 
Hast  thou  killed,  and  also  taken  possession  ?  And  thou  shalt  speak 
unto  him,  saying.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  in  the  place  where  dogs 
licked  the  blood  of  Naboth,  shall  dogs  lick  thy  blood,  even  thine. 

20  And  Ahab  said  to  Elijah,  Hast  thou  found  me,  O  mine  enemy  ? 
And  he  answered,  I  have  found  thee.  Because  thou  hast  sold  thy- 
self to  work  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord, 

21  Behold,  I  will  bring  evil  upon  thee,  and  will  take  away  thy 
posterity,  and  will  cut  off  from  Ahab  him  that  pisseth  against  the 
wall,  and  him  that  is  shut  up  and  left  in  Israel, 

22  And  will  make  thine  house  like  the  house  of  Jeroboam,  the  son 
of  Nebat,  aud  like  the  house  of  Baasha,  the  son  of  Ahijah,  for  the 
provocation  wherewith  thou  hast  provoked  me  to  anger,  and  made 
Israel  to  sin. 

23  And  of  Jezebel  also  spake  the  Lord,  saying,  The  dogs  shall  eat 
Jezebel  by  the  wall  of  Jezreel. 

24  Him  that  dieth  of  Ahab  in  the  city  the  dogs  shall  eat ;  and  him 
that  dieth  in  the  field  shall  the  fowls  of  the  air  eat. 

25  11  But  there  was  none  like  unto  Ahab,  which  did  sell  himself  to 
work  wickedness  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  whom  Jezebel  his  wife 
stirred  up. 

26  And  he  did  very  abominably  in  following  idols,  according  to  all 
things  as  did  the  Amorites,  whom  the  Lord  cast  out  before  the 
children  of  Israel. 

27  H  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Ahab  heard  those  words,  that  he 
rent  his  clothes,  and  put  sackcloth  upon  his  flesh,  and  fasted,  and  lay 
in  sackcloth,  and  went  softly. 

28  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Elijah  the  Tishbite,  saying, 

29  Seest  thou  how  Ahab  humbleth  himself  before  me  .'  Because 
he  humbleth  himself  before  me,  I  will  not  bring  the  evil  in  his  days; 
hut  in  his  son's  days  will  I  bring  the  evi!  upon  his  house. 

B.  C.  897.  2    CHROiVICLES,    XVIII, 

Jehoshaphat    and  Ahab  go    up  against  Ramoth-gilead.      Ahah^s 
false  prophets  assure  him  of  victory.     Micaiah's  prophecy,  Src. 
1  Now  Jehoshaphat  had  riches  and  honor  in  abundance,  and  joined 

affinity*  with  Ahab. 

*  This  affinity  nearly  ruined  the  house  of  David,  as  we  shall  see  in  ihe  succeed- 
ing history. 


Jehoshaphat.     Ahab.     3Ticaia7i.  37 

2  And  after  certain  years  he  went  down  to  Ahab  to  Samaria:  and 
Ahab  killed  sheep  and  oxen  for  him  in  abundance,  and  for  the  peo- 
ple that  he  had  with  hiin,  and  persuaded  him  to  go  up  with  him  to 
Ramoth-gilead. 

3  Anif  Ahab  king  of  Israel  said  unto  Jehoshaphat  king  of  Judah, 
Wilt  thou  go  with  me  to  Ramoth-gilead  ?  And  he  answered  him,  I 
am  as  thou  art,  and  my  people  as  thy  people ;  and  we  will  be  with 
thee  in  the  war. 

4  H  And  Jehoshaphat  said  unto  the  king  of  Israel,  Inquire,  I  pray 
thee,  at  the  word  of  the  Lord  to-day. 

5  Therefore  the  king  of  Israel  gathered  together  of  prophets  four 
hundred  men,  and  said  unto  them,  Shall  we  go  to  Ramoth-gilead  to 
battle,  or  shall  I  forbear  ?  And  they  said,  Go  up  ;  for  God  will  deliver 
it  into  (he  king's  hand. 

6  But  Jehoshaphat  said.  Is  there  not  here  a  prophet  of  the  Lord 
besides,  that  we  might  inquire  of  him  ? 

7  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  unto  Jehoshaphat,  There  is  yet  one 
man  by  whom  we  may  inquire  of  the  Lord  :  but  1  hate  him ;  for 
he  never  prophesied  good  unto  me,  but  always  evil :  the  same  is 
Micaiah,  the  son  of  Imla.  And  Jehoshaphat  said,  Let  not  the  king 
say  so. 

8  And  the  king  of  Israel  called  for  one  of  his  officers,  and  said, 
Fetch  quickly  Micaiah,  the  son  of  Imla. 

9  And  the  king  of  I^-rael,  and  Jehoshaphat  king  of  Judah,  sat 
either  of  them  on  his  throne,  clothed  in  their  robes,  and  they  sat  in  a 
void  place  at  the  entering  in  of  the  gate  of  Samaria;  and  all  the 
prophets  prophesied  before  them. 

10  And  Zedekiah,  the  son  of  Chenaanah,  had  made  him  horns  of 
iron,  and  said,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  With  these  thou  shalt  push 
Syria,  until  they  be  consumed. 

11  And  all  the  prophets  prophesied  so,  saying.  Go  up  to  Ramoth- 
gilead,  and  prosper ;  for  the  Lord  shall  deliver  it  into  the  hand  of 
the  king. 

12  And  the  messenger  that  went  to  call  Micaiah  spake  to  him, 
saying,  Behold,  the  words  of  the  prophets  declare  good  to  the  king 
with  one  assent:  let  thy  word,  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  be  like  one  of 
theirs,  and  speak  thou  good. 

13  And  Micaiah  said,  jls  the  Lord  liveth,even  what  my  God  saith 
that  will  I  speak. 

14  And,  when  he  was  come  to  the  king,  the  king  said  unto  him, 
Micaiah,  shall  we  goto  Ramoth-gilead  to  battle,  or  shall  I  forbear.' 
And  he  said.  Go  ye  up,  and  prosper,  and  they  shall  be  delivered  into 
your  hand. 

15  And  the  king  said  to  him.  How  many  times  shall  I  adjure  thee, 
that  thou  say  nothing  but  the  truth  to  me  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord  ? 

16  Then  he  said,  I  did  see  all  Israel  scattered  upon  the  mountains, 
as  sheep  that  have  no  shepherd:  and  the  Lord  said.  These  have  no 
master ;  let  them  return,  therefore,  every  man  to  his  house  in 
peace. 

17  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  to  Jehoshaphatj  Did  I  not  tell  thee 
that  he  would  not  prophesy  good  unto  me,  but  evil? 

IS  Again  he  said.  Therefore,  hear  the  word  of  the  Lord  ;  I  saw 


88  A  hah  slain. 

the  Lord  sitting  upon  his  throne,  and  all  the  host  of  heaven  standing 
on  his  right  hand,  and  on  his  left. 

19  And  the  Lord  said,  Who  shall  entice  Ahab  king  of  Israel,  that 
he  maj'  go  up  and  fall  at  Ramoth-gilead  ?  And  one  spake,  saying  after 
this  manner,  and  another  saying  after  that  manner. 

20  Then  there  came  out  a  spirit,  and  stood  before  the  Lord,  and 
said,  I  vvill  entice  him.     And  the  Lord  said  unto  him,  Wherewith  ? 

21  And  he  said,  I  will  go  out,  and  be  a  lying  spirit  in  the  mouth 
of  all  his  prophets.  And  Ihe  LORD  said,  Thou  shalt  entice  Hm, 
and  thou  shalt  also  prevail :  go  out,  and  do  even  so. 

22  Now,  therefore,  behold,  the  Lord  hath  put  a  lying  spirit  in  the 
mouth  of  these  thy  prophets,  and  the  Lord  hath  spoken  evil  against 
thee. 

23  Then  Zedekiali,  the  son  of  Chenaanah,  came  near,  and  smote 
Micaiah  upon  the  cheek,  and  said.  Which  way  went  the  Spirit  of  the 
Lord  froui  me  to  speak  unto  thee  ? 

24  And  Micaiah  said,  Behold,  thou  shalt  see  on  that  day  when 
thou  shalt  go  into  an  inner  chamber  to  hide  thyself. 

25  Then  the  king  of  Israel  said.  Take  ye  Micaiah,  and  carry  him 
back  to  Amon  the  governor  of  the  city,  and  to  Joash  the  king's 
son ; 

26  And  say.  Thus  saith  the  king,  Put  this  fellow  in  the  prison,  and 
feed  him  with  bread  of  affliction,  and  with  water  of  affliction,  until  I 
return  in  peace. 

27  And  Micaiah  said,  If  thou  certainly  return  in  peace,  then  hath 
not  the  Lord  spoken  by  me.     And  he  said.  Hearken,  all  ye  people. 

28  So  the  king  of  Israel,  and  Jehoshaphat  the  king  of  Judah,  went 
up  to  Ramoth-gilead. 

29  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  unto  Jehoshaphat,  I  will  disguise 
myself,  and  will  go  to  the  battle  ;  but  put  thou  on  thy  robes.  So  the 
king  of  Israel  disguised  himself,  and  they  went  to  the  battle. 

.80  Now  the  king  of  Syria  had  commanded  the  captains  of  the 
chariots  that  laere  with  him,  saying,  Fightye  not  with  small  or  great, 
save  only  with  the  king  of  Israel. 

31  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  captains  of  the  chariots  saw 
Jehoshaphat,  that  they  said,  It  is  the  king  of  Israel ;  therefore  they 
compassed  about  him  to  fight :  but  Jehoshaphat  cried  out,  and  the 
Lord  helped  him  ;  and  God  moved  them  to  depart  from  him. 

32  For  it  came  to  pass,  that,  when  the  captains  of  the  chariots 
perceived  that  it  was  not  the  king  of  Israel,  they  turned  back  again 
from  pursuing  him. 

33  And  a  certain  man  drew  a  bow  at  a  venture,  and  smote  the 
king  of  Israel  between  the  joints  of  the  harness  :  therefore  he  said  to 
his  chariot-man.  Turn  thine  hand,  tliat  thou  mayest  carry  me  out  of 
the  host;  for  I  am  wounded. 

34  And  the  battle  increased  that  day  :  howbcit  tke  king  of  Israel 
stayed  himself  up  in  /iis  chariot  against  the  Syrians  until  the  even  ; 
and  about  the  time  of  the  sun  going  down  he  died. 

2    KINGS,  XXII. 

36  And  there  went  a  proclamation  throughout  the  host,  about  the 
going  down  of  the  sun,  saying,  Every  man  to  his  city,  and  every 
man  to  his  own  country. 


JehoskapJiat.     Ahaziah.  39 

37  IT  So  the  king  died,  and  was  brought  to  Samaria ;  and  they  bu- 
ried the  king  in  Samaria. 

35  And  one  washed  the  chariot  in  the  pool  of  Samaria,  and  the 
dogs  hcked  up  his  blood,  (and  they  washed  his  armor,)  according 
unto  the  word  of  the  Lord  which  he  spake. 

40  So  Ahab  slept  with  his  fathers ;  and  Ahaziah  his  son  reigned  in 
his  stead. 

2    CHRONICLES,    XlX. 

1  And  Jehoshaphat  the  king  of  Judah  returned  to  his  house  in 
peace  to  Jerusalem. 

2  And  Jehu,  the  son  of  Hanani  the  seer,  went  out  to  meet  him, 
and  said  to  king  Jehoshaphat,  Shouldest  thou  help  the  ungodly,  and 
love  them  that  hate  the  Lord  ?  therefore  is  wrath  upon  thee  from 
before  the  Lord. 

3  Nevertheless  there  are  good  things  found  in  thee,  in  that  thou 
hast  taken  away  the  groves  out  of  the  land,  and  hast  prepared  thine 
heart  to  seek  God. 

1  KiNGfs,  XXII.  B.  C.  897. 

51  T\  Ahaziah,  the  son  of  Ahab,  began  to  reign  over  Israel  in  Sa- 
maria the  seventeenth  year  of  Jehoshaphat  "king  of  Judah,  and 
reigned  two  years  over  Israel. 

52  And  he  did  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  and  walked  in  the 
way  of  his  father,  and  in  the  v.'ay  of  his  mother,  and  in  the  way  of 
Jeroboam,  the  son  ot  Nebat,  who  made  Israel  to  sin. 

53  For  he  served  Baal,  and  worshipped  him,  and  provoked  to  an- 
ger the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  according  to  all  that  his  father  had 
done. 

2   CHRONICLES,   XX.  B.  C.  896. 

85  IT  And  after  this  did  Jehoshaphat  king  of  Judah  join  himself 
with  Ahaziah  king  of  Israel,  who  (lid  very  wickedly. 

36  And  he  joined  himself  with  him  to  make  ships  to  go  to  Tar- 
shish  :  and  they  made  the  ships  in  Ezion-gaber. 

37  Then  Eliezer,  the  son  of  Dodavah  of  Mareshah,  prophesied 
against  Jehoshaphat,  saying.  Because  thou  hast  joined  thyself  with 
Ahaziah,  the  Lord  hath  broken  thy  works.  And  the  ships  were 
broken,  that  they  were  not  able  to  go  to  Tarshish. 

2    KINGS,    I. 

1  Then  Moab  rebelled  against  Israel  after  the  death  of  Ahab. 

2  And  Ahaziah  fell  down  through  a  lattice  in  his  upper  chamber 
that  ivas  in  Samaria,  and  was  sick  :  and  he  sent  messengers  and  said 
unto  thejn.  Go,  inquire  of  Baal-zebub  the  god  of  Ekron,  whether  I 
shall  recover  of  this  disease. 

3  But  the  angel  of  the  Lord  said  to  Elijah  the  Tishbite,  Arise,  go 
up  to  meet  the  messengers  of  the  king  of  Samaria,  and  say  unto  them, 
Is  it  not  because  there  is  not  a  God  in  Israel,  that  ye  go  to  inquire  of 
Baal-zebub  the  God  of  Ekron  ? 


40  Elijah.     Ahaziah.     Jehoram. 

4  Now  therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Thou  shalt  not  come  down 
from  that  bed  on  which  thou  art  gone  up,  but  shalt  surely  die.  And 
Elijah  departed. 

5  H  And  when  the  messengers  turned  back  unto  him,  he  said  unto 
them.  Why  are  ye  now  turned  back? 

6  And  they  said  unto  him.  There  came  a  man  up  to  meet  us,  and  said 
unto  us,  Go,  turn  again  unto  the  king  that  sent  you,  and  say  unto  him. 
Thus  saith  the  Lord,  /s  it  not  because  there  is  not  a  God  in  Israel,  that 
thou  sendest  to  inquire  of  Baal-zebub  the  god  of  Ekron  ?  therefore 
thou  shalt  not  come  down  from  that  bed  on  which  thou  art  gone  up, 
but  shalt  surely  die. 

7  And  he  said  unto  them,  What  manner  of  man  ivas  he  which  came 
up  to  meet  you,  and  told  you  these  words  ? 

8  And  they  answered  him,  He  was  an  hairy  man,  and  girded  with  a 
girdle  of  leather  about  his  loins.  And  he  said.  It  is  Elijah  the  Tish- 
bite. 

9  Then  the  king  sent  unto  him  a  captain  of  tifty  with  his  fifty.  And 
he  went  up  to  him  :  (and,  behold,  he  sat  on  the  top  of  an  hill.) 
And  he  spake  unto  him.  Thou  man  of  God,  the  king  hath  said.  Come 
down. 

10  And  Elijah  answered  and  said  to  the  captain  of  fifty.  If  I  &e  a 
man  of  God,  then  let  fire  come  down  from  heaven,  and  consume  thee 
and  thy  fifty.  And  there  came  down  fire  from  heaven,  and  con- 
sumed him  and  his  fifty. 

11  Again  also  he  sent  unto  him  another  captain  of  fifty  with  his 
fifty.  And  he  answered  and  said  unto  him,  0  man  of  God,  thus 
hath  the  king  said.  Come  down  quickly. 

12  And  Elijah  answered  and  said  unto  them,  If  I  be  a  man  of  God, 
let  fire  come  down  fiom  heaven  and  consume  thee  and  thy  fifty. 
And  the  fire  of  God  came  down  from  heaven,  and  consumed  him  and 
his  fifty. 

13  II  And  he  sent  again  a  captain  of  the  third  fifty  with  his  fifty. 
And  the  third  captain  of  fifty  went  up,  and  came  and  fell  on  his  knees 
before  Elijah,  and  besought  him,  and  said  unto  him,  O  man  of  God,  I 
pray  thee,  let  my  life,  and  the  life  of  these  fifty,  thy  servants,  be 
precious  in  thy  sight. 

14  Behold,  there  came  fire  down  from  heaven,  and  burnt  up  the 
two  captains  of  the  former  fifties  with  their  fifties  :  therefore  let  my 
life  now  be  precious  in  thy  sight. 

15  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  said  unto  Elijah,  Go  down  with 
him  :  be  not  afraid  of  him.  And  he  arose,  and  went  down  with  him 
unto  the  king. 

16  And  he  said  unto  him,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Forasmuch  as  thou 
hast  sent  messengers  to  inquire  of  Baal-zebub  the  god  of  Ekron,  Is  it 
not  because  there  is  no  God  in  Israel  to  inquire  of  his  word  ?  there- 
fore thou  shalt  not  come  down  off  that  bed  on  which  thou  art  gone  up, 
but  shalt  surely  die. 

17  *  !i  So  he  died  according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord  which  Elijah 
had  spoken  :  and  Jehoram  reigned  in  his  stead,  in  the  second  year  of 
Jehoram,  the  son  of  Jehoshaphat,  king  of  Judah/  because  he  had  no 
son. 

*  B.  C.  896. 


Elijah  taken  to  Heaven.  41 

2    KINGS,  II. 

1  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  Lord  would  take  up  Elijah  into 
heaven  by  a  whirlwind,  that  Elijah  went  with  Elisha  from  Gilgal. 

2  And  Elijah  said  unto  Elisha,  Tarry  here,  I  pray  thee;  for  the 
Lord  hath  sent  me  to  Beth-el.  And  Elisha  said  unto  him.  As  the 
Lord  liveth,  and  as  thy  soul  liveth,  I  will  not  leave  thee.  So  they 
went  down  to  Beth-el. 

3  And  the  sons  of  the  prophets  that  were  at  Beth-el  came  forth  to 
Eli.sha,  and  said  unto  him,  Knowest  thou  that  the  Lord  will  take 
away  thy  master  from  thy  head  to-day  .'  And  he  said,  Yea,  I  know 
it ;  hold  ye  your  peace. 

4  And  Elijah  said  unto  him,  Elisha,  tarry  here,  I  pray  thee  ;  for 
the  Lord  hath  sent  me  to  Jericho.  And  he  said.  As  the  Lord  liveth, 
and  as  thy  soul  liveth,  I  will  not  leave  thee.  So  they  came  to 
Jericho. 

5  And  the  sons  of  the  prophets  that  were  at  Jericho  came  to  Elisha, 
and  said  unto  him,  Knowest  thou  that  the  Lord  will  take  away  thy 
master  from  thy  head  to-day  .''  And  he  answered.  Yea,  I  know  it ; 
hold  ye  your  peace. 

6  And  Ellijah  said  unto  him.  Tarry,  I  pray  thee,  here  ;  for  the 
Lord  hath  sent  me  to  Jordan.  And  he  said,  As  the  Lord  liveth, 
and  as  thy  soul  liveth,  I  will  not  leave  thee.  And  they  two  went 
on. 

7  And  fifty  men  of  the  sons  of  the  prophets  went,  and  stood  to  view 
afar  off:  and  they  two  stood  by  Jordan. 

8  And  Elijah  took  his  mantle,  and  wrapped  it  together,  and  smote 
the  waters,  and  they  were  divided  hither  and  thither :  so  that  they 
two  went  over  on  dry  ground. 

9  TT  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  they  were  gone  over,  that  Elijah 
said  unto  Elisha,  Ask  what  I  shall  do  for  thee  before  I  be  taken  away 
from  thee.  And  Elisha  said,  I  pray  thee,  let  a  double  portion  of  thy 
spirit  be  upon  me. 

10  And  he  said.  Thou  hast  asked  a  hard  thing  :  nevertheless,  if 
thou  see  rne  when  I  am  taken  from  thee,  it  shall  be  so  unto  thee:  but 
if  not,  it  shall  not  be  so. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  they  still  went  on,  and  talked,  that,  be- 
hold, there  appeared  a  chariot  of  fire,  and  horses  of  fire,  and  parted 
them  both  asunder ;  and  Elijah  went  up  by  a  whirlwind  into 
heaven. 

12  U  And  Elisha  saw  it,  and  he  cried,  My  father,  my  father  !  the 
chariot  of  Israel,  and  the  horsemen  thereof.  And  he  saw  him  no 
more  :  and  he  took  hold  of  his  own  clothes,  and  rent  them  in  two 
pieces. 

13  He  took  up  also  the  mantle  of  Elijah  that  fell  from  him,  and 
went  back,  and  stood  by  the  bank  of  Jordan  : 

14  And  he  took  the  mantle  of  Elijah  that  fell  from  him,  and  smote 
the  waters,  and  said,  "Where  is  the  Lord  God  of  Elijah  .'  And  when 
he  also  had  smitten  the  waters,  they  parted  hither  and  thither:  and 
Elisha  went  over. 

15  II  And  when  the  sons  of  the  prophets,  which  were  to  view  at 
Jericho,  saw  him,  they  said,  The  spirit  of  Elijah  doth  rest  on  Elisha. 


42  Elisha.     JehosTiapliat. 

And  they  came  to  meet  him,  and  bowed  themselves  to  the  ground 
before  him  : 

16  And  they  said  unto  him,  Behold  now,  there  be  with  thy  servants 
fifty  strong  men;  let  Ihera  go,  we  pray  thee,  and  seek  thy  master; 
lest  peradventure  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  hath  taken  him  up,  and  cast 
him  upon  some  mountain,  or  into  some  valley.  And  he  said,  Ye  shall 
not  send. 

17  And  when  they  urged  him  till  he  was  ashamed,  he  said,  Send. 
They  sent,  therefore,  fifty  men ;  and  they  sought  three  days,  but 
found  him  not. 

18  And  when  they  came  again  to  him,  (for  he  tarried  at  Jericho,) 
he  said  unto  them.  Did  I  not  say  unto  you,  Go  not  ? 

19  IT  And  the  men  of  the  city  said  unto  Elisha,  Behold,  I  pray  thee, 
the  situation  of  this  city  is  pleasant,  as  my  lord  seeth :  but  the  water 
is  naught,  and  the  ground  barren. 

20  And  he  said,  Bring  me  a  new  cruise,  and  put  salt  therein  :  and 
they  brought  it  to  him. 

21  And  he  went  forth  unto  the  spring  of  the  waters,  and  cast  the 
salt  in  there,  and  said.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  I  have  healed  these 
waters :  there  shall  not  be  from  thence  any  more  dearth  or  barren 
land. 

22  So  the  waters  were  healed  unto  this  day,  according  to  the  say- 
ing of  Elisha  which  he  spake. 

23  H  And  he  went  up  from  thence  unto  Beth-el:  and  as  he  was 
going  up  by  the  way,  there  came  forth  little  children  out  of  the  city, 
and  mocked  him,  and  said  unto  him.  Go  up,  thou  bald-head;  go  up, 
thou  bald-head. 

2-t  And  he  turned  back,  and  looked  on  them,  and  cursed  them  in 
the  name  of  the  Lord  :  and  there  came  forth  two  she-bears  out  of  the 
wood,  and  tare  forty  and  two  children  of  them. 

25  And  he  went  from  thence  to  mount  Carmel ;  and  from  thence 
he  returned  to  Samaria. 

B.  C.  896.  2    CHRONICLES,  XIX. 

4  And  Jehoshaphat  dwelt  at  Jerusalem :  and  he  went  out  again 
through  the  people,  from  Beer-sheba  to  mount  Ephraim,  and  brought 
them  back  unto  the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers. 

5  17  And  he  set  judges  in  the  land,  throughout  all  the  fenced  cities 
of  Judah,  city  by  city, 

6  And  said  to  the  judges,  Take  heed  what  ye  do  :  for  ye  judge  not 
for  man,  but  lor  the  Lord,  who  is  with  you  in  the  judgment. 

7  Wherefore  now,  let  the  fear  of  the  Lord  be  upon  you  ;  take  heed 
and  do  it :  for  there  is  no  iniquity  with  the  Lord  our  God,  nor  respect 
of  persons,  nor  taking  of  gifts. 

8  IT  Moreover,  in  Jerusalem  did  Jehoshaphat  set  of  the  Levites,  and 
of  the  priests,  and  of  the  chief  of  the  fathers  of  Israel,  for  the  judg- 
ment of  the  Lord,  and  for  controversies,  when  they  returned  to  Jeru- 
salem. 

9  And  he  charged  them,  saying.  Thus  shall  ye  do  in  the  fear  of 
the  Lord  fixithfully,  and  with  a  perfect  heart. 

10  And  what  cause  soever  shall  come  to  you  of  your  brethren  that 


Jelioram.     Jelioshaphat.  43 

dwell  in  their  cities,  between  blood  and  blood,  between  law  and  com- 
mandment, statutes  and  judgments,  ye  shall  even  warn  them  that 
they  trespass  not  against  the  Lord,  and  so  wrath  come  upon  you,  and 
upon  your  brethren  :  this  do,  and  ye  shall  not  trespass. 

11  And,  behold,  Amariah  the  chief  priest  isovev  you  in  all  matters 
of  the  Lord  ;  and  Zebadiah,  the  son  of  Ishmael,  the  ruler  of  the 
house  of  Judah,  for  all  the  king's  matters  :  also  the  Levites  shall  he 
officers  before  you.  Deal  courageously,  and  the  Lord  shall  be  with 
the  good. 

2    KINGS,    III. 

1  Now  Jehoram,  the  son  of  Ahab,  began  to  reign  over  Israel  in 
Samaria  the  eighteenth  year  of  Jehoshaphat  king  of  Judah,  and 
reigned  twelve  years. 

2  And  he  wrought  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  but  not  like  his 
father,  and  like  his  mother;  for  he  put  away  the  image  of  Baal  that 
his  father  had  mt.-de. 

3  Nevertheless  he  cleaved  unto  the  sins  of  Jeroboam,  the  son  of 
Nebat,  which  made  Israel  to  sin  ;  he  departed  not  therefrom. 

4  *  ^  And  Mesha  king  of  Moab  was  a  sheep- master,  and  rendered 
unto  the  king  of  Israel  an  hundred  thousand  lambs,  and  an  hundred 
thousand  rams,  with  the  wool. 

5  But  it  came  to  pass,  when  Ahab  was  dead,  that  the  king  of  Moab 
rebelled  against  the  king  of  Israel. 

6  IT  And  king  Jehoram  went  out  of  Samaria  the  same  time,  and 
numbered  all  Israel. 

7  And  he  went  and  sent  to  Jehoshaphat  the  king  of  Judah,  saying. 
The  king  of  Moab  hath  rebelled  against  me:  wilt  thou  go  with  me 
against  Moab  to  battle  ?  And  he  said,  1  wiTl  go  up  :  I  a/nas  thou  art, 
my  people  as  thy  people,  and  my  horses  as  thy  horses. 

8  And  he  said,  Which  way  shall  we  go  up  ?  And  he  answered, 
the  way  through  the  wilderness  of  Edom. 

9'  So  the  king  of  Israel  went,  and  the  king  of  Judah,  and  the  king 
of  Edom  ;  and  they  fetched  a  compass  of  seven  days'  journey  :  and 
there  was  no  water  for  the  host,  and  for  the  cattle  that  followed 
them. 

10  And  the  king  of  Israel  said,  Alas!  that  the  Lord  hath  called 
these  three  kings  together,  to  deliver  them  into  the  hand  of  Moab! 

11  But  Jehoshaphat  said,  Is  there  not  here  a  prophet  of  the  Lord, 
that  we  may  inquire  of  the  Lord  by  him  ?  And  one  of  the  king  of 
Israel's  servants  answered  and  said,  Here  is  Eh^ha,  the  son  of  Sha- 
phat,  which  poured  water  on  the  hands  of  Elijah. 

12  And  Jehoshaphat  said.  The  word  of  the  Lord  is  with  him. 
So  the  king  of  Israel,  and  Jehoshaphat,  and  the  king  of  Edom,  went 
down  to  him. 

13  And  Elisha  said  unto  the  king  of  Israel,  What  have  I  to  do 
with  thee  ?  get  thee  to  the  prophets  of  thy  father,  and  to  the  prophets 
of  thy  mother.  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  unto  him,  Nay  ;  for  the 
Lord  liath  called  these  three  kings  together,  to  deliver  them  into  the 
hand  of  Moab. 

*  B.  C.  895. 


44  The  Moabiics  vanquished. 

14  And  Elisha  said,  As  the  Lord  of  hosts  liveth,  before  whom  I 
stand,  surely,  were  it  not  that  I  regard  the  presence  of  Jehoshaphat 
the  king  of  Judah,  I  would  not  look  toward  thee,  nor  see  thee. 

15  But  now  bring  me  a  minstrel.  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
minstrel  played,  that  the  hand  of  the  Lord  came  upon  him. 

16  And  he  said.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Make  this  valley  full  of 
ditches  : 

17  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Ye  shall  not  see  wind,  neither  shall 
ye  see  rain  ;  yet  that  valley  shall  be  filled  with  water,  that  ye  may 
drink,  both  ye,  and  your  cattle,  and  your  beasts. 

18  And  this  is  but  a  light  thing  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  :  he  will 
deliver  the  Moabites  also  into  your  hand. 

19  And  ye  shall  smite  every  fenced  city,  and  every  choice  city, 
and  shall  fell  every  good  tree,  and  stop  all  wells  of  water,  and  mar 
every  good  piece  of  land  with  stones. 

20  H  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  morning,  when  the  meat-offering 
was  offered,  that  behold,  there  came  water  by  the  way  of  Edom  ;  and 
the  country  was  filled  with  water. 

21  And  when  all  the  Moabites  heard  that  the  kings  were  come  up 
to  fight  against  them,  they  gathered  all  that  were  able  to  put  on 
armor,  and  upward,  and  stood  in  the  border. 

22  And  they  rose  up  early  in  the  morning,  and  the  sun  shone  upon 
the  water,  and  the  I\Ioabites  saw  the  water  on  the  other  side  as  red  as 
blood ; 

23  And  they  said.  This  is  blood:  the  kings  are  surely  slain,  and 
they  have  smitten  one  another  ;  now,  therefore,  Moab,  to  the  spoil. 

24  And  w^hen  they  came  to  the  camp  of  Israel,  the  Israelites  rose 
up  and  smote  the  Moabites,  so  that  they  fled  before  them :  but  they 
went  forward  smiting  the  Moabites,  even  in  their  country. 

25  And  they  beat  down  the  cities,  and  on  every  good  piece  of  land 
cast  every  man  his  stone,  and  filled  it;  and  they  stopped  all  the  wells 
of  water,  and  felled  all  the  good  trees  :  only  in  Kir-haraseth  left  they 
the  stones  thereof;  howbeit  the  slir^gers  went  about  it,  and  smote  it. 

26  H  And  when  the  king  of  Moab  saw  that  the  battle  was  too  sore 
for  him,  he  took  with  him  seven  hundred  men  that  drew  swords,  to 
break  through  even  unto  the  king  of  Edom  :  but  they  could  not. 

27  Then  he  took  his  eldest  son,  that  should  have  reigned  in  his 
stead,  and  offered  him  for  a  burnt  offering  upon  the  wall.  And  there 
was  great  indignation  against  Israel ;  and  they  departed  from  him, 
and  returned  to  their  own  land. 

B.  C.  894.  2  KINGS,  IV. 

1  Now  there  cried  a  certain  woman  of  the  wives  of  the  sons  of  the 
prophets  unto  Elisha,  saying,  Thy  servant  my  husband  is  dead  ;  and 
thou  knowest  that  thy  servant  did  fear  the  Lord  :  and  the  creditor  is 
come  to  take  unto  him  my  two  sons  to  be  bond-men. 

2  And  Elisha  said  unto  her,  what  shall  I  do  for  thee  .'  tell  me  : 
what  hast  thou  in  the  house  ?  And  she  said.  Thine  handmaid  hath 
not  any  thing  in  the  house  save  a  pot  of  oil. 

3  Then  he  said.  Go,  borrow  thee  vessels  abroad  of  all  thy  neigh- 
bors, even  empty  vessels;  borrow  not  a  few. 

4  And,  when  thou  art  come  in,  thou  shalt  shut  the  door  upon  thee 


Elislia  and  the  Shunammite.  45 

and  upon  thy  sons,  and  shalt  pour  out  into  all  those  vessels,  and  thou 
shalt  set  aside  that  which  is  full. 

5  So  she  went  from  him,  and  shut  the  door  upon  her  and  upon  her 
sons,  who  brought  the  vessels  to  her,  and  she  poured  out. 

6  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  vessels  were  full,  that  she  said 
unto  her  son.  Bring  me  yet  a  vessel.  And  he  said  unto  her,  There  is 
not  a  vessel  more.     And  the  oil  stayed. 

7  Then  she  came  and  told  the  man  of  God  :  and  he  said.  Go,  sell 
the  oil,  and  pay  thy  debt,  and  live  thou  and  thy  children  of  tlie 
rest.  - 

8  IT  And  it  fell  on  a  day,  that  Elisha  passed  to  Shunem,  where 
was  a  great  woman,  and  she  constrained  him  to  eat  bread.  And 
so  it  was,  that,  as  oft  as  he  passed  by,  he  turned  in  thither  to  eat 
bread. 

9  And  she  said  unto  her  husband.  Behold  now,  I  perceive  that  this 
is  an  holy  man  of  God  which  passeth  by  us  continually. 

10  Let  us  make  a  little  chamber,  I  pray  thee,  on  the  wall ;  and 
let  us  set  for  him  there  a  bed,  and  a  table,  and  a  stool,  and  a  candle- 
stick :  and  it  shall  be,  when  he  cometh  to  us,  that  he  shall  turn  in 
thither. 

11  And  it  fell  on  a  day  that  he  came  thither,  and  he  turned  into  the 
chamber,  and  lay  there. 

12  And  he  said  to  Gehazi  his  servant.  Call  this  Shunammite.  And 
when  he  had  called  her,  she  stood  before  him. 

13  And  he  said  unto  him,  say  now  unto  her.  Behold,  thou  hast  been 
careful  for  us  with  all  this  care  ;  what  is  to  be  done  for  thee  ? 
wouldest  thou  be  spoken  for  to  the  king,  or  to  the  captain  of  the  host  ? 
And  she  answered,  I  dwell  among  mine  own  people. 

14  And  he  said,  What  then  is  to  be  done  for  her  .'  And  Gehazi 
answered,  Verily  she  hath  no  child,  and  her  husband  is  old. 

15  And  he  said.  Call  her.  And  when  he  had  called  her,  she  stood 
in  the  door. 

16  And  he  said.  About  this  season,  according  to  the  lime  of  life, 
thou  shalt  embrace  a  son.  And  she  said,  Nay,  my  lord,  thou  man  of 
God,  do  not  lie  unto  thine  handmaid. 

17  And  the  woman  conceived,  and  bare  a  son  at  that  season  that 
Elisha  had  said  unto  her,  according  to  the  time  of  life. 

IS  *  IT  And  when  the  child  was  grown,  it  fell  on  a  day  that  he  went 
out  to  his  father  to  the  reapers. 

19  And  he  said  unto  his  father.  My  head,  my  head.  And  he  said 
to  ?  la  .  Carry  him  to  his  mother. 

20  And  when  he  had  taken  him,  and  brought  him  to  his  mother,  he 
sat  on  her  knees  till  noon,  and  then  died. 

21  And  she  went  up,  and  laid  him  on  the  bed  of  the  man  of  God, 
and  shut  the  door  upon  him,  and  went  out. 

22  And  she  dalled  unto  her  husband,  and  said,  Send  me,  I  pray 
thee,  one  of  the  young  men,  and  one  of  the  asses,  that  1  may  run  to 
the  man  of  God,  and  come  again. 

*  The  child  was  between  three  and  four  years  old  when  it  was  restored  to  life, 
and  the  account  of  this  miracle  w..  Id  l-.ave  fallen  into  the  year  691  B.  C,  but  the 
harmony  of  the  story  seems  more  inii  oitant  tliau  the  exact  chronology. 


46  Elisha  and  the  Shunammite. 

23  And  he  said,  Wherefore  wilt  thou  go  to  him  to-day  ?  it  is  neither 
new-moon  nor  sabbath.     And  she  said.  It  shall  be  well. 

24  Then  she  saddled  an  ass,  and  said  to  her  servant.  Drive,  and  go 
forward  ;  slack  not  thy  riding  for  me,  except  I  bid  thee. 

25  So  she  went,  and  came  to  the  man  of  God  to  mount  Carmel. 
And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  man  of  God  saw  her  afar  off,  that  he 
said  to  Gehazi  his  servant,  Behold,  yonder  is  that  Shunammite  : 

26  Run  now,  I  pray  thee,  to  meet  her ;  and  say  unto  her,  7s  it 
well  with  thee  ?  is  it  well  with  thy  husband  i  is  it  well  with  the 
child  ?     And  she  answered,  It  is  well. 

27  And  when  she  came  to  the  man  of  God  to  the  hill,  she  caught 
him  by  the  feet :  but  Gehazi  came  near  to  thrust  her  away.  And  the 
man  of  God  said.  Let  her  alone  ;  for  her  soul  is  vexed  within  her : 
and  the  Lord  hath  hid  it  from  me,  and  hath  not  told  me. 

28  Then  she  said,  Did  I  desire  a  son  of  my  lord  ?  did  I  not  say.  Do 
not  deceive  me  ? 

29  Then  he  said  to  Gehazi,  Gird  up  thy  loins,  and  take  my  staff  in 
thine  hand,  and  go  thy  way :  if  thou  meet  any  man,  salute  him  not ; 
and  if  any  salute  thee,  answer  hirn  not  again  :  and  lay  my  staff  upon 
the  face  of  the  child. 

30  And  the  mother  of  the  child  said,  ^s  the  Lord  liveth,  and  as 
thy  soul  liveth,  I  will  not  leave  thee.  And  he  arose,  and  followed 
her. 

31  And  Gehazi  passed  on  before  them,  and  laid  the  staff  upon  the 
face  of  the  child  ;  but  there  was  neither  voice  nor  hearing  :  where- 
fore he  went  again  to  meet  him,  and  told  him,  saying.  The  child  is 
not  awaked. 

32  And  when  Elisha  was  come  into  the  house,  behold,  the  child 
was  dead,  and  laid  upon  his  bed. 

33  He  went  in,  therefore,  and  shut  the  door  upon  them  twain,  and 
prayed  unto  the  Lord. 

34  And  he  went  up,  and  lay  upon  the  child,  and  put  his  mouth 
upon  his  mouth,  and  his  eyes  upon  his  eyes,  and  his  hands  upon  his 
hands,  and  he  stretched  himself  upon  the  child,  and  the  flesh  of  the 
child  waxed  warm. 

35  Then  he  returned,  and  walked  in  the  house  to  and  fro ;  and 
went  up,  and  stretched  himself  upon  him :  and  the  child  sneezed 
seven  times,  and  the  child  opened  his  eyes. 

36  And  he  called  Gehazi,  and  said,  Call  this  Shunammite.  So  he 
called  her  :  and  when  she  was  come  in  unto  him  he  said,  Take  up 
thy  son. 

37  Then  she  went  in,  and  fell  at  his  feet,  and  bowed  herself  to  the 
ground,  and  took  up  her  son,  and  went  out. 

38  IT  And  Elisha  came  again  to  Gilgal,  and  there  ivas  a  dearth  in 
the  land,  and  the  sons  of  the  prophets  ivere  sitting  before  him  :  and 
he  said  unto  his  servant,  Set  on  the  great  pot,  and  seethe  pottage  for 
the  sons  of  the  prophets. 

39  And  one  went  out  into  the  field  to  gather  herbs,  and  found  a 
wild  vine,  and  gathered  thereof  wild  gourds  his  lapfull,  and  came  and 
shred  them  into  the  pot  of  pottage  :  for  they  knew  them  not. 

40  So  they  poured  out  for  the  men  to  eat  :  and  it  came  to  pass,  as 
they  were  eating  of  the  pottage,  that  they  cried  out,  and  said,  0  thou 


Elisha  and  Naaman,  47 

man  of  God,  there  is  death  in  the  pot ;    and  they  could  not  eat 
thereof. 

41  But  he  said,  Then  bring  meal :  and  he  cast  it  into  the  pot ;  and 
he  said.  Pour  out  for  the  people,  that  they  may  eat:  and  there  was  no 
harm  in  the  pot. 

42  H  And  there  came  a  man  from  Baal-shalisha,  and  brought  the 
man  of  God  bread  of  the  first  fruits,  twenty  loaves  of  barley,  and  full 
ears  of  corn  in  the  husk  thereof :  and  he  said.  Give  unto  the  people 
that  they  may  eat. 

43  And  his  servitor  said.  What !  should  I  set  this  before  an  hundred 
men  ?  He  said  again,  Give  the  people,  that  they  may  eat :  for  thus 
saith  the  Lord,  They  shall  eat,  and  shall  leave  thereof. 

44  So  he  set  it  before  them,  and  they  did  eat,  and  left  thereof, 
according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

2  KINGS,  V.  B.  C.  894. 

1  Now  Naaman,  captain  of  the  host  of  the  king  of  Syria,  was  a 
great  man  with  his  master,  and  honorable:  because  by  him  the  Lord 
had  given  deliverance  unto  Syria:  he  was  also  a  mighty  man  in  valor; 
but  he  was  a  leper. 

2  And  the  Syrians  had  gone  out  by  companies,  and  had  brought 
away  captive,  out  of  the  land  of  Israel,  a  little  maid,  and  she  waited 
on  Naaman's  wife. 

3  And  she  said  unto  her  mistress.  Would  God  my  lord  were 
with  the  prophet  that  is  in  Samaria !  for  he  would  recover  him  of  his 
leprosy. 

4  And  one  went  in  and  told  his  lord,  saying,  Thus  and  thus  said  the 
maid  that  is  of  the  land  of  Israel. 

5  And  the  king  of  Syria  said,  Go  to,  go,  and  I  will  send  a  letter  unto 
the  king  of  Israel.  And  he  departed,  and  took  with  him  ten  talents 
of  silver,  and  six  thousand  pieces  of  gold,  and  ten  changes  of  rai- 
ment, 

6  And  he  brought  the  letter  to  the  king  of  Israel,  saying,  Now, 
when  this  letter  is  come  unto  thee,  behold,  I  have  therewith  sent 
Naaman  my  servant  to  thee,  that  thou  mayest  recover  him  of  his 
leprosy. 

7  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  king  of  Israel  had  read  the  letter, 
that  he  rent  his  clothes,  and  said,  Am  I  God,  to  kill  and  to  make 
alive,  that  this  man  doth  send  unto  me  to  recover  a  man  of  his  leprosy? 
Wherefore  consider,  I  pray  you,  and  see  how  he  seeketh  a  quarrel 
against  me. 

8  II  And  it  was  so,  when  Elisha  the  man  of  God  had  heard  that  the 
king  of  Israel  had  rent  his  clothes,  that  he  sent  to  the  king,  saying. 
Wherefore  hast  thou  rent  thy  clothes  ?  let  him  come  now  to  me, 
and  he  shall  know  that  there  is  a  prophet  in  Israel. 

9  So  Naaman  came  with  his  horses  and  with  his  chariot,  and  stood 
at  the  door  of  the  house  of  Elisha. 

10  And  Elisha  sent  a  messenger  unto  him,  saying,  Go  and  wash  in 
Jordan  seven  times,  and  thy  flesh  shall  come  again  to  thee,  and  thou 
shalt  be  clean. 

11  But  Naaman  was  wroth,  and  went  away,  and  said.  Behold,  I 
thought.  He  will  surely  come  out  to  me,  and  stand  and  call  on  the 


48  JElisha  and  Naaman. 

name  of  the  Lord  his  God,  and  strike  his  hand  over  the  place,  and 
recover  the  leper. 

12  Are  not  Abana  and  Pharpar,  rivers  of  Damascus,  better  than  all 
the  waters  of  Israel  ?  may  I  not  wash  in  them  and  be  clean  ?  So 
he  turned,  and  went  aw^ay  in  a  rage. 

13  And  his  servants  came  near,  and  spake  unto  him,  and  said,  My 
father,  if  the  prophet  had  bid  thee  do  some  great  thing  wouldest  thou 
not  have  done  it  7  how  much  rather  then,  when  he  saith  to  thee. 
Wash  and  be  clean  ? 

14  Then  went  he  down,  and  dipped  himself  seven  times  in  Jordan, 
according  to  the  saying  of  the  man  of  God  :  and  his  flesh  came  again 
like  unto  the  flesh  of  a  little  child,  and  he  was  clean. 

15  H  And  he  returned  to  the  man  of  God,  he  and  all  his  company, 
and  came  and  stood  before  him  :  and  he  said.  Behold,  now  I  know 
that  there  is  no  God  in  all  the  earth  but  in  Israel ;  now,  therefore,  I 
pray  thee,  take  a  blessing  of  thy  servant. 

IG  But  he  said,  As  the  Lord  liveth,  before  whom  I  stand,  I  will 
receive  none.     And  he  urged  him  to  take  it :  but  he  refused. 

17  And  Naaman  said.  Shall  there  not  then,  I  pray  thee,  be  given 
to  thy  servant  two  mules'  burden  of  earth  ?  for  thy  servant  will 
henceforth  offer  neither  burnt-offering  nor  sacrifice  unto  other  gods, 
but  unto  the  Lord. 

18  In  tins  thing  the  Lord  pardon  thy  servant,  f^af  when  my  mas- 
ter goeth  into  the  house  of  Riminon  to  worship  there,  and  he  leaneth 
on  my  hand,  and  I  bow  myself  in  the  house  of  Rinmion  :  when  I  bow 
down  myself  in  the  house  of  Rimmon,  the  Lord  pardon  thy  servant 
in  this  thing. 

19  And  he  said  unto  him.  Go  in  peace.  So  he  departed  from  him 
a  little  way. 

20  IT  But  Gehazi,  the  servant  of  Elisha  the  man  of  God,  said,  Be- 
hold, my  mastei-  hath  spared  Naaman  this  Sjaian,  in  not  receiving  at 
his  hands  that  which  he  brought :  but,  as  the  Lord  liveth,  I  will  run 
after  him,  and  take  somewhat  of  him. 

21  So  Gehazi  followed  after.Naaman  :  and  when  Naaman  saw  hi)n 
running  after  him,  he  lighted  down  from  the  chariot  to  meet  him,  and 
«aid.  Is  all  well  ? 

22  And  he  said.  All  is  well.  My  master  hath  sent  me,  saying.  Be- 
hold, even  now  there  be  come  to  me  from  mount  Ephraim  two  young 
men  of  the  sons  of  the  prophets  ;  give  them,  I  pray  thee,  a  talent  of 
silver,  and  two  changes  of  garments. 

23  And  Naaman  said,  Be  contejit,  take  two  talents.  And  he  urged 
him,  and  bound  two  talents  of  silver  in  two  bags,  with  two  changes  of 
garments,  and  laid  themupon  two  of  his  servants,  and  they  bare  them 
before  him. 

24  And  when  he  came  to  the  tower  he  took  the7n  from  their  hand, 
and  bestowed  tkeiyi  in  the  house  ;  and  he  let  the  men  go,  and  they 
departed. 

25  But  he  went  in,  and  stood  before  his  master:  and  Elisha  said 
unto  him.  Whence  comest  thou,  Gehazi .'  And  he  said.  Thy  servant 
went  no  whither. 

26  And  he  said  unto  him,  Went  not  mine  heart  tcith  thee,  when 
the  man  turned  again  from  his  chariot  to  meet  thee  ?     Is  it  a  time  to 


Elisha.  49 

receive  money,  and  to  receive  garments,  and  olive  yards,  and  vine- 
yards, and  sheep,  and  oxen,  and  men-servants,  and  maid-servants  ? 

27  The  leprosy,  therefore,  of  Naaman  shall  cleave  unto  thee,  and 
unto  thy  seed  for  ever.  And  he  went  out  from  his  presence  a  leper 
as  white  as  snovi^. 

2  KINGS,  VI.      '  B.  C.  893. 

1  And  the  sons  of  the  prophets  said  unto  Elisha,  Behold  now,  the 
place  where  we  dwell  with  thee  is  too  strait  for  us. 

2  Let  us  go,  we  pray  thee,  unto  Jordan,  and  take  thence  every 
man  a  beam,  and  let  us  make  us  a  place  there  where  we  may  dwell. 
And  he  answered.  Go  ye. 

3  And  one  said,  Be  content,  I  pray  thee,  and  go  with  thy  servants. 
And  he  answered,  I  will  go. 

4  So  he  went  with  them.  And  when  they  came  to  Jordan  they 
cut  down  wood. 

5  But  as  one  was  felling  a  beam,  the  axe-head  fell  into  the  water  : 
and  he  cried,  and  said,  Alas,  master  !  for  it  was  borrowed. 

6  And  the  man  of  God  said,  Where  fell  it  ?  And  he  shewed  him 
the  place.  And  he  cut  down  a  stick,  and  cast  it  in  thither,  and  the 
iron  did  swim. 

7  Therefore,  said  he,  Take  it  up  to  thee.  And  he  put  out  his  hand 
and  took  it. 

2  KINGS,  VIII.  B.  C.  892. 

1  Then  spake  Elisha  unto  the  woman,  whose  son  he  had  restored 
to  life,  saying,  Arise,  and  go  thou  and  thine  household,  and  sojourn 
wheresoever  thou  canst  sojourn  :  for  the  Lord  hath  called  for  a 
famine  ;  and  it  shall  also  come  upon  the  land  seven  years. 

2  And  the  woman  arose,  and  did  after  the  saying  of  the  man  of 
God :  and  she  went  with  her  household,  and  sojourned  in  the  land  of 
the  Philistines  seven  years. 

2    KINGS,    VI. 

8  TT  Then  the  king  of  Syria  warred  against  Israel,  and  took  coun- 
sel with  his  servants,  saying,  In  such  and  such  a  place  shall  be  my 
camp. 

9  And  the  man  of  God  sent  unto  the  king  of  Israel,  saying,  Beware 
that  thou  pass  not  such  a  place  ;  for  thither  the  Syrians  are  come 
down. 

10  And  the  king  of  Israel  sent  to  the  place  which  the  man  of  God 
told  him,  and  warned  him  of,  and  saved  himself  there,  not  once,  nor 
twice. 

11  IT  Therefore  the  heart  of  the  king  of  Syria  was  sore  troubled  for 
this  thing  ;  and  he  called  his  servants,  and  said  unto  them.  Will  ye 
not  shew  me  which  of  us  is  for  the  king  of  Israel  ? 

12  And  one  of  his  servants  said,  None,  my  lord,  0  king  j  but 
Elisha  the  prophet,  that  is  in  Israel,  telleth  the  king  of  Israel  the 
words  that  thou  speakest  in  thy  bed-chamber. 


50  ElisJia. 

13  And  he  said,  Go  and  spy  where  he  is,  that  I  may  send  and 
fetch  him.  -And  it  was  told  him,  saying.  Behold,  he  is  in  Dothan. 

14  Therefore  sent  he  thither  horses,  and  chariots,  and  a  great  host: 
and  they  came  by  night,  and  compassed  the  city  about. 

15  ^  And  when  the  servant  of  the  man  of  God  was  risen  early,  and 
gone  forth,  behold,  an  host  compassed  the  city,  both  with  horses  and 
chariots:  and  his  servant  said  unto  him,  Alas,  my  master  I  how  shall 
we  do  ? 

16  And  he  answered,  Fear  not ;  for  they  that  be  witli  us  are  more 
than  they  that  be  with  them. 

17  And  Elisha  prayed,  and  said,  I^ord,  I  pray  thee,  open  his  eyes, 
that  he  may  see.  And  the  Lord  opened  the  eyes  of  the  young  man; 
and  he  saw:  and,  behold,  the  mountain  teas  full  of  horses  and 
chariots  of  fire  round  about  Elisha. 

18  II  And  when  they  came  down  to  him,  Elisha  prayed  unto  the 
Lord,  and  said,  Smite  this  people,  I  pray  thee,  with  blindness.  And 
he  smote  them  with  blindness,  according  to  the  word  of  Elisha. 

19  And  Elisha  said  unto  them,  This  is  not  the  way,  neither  is  this 
the  citv  ;  follow  me,  and  1  will  bring  you  to  the  man  whom  ye  seek. 
But  he  led  them  to  Samaria. 

20  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  they  were  come  into  Samaria,  that 
Elisha  said,  Lord,  open  the  eyes  of  these  tnen,  that  they  may  see. 
And  the  Lord  opened  their  eyes,  and  they  saw ;  and,  behold,  they 
were  in  the  midst  of  Samaria. 

21  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  unto  Elisha,  when  he  saw  them.  My 
father,  shall  I  smite  them?  shall  1  smite  them? 

22  And  he  answered.  Thou  shalt  not  smite  them:  wouldest  thou 
smite  those  whom  thou  hast  taken  captive  with  thy  sword  and  with 
thy  bow  ?  Set  bread  and  water  before  them,  that  they  may  eat  and 
drink,  and  go  to  their  master. 

23  And  he  prepared  great  provision  for  them :  and  when  they  had 
eaten  and  drunk  he  sent  them  away,  and  they  went  to  their  master. 
So  the  bands  of  Syria  came  no  more  into  the  land  of  Israel. 

24  II  And  it  came  to  pass  after  this,  that  Ben-hadad  king  of  Syria 
gathered  all  his  host,  and  went  up,  and  besieged  Samaria. 

2-5  And  there  was  a  great  fimine  in  Samaria  :  and,  behold,  they 
besieged  it,  until  an  ass's  head  was  sold  for  fourscore  pieces  of  silver, 
and  the  fourth  part  of  a  cab  of  dove's  dung  for  five  pieces  of  silver. 

26  H  And,  as  the  king  of  Israel  wa«  passing  by  upon  the  wall,  there 
cried  a  woman  unto  him,  saying,  Help,  my  lord,  O  king  ! 

27  And  he  said,  If  the  Lord  do  not  help  thee,  w^hence  shall  I  help 
thee  ?  out  of  the  barn- floor,  or  out  of  the  wine-press  ? 

28  And  the  king  said  unlo  her.  What  aileth  thee  ?  And  she  an- 
swered, This  woman  said  unto  me.  Give  thy  son,  that  we  may  eat 
him  to-day,  and  we  will  eat  my  son  to-morrow. 

29  So  we  boiled  my  son,  and  did  eat  him  :  and  I  said  unto  heron  the 
next  day,  Give  thy  son,  that  we  may  eat  him ;  and  she  hath  hid  her 
sen. 

30  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  king  heard  the  words  of  the  wo- 
man, that  he  rent  his  clothes  ;  and  he  passed  by  upon  the  wall,  and 
the  people  looked,  and,  behold,  he  had  sackcloth  within  upon  his 
flesh. 


ElisTia.  51 

31  Then  he  said,  God  do  so  and  more  also  to  me,  if  the  head  of 
EHsha,  the  son  of  Shaphat,  shall  stand  on  him  this  day. 

32  But  Elisha  sat  in  his  house,  and  the  elders  sat  with  him,  and  the 
king  sent  a  man  from  before  him  :  but,  ere  the  messenger  came  to 
him,  he  said  to  the  elders,  See  ye  how  this  son  of  a  murderer  hath 
sent  to  take  away  mine  head  ?  look  when  the  messenger  cometh, 
shut  the  door,  and  hold  him  fast  at  the  door  :  is  not  the  sound  of  his 
master's  feet  behind  him  ? 

33  And,  while  he  yet  talked  with  fhem,  behold,  the  messenger 
caBie  down  unto  him,  and  he  said.  Behold,  this  evil  is  of  the  Lord, 
what  should  1  wait  for  the  Lord  any  longer  ? 

2    KINGS,    VII. 

1  Then  Elisha  said.  Hear  ye  the  word  of  the  Lord  ;  Thus  saith 
the  Lord,  To-morrow,  about  this  time,  shall  a  measure  of  fine  flour 
be  sold  for  a  shekel,  and  two  measures  of  barley  for  a  shekel,  in  the 
gate  of  Samaria. 

2  Then  a  lord  on  whose  hand  the  king  leaned  answered  the  man 
of  God,  and  said.  Behold,  if  the  I^ord  would  make  windows  in 
heaven  might  this  thing  be  ?  And  he  said,  Behold,  thou  shalt  see  it 
with  thine  eyes,  but  shalt  not  eat  thereof. 

3  M  And  there  were  four  leprous  men  at  the  entering  in  of  the 
gate,  and  they  said  one  to  another,  Why  sit  we  here  until  we  die  ? 

4  If  we  say,  We  will  enter  into  the  city,  then  the  famine  is  in  the 
city,  and  we  shall  die  there  :  and  if  we  sit  -still  here,  we  die  also. 
Now,  therefore,  come,  and  let  us  fall  unto  the  host  of  the  Syrians  :  if 
they  save  us  alive,  we  shall  live  ;  and  if  they  kill  us,  we  shall  but 
die. 

5  And  they  rose  up  in  the  twilight,  to  go  unto  the  camp  of  the 
Syrians :  and  when  they  were  come  to  the  uttermost  part  of  the 
camp  of  Syria,  behold,  there  ivas  no  man  there. 

6  For  the  Lord  had  made  the  host  of  the  Syrians  to  hear  a  noise 
of  chariots,  and  a  noise  of  horses,  eve7i  the  noise  of  a  great  host :  and 
they  said  one  to  another,  Lo,  the  king  of  Israel  hath  hired  against  us 
the  kings  of  the  Hittites,  and  the  kings  of  the  Egyptians,  to  come 
upon  us. 

7  Wherefore  they  arose,  and  fled  in  the  twilight,  and  left  their 
tents,  and  their  horses,  and  their  asses,  even  the  camp  as  it  was,  and 
fled  for  their  life. 

8  And  when  these  lepers  came  to  the  uttermost  part  of  the  camp, 
they  went  into  one  tent,  and  did  eat  and  drink,  and  carried  thence 
silver,  and  gold,  and  raiment,  and  went  and  hid  it ;  and  came  again, 
and  entered  into  another  tent,  and  carried  thence  also,  and  went  and 
hid  it. 

9  Then  they  said  one  to  another.  We  do  not  well :  this  day  is  a 
day  of  good  tidings,  and  we  hold  our  peace  ;  if  we  tarry  till  the 
morning-light  some  mischief  will  come  upon  us  :  now,  therefore, 
come,  that  we  may  go  and  tell  the  king's  household. 

10  So  they  came,  and  called  unto  the  porter  of  the  city ;  and  they 
told  them,  saying.  We  came  to  the  camp  of  the  Syrians,  and,  behold, 
iheie  was  no  man  there,  neither  voice  of  man,  but  horses  tied,  and 
asses  tied,  and  the  tents  as  they  were. 


52  Elisha.    Jehoshaphat. 

11  And  he  called  the  porters,  and  they  told  it  to  the  king's  house 
within. 

12  H  And  the  king  arose  in  the  night,  and  said  unto  his  servants,  I 
will  now  show  you  what  the  Syrians  have  done  to  us  :  They  know 
that  we  be  hungry,  therefore  are  they  gone  out  of  the  camp  to  hide 
themselves  in  the  field,  saying,  When  they  come  out  of  the  city 
we  shall  catch  them  alive,  and  get  into  the  city. 

13  And  one  of  his  servants  answered  and  said.  Let  some  take,  I 
pray  thee,  five  of  the  horses  that  remain,  which  are  left  in  the  city, 
(behold,  they  are  as  all  the  multitude  of  Israel  that  are  left  in  it;  be- 
hold, I  say,  they  are  even  as  all  the  multitude  of  the  Israelites  that 
are  consumed,)  and  let  us  send  and  see. 

14  They  took,  therefore,  two  chariot-horses  ;  and  the  king  sent 
after  the  host  of  the  Syrians,  saying.  Go  and  see. 

15  And  they  went  after  them  unto  Jordan  ;  and,  lo,  all  the  way 
was  full  of  garments  and  vessels,  which  the  Syrians  had  cast  away 
in  their  haste  :  and  the  messengers  returned,  and  told  the  king. 

16  And  the  people  went  out  and  spoiled  the  tents  of  the  Syrians. 
So  a  measure  of  fine  flour  was  sold  for  a  shekel,  and  two  measures  of 
barley  for  a  shekel,  according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

17  H  And  the  king  appointed  the  lord,  on  whose  hand  he  leaned,  to 
have  the  charge  of  the  gate  :  and  the  people  trode  upon  him  in  the 
gate,  and  he  died,  as  the  man  of  God  had  said,  who  spake  when  the 
king  came  down  to  him. 

18  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  the  man  of  God  had  spoken  to  the  king, 
saying.  Two  measures  of  barley  for  a  shekel,  and  a  measure  of  fine 
flour  for  a  shekel,  shall  be  to-morrow,  about  this  time,  in  the  gate  of 
Samaria: 

19  And  that  lord  answered  the  man  of  God,  and  said.  Now,  behold, 
if  the  Lord  should  make  windows  in  heaven  might  such  a  thing  be  ? 
And  he  said.  Behold,  thou  shalt  see  it  with  thine  eyes,  but  shalt  not 
eat  thereof. 

20  And  so  it  fell  out  unto  him  :  for  the  people  trode  upon  him  in 
the  gate,  and  he  died. 

B.  C.  892.  2    CHRONICLES,    XX. 

1  It  came  to  pass  after  this  also,  that  the  children  of  Moab,  and 
the  children  of  Ammon,  and  with  them  other  besides  the  Ammonites, 
came  against  Jehoshapliat  to  battle. 

2  Then  there  came  some  that  told  Jehoshaphat,  saying.  There 
cometh  a  great  multitude  against  thee  from  beyond  the  sea,  on  this 
side  Syria ;  and,  behold,  they  be  in  Hazazon-tamar,  which  is  En- 
gedi. 

3  And  Jehoshaphat  feared,  and  set  himself  to  seek  the  Lord,  and 
proclaimed  a  fast  throughout  all  Judah. 

4  And  Judah  gathered  themselves  together  to  ask  help  of  the 
Lord  ;  even  out  of  ail  the  cities  of  Judah  they  came  to  seek  the 
Lord. 

5  H  And  Jehoshaphat  stood  in  the  congregation  of  Judah  and  Jeru- 
salem, in  the  house  of  the  I^ord,  before  the  new  court, 

6  And  said,  O  Lord  God  of  our  fathers,  art  not  thou  God  in 
heaven  ?  and  rulest  not  tliou  over  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  heathen  .'' 


JelioshnpJiat.  53 

and  in  thine  hand  is  there  not  power  and  might,  so  that  none  is  able 
to  withstand  thee  ? 

7  Art  not  thou  our  God,  who  didst  drive  out  the  inhabitants  of  this 
land  before  thy  people  Israel,  and  gavest  it  to  the  seed  of  Abraham 
thy  friend  for  ever  ? 

8  And  they  dwelt  therein,  and  have  built  thee  a  sanctuary  therein 
for  thy  name,  saying, 

9  If,  v:hen  evil  cometh  upon  us,  a.s  the  sword,  judgment,  or  pes- 
tilence, or  famine,  we  stand  before  this  house,  and  in  thy  presence, 
(for  thy  name  ?6-  in  this  house,)  and  cry  unto  thee  in  our  affliction, 
then  thou  wilt  hear  and  help. 

10  And  now,  behold,  the  children  of  Animon,  and  Moab,  and 
mount  Seir,  whom  thou  wouldest  not  let  Israel  invade,  when  they 
came  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  but  they  turned  from  them,  and  de- 
stroyed them  not : 

11  Behold,  I say^  hoio  they  reward  us,  to  come  to  cast  us  out  of 
thy  possession,  which  thou  hast  given  us  to  inherit. 

12  O  our  God,  wilt  thou  not  judge  them  ?  for  we  have  no  might 
against  this  great  company  that  cometh  against  us  ;  neither  know  we 
what  to  do  :  but  our  eyes  are  upon  thee. 

13  And  all  Judah  stood  before  the  Lord,  with  their  little  ones,  their 
wives,  and  their  children. 

14  IT  Then  upon  Jahaziel,  the  son  of  Zechariah,  the  son  of  Benaiah, 
the  son  of  Jeiel,  the  son  of  Mattaniah,  a  Levite,  of  the  sons  of  Asaph, 
came  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  in  the  midst  of  the  congregation  ; 

1.5  And  he  said,  Hearken  ye,  all  Judah,  and  ye  inhabitants  of  Je- 
rusalem, and  thou  kini>;  Jehoshaphat;  Thus  saith  the  Lord  unto  you. 
Be  not  afraid  nor  dismayed  by  reason  of  this  great  multitude  ;  for  the 
battle  is  not  yours,  but  God's. 

16  To-morrow  go  ye  down  against  them  :  behold,  they  come  up 
by  the  clift'  of  Ziz  ;  and  ye  shall  find  them  at  the  end  of  the  brook, 
before  the  wilderness  of  Jeruel. 

17  Ye  shall  not  neerf  to  fight  in  this  battle  ;  set  yourselves,  stand 
ye  still,  and  see  the  salvation  of  the  Lord  with  you,  O  Judah  and 
Jerusalem:  fear  not,  nor  be  dismayed:  to-morrow  go  out  against 
them  ;  for  the  Lord  will  be  with  you. 

18  And  Jehoshaphat  bowed  his  head,  with  his  face  to  the  ground : 
and  all  Judah,  and  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  fell  before  the  Lord, 
worshipping  the  Lord. 

19  And  the  Levites,  of  the  children  of  the  Kohathites,  and  of  the 
children  of  the  Korhites,  stood  up  to  praise  the  Lord  God  of  Israel 
with  a  loud  voice  on  high. 

20  IT  And  they  rose  early  in  the  morning,  and  went  forth  into  the 
wilderness  of  Tekoah  :  and,  as  they  went  forth,  Jehoshaphat  stood  and 
said.  Hear  me,  O  Judah,  and  ye  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  ;  Believe 
in  the  Lord  your  God,  so  shall  ye  be  established  ;  believe  his  pro- 
phets, so  shall  ye  prosper. 

21  And  when  he  had  consulted  with  the  people,  he  appointed  singers 
unto  the  Lord,  and  that  should  praise  the  beauty  of  holiness,  as  they 
went  out  before  the  army,  and  to  say,  Praise  the  Lord  ;  for  his  mercy 
endiireth  forever. 

22  TI  And  when  they  began  to  sing  and  to  praise,  the  Lord  set 


54  Jehoshaphat.     Jehoram. 

ambushments  against  the  children  of  Ammon,  Moab,  and  mount  Seir, 
which  were  come  against  Judah ;  and  they  were  smitten. 

23  For  the  children  of  Ammon  and  Moab  stood  up  against  the  in- 
habitants of  mount  Seir,  utterly  to  slay  and  destroy  them  :  and,  when 
they  had  made  an  end  of  the  inhabitants  of  Seir,  every  one  helped  to 
destroy  another. 

24  And  when  Judah  came  toward  the  watch-tower  in  the  wilder- 
ness, they  looked  unto  the  multitude,  and,  behold,  they  were  dead 
bodies  fallen  to  the  earth,  and  none  escaped. 

25  And  when  Jehoshaphat  and  his  people  came  to  take  away  the 
spoil  of  them,  they  found  among  them  in  abundance,  both  riches 
with  the  dead  bodies,  and  precious  jewels,  (which  they  stripped  off 
for  themselves,)  more  than  they  could  carry  away :  and  they  were 
three  days  in  gathering  of  the  spoil,  it  was  so  much. 

26  IT  And  on  the  fourth  day  they  assembled  themselves  in  the 
valley  of  Berachah ;  for  there  they  blessed  the  Lord  :  therefore  the 
name  of  the  same  place  was  called.  The  valley  of  Berachah  unto 
this  day. 

27  Then  they  returned,  every  man  of  Judah  and  Jerusalem,  and 
Jehoshaphat  in  the  fore-front  of  them,  to  go  again  to  Jerusalem  with 
joy  :  for  the  Lord  had  made  them  to  rejoice  over  their  enemies. 

28  And  they  came  to  Jerusalem  with  psalteries,  and  harps,  and 
trumpets,  unto  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

29  And  the  fear  of  God  was  on  all  the  kingdoms  of  f^ose  countries, 
when  they  had  heard  that  the  Lord  fought  against  the  enemies  of 
Israel. 

80  So  the  realm  of  Jehoshaphat  was  quiet ;  for  his  God  gave  him 
rest  round  about. 

31  H  And  Jehoshaphat  reigned  over  Judah.  He  was  thirty  and 
five  years  old  when  he  began  to  reign  ;  and  he  reigned  twenty  and 
five  years  in  Jerusalem :  and  his  mother's  name  was  Azubah,  the 
daughter  of  Shilhi. 

32  And  he  walked  in  the  way  of  Asa  his  father,  and  departed  not 
from  it,  doing  that  which  was  right  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord. 

33  Howbeit,  the  high  places  were  not  taken  away ;  for  as  yet  the 
people  had  not  prepared  their  hearts  unto  the  God  of  their  fathers. 

34  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jehoshaphat,  first  and  last,  behold 
they  are  written  in  the  book  of  Jehu,  the  son  of  Hanani,  who  is 
mentioned  in  the  book  of  the  kings  of  Israel. 

B.  C.  891.  2   CHRONICLES,    XXI. 

1  Now  Jehoshaphat  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was  buried  with  his 
fathers  in  the  city  of  David  :  and  Jehoram  his  son  reigned  in  his 
stead. 

2  And  he  had  brethren,  the  sons  of  Jehoshaphat,  Azariah,  and 
Jehiel,  and  Zechariah,  and  Azariah,  and  Michael,  and  Shephatiah  : 
all  these  were  the  sons  of  Jehoshaphat  king  of  Israel. 

3  And  their  father  gave  them  great  gifts  of  silver,  and  of  gold,  and 
of  precious  things,  with  fenced  cities  in  Judah :  but  the  kingdom 
gave  he  to  Jehoram,  because  he  was  the  first-born. 

4  Now,  when  Jehoram  was  risen  up  to  the  kingdom  of  his  father. 


Jehoram.  55 

he  strengthened  himself,  and  slew  all  his  brethren  with  the  sword, 
and  divers  also  of  the  princes  of  Israel. 

5  H  Jehoram  was  thirty  and  two  years  old  when  he  began  to  reign, 
and  he  reigned  eight  years  in  Jerusalem. 

6  And  he  walked  in  the  way  of  the  kings  of  Israel,  like  as  did  the 
house  of  Ahab ;  for  he  had  the  daughter  of  Ahab  to  wife  :  and  he 
wrought  that  which  was  evil  in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord. 

7  Howbeit,  the  Lord  would  not  destroy  the  house  of  David,  be- 
cause of  the  covenant  that  he  had  made  with  David,  and  as  he 
promised  to  give  a  light  to  him  and  to  his  sons  for  ever. 

8  1[  In  his  days  the  Edomites  revolted  from  under  the  dominion  of 
Judah,  and  made  themselves  a  king. 

9  Then  Jehoram  went  forth  with  his  princes,  and  all  his  chariots 
with  him  :  and  he  rose  up  by  night,  and  smote  the  Edomites  which 
compassed  him  in,  and  the  captains  of  the  chariots. 

10  So  the  Edomites  revolted  from  under  the  hand  of  Judah  unto 
this  day.  The  same  time  also  did  Libnah  revolt  from  under  his 
hand ;  because  he  had  forsaken  the  Lord  God  of  his  fathers. 

11  Moreover,  he  made  high  places  in  the  mountains  of  Judah,  and 
caused  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  to  commit  fornication,  and  com- 
pelled Judah  thereto. 

12  IT  And  there  came  a  writing  to  him  from  Elijah  the  prophet, 
saying.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  David  thy  father,  Because  thou 
hast  not  walked  in  the  ways  of  Jehoshaphat  thy  father,  nor  in  the 
ways  of  Asa  king  of  Judah, 

1.3  But  hast  walked  in  the  way  of  the  kings  of  Israel,  and  hast 
made  Judah  and  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  to  go  a  whoring,  like  to 
the  whoredoms  of  the  house  of  Ahab,  and  also  hast  slain  thy  brethren 
of  thy  father's  house,  which  were  better  than  thyself; 

14  Behold,  with  a  great  plague  will  the  Lord  smite  thy  people, 
and  thy  children,  and  thy  wives,  and  all  thy  goods. 

15  And  thou  shalt  have  great  sickness  by  disease  of  thy  bowels, 
until  thy  bowels  fall  out  by  reason  of  the  sickness  day  by  day. 

16  H  Moreover,  the  Lord  stirred  up  against  Jehoram  the  spirit 
of  the  Philistines,  and  of  the  Arabians,  that  were  near  the  Ethio- 
pians. 

17  And  they  came  up  into  Judah,  and  brake  into  it,  and  carried 
away  all  the  substance  that  was  found  in  the  king's  house,  and  his 
sons  also,  and  his  wives  :  so  that  there  was  never  a  son  left  him,  save 
Jehoahaz,  the  youngest  of  his  sons. 

2  KINGS,  VIII.  B.  C.  885. 

3  And  it  came  to  pass,  at  the  seven  years'  end,  that  the  woman* 
returned  out  of  the  land  of  the  Philistines  :  and  she  went  forth  to 
cry  unto  the  king  for  her  house,  and  for  her  land. 

4  And  the  king  talked  with  Gehazi,  the  servant  of  the  man  of  God, 
saying.  Tell  me,  I  pray  thee,  all  the  great  things  tliat  Elisha  hath 
done. 

5  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  was  telling  the  king  how  he  had 
restored  a  dead  body  to  life,  that,  behold,  the  woman,  whose  son  he 
had  restored  to  life,  cried  to  the  king  for  her  house,  and  for  her  land. 

*  This  is  the  woman  whose  son  Elisha  had  restored  to  life.    Chap.  iv.  8:  viii.  1. 


56  Elisha.     Hazad. 

And  Gehazi  said,  My  lord,  O  king,  this  is  the  woman,  and  this  is  her 
son,  whom  Ehsha  restored  to  Hfe. 

6  And  when  the  king  asked  the  woman,  she  told  him.  So  the 
king  appointed  unto  her  a  certain  otiicer,  saying.  Restore  all  that  was 
hers,  and  all  the  fruits  of  the  field,  since  the  day  that  she  left  the 
land,  even  until  now. 

7  IT  And  Elisha  came  to  Damascus ;  and  Ben-hadad  the  king  of 
Syria  was  sick  :  and  it  was  told  him,  saying.  The  man  of  God  is 
come  hither. 

8  And  the  king  said  unto  Hazael,  Take  a  present  in  thine  hand, 
and  go  meet  the  man  of  God,  and  inquire  of  the  Lord  by  him,  say- 
ing. Shall  1  recover  of  this  disease  ? 

9  So  Hazael  went  to  meet  him,  and  took  a  present  with  him,  even 
of  every  good  thing  of  Damascus,  forty  camels  burden,  and  came  and 
stood  before  him,  and  said.  Thy  son  Ben-hadad  king  of  Syria  hath  sent 
me  to  thee,  saying,  Shall  I  recover  of  this  disease  ? 

10  And  Elisha  said  unto  him,  Go,  say  unto  him.  Thou  mayest 
certainly  recover:  howbeit,  the  Lord  hath  shewed  me  that  he  shall 
surely  die.  ': 

1 1  And  he  settled  his  countenance  steadfastly  until  he  was  ashamed  : 
and  the  man  of  God  wept, 

12  And  Hazael  said,  Why  weepeth  my  lord  ?  And  he  answered. 
Because  I  know  the  evil  that  thou  wilt  do  unto  the  children  of  Israel ; 
their  stiong  holds  wilt  thou  set  on  fire,  and  their  young  men  wilt 
thou  slay  with  the  sword,  and  wilt  dash  their  children,  and  rip  up 
their  women  with  child. 

13  And  Hazael  said.  But  what !  is  thy  servant  a  dog  that  he  should 
do  this  great  thing  ?  And  Elisha  answered.  The  Lord  hath  shewed 
me  that  thou  shah  be  king  over  Syria. 

14  So  he  departed  from  Elisha,  and  came  to  his  master;  who  said 
to  him,  What  said  Elisha  to  thee  ?  And  he  answered.  He  told  me 
that  thou  shouldest  surely  recover. 

15  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow,  that  he  took  a  thick  cloth, 
and  dipped  it  in  water,  and  spread  it  on  his  face,  so  that  he  died  ;  and 
Hazael  reigned  in  his  stead. 

B.  C.  884.  2  cHRo^'ICLEs,  xxi. 

IS  IT  And  after  all  this  the  Lord  smote  him  in  his  bowels,  with  an 
incurable  disease. 

19  And  it  came  to  pass,  that,  in  process  of  time,  after  the  end  of 
two  years,  his  feowels  fell  out  by  reason  of  his  sickness  ;  so  he  died 
of  sore  diseases:  and  his  people  made  no  burning  for  him,  like  the 
burning  of  his  fathers. 

20  Thirty  and  two  years  old  was  he  when  he  began  to  reign,  and 
he  reigned  in  Jerusalem  eight  years,  and  departed  without  being 
desired  :  howbeit,  they  buried  him  in  the  city  of  David,  but  not  in 
the  sepulchres  of  the  kings. 

2    CHRONICLES,    XXII. 

1  And  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  made  Ahaziah  his  youngest 
son  king  in  his  stead  :  for  the  band  of  men  that  came  with  the  Ara- 


Ahaziah.     Jehu  anointed-  57 

bians  to  the  camp  had  slain  all  the  eldest.     So  Ahaziah,   the  son  of 
Jehoram  king  of  Judah,  reigned. 

2  Forty  and  two  years  old  was  Ahaziah  when  he  began  to  reign  ; 
and  he  reigned  one  year  in  Jerusalem  :  his  mother's  name  also  ivas 
Athaliah,  the  daughter  of  Omri. 

3  He  also  walked  in  the  ways  of  the  house  of  Ahab  :  for  his  mother 
was  his  counsellor  to  do  wickedly. 

4  Wherefore  he  did  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  like  the  house 
of  Ahab  ;  for  they  were  his  counsellors,  after  the  death  of  his  father, 
to  his  destruction, 

5  "il  He  walked  also  after  their  counsel,  and  went  with  Jehoram,  the 
son  of  Ahab  king  of  Israel,  to  war  against  Hazael  king  of  Syria  at 
Kamoth-gilead  :  and  the  Syrians  smote  Joram. 

6  And  he  returned  to  be  healed  in  Jezreel,  because  of  the  wounds 
which  were  given  him  at  Ramah,  when  he  fought  with  Hazael  king 
of  Syria. 

2    KINGS,    IX. 

1  And  Elisha  the  prophet  called  one  of  the  children  of  the  prophets, 
and  said  unto  him,  Gird  up  thy  loins,  and  take  this  box  of  oil  in  thine 
hand,  and  go  to  Ramoth-gilead. 

2  And  when  thou  comest  thither,  look  out  there  Jehu,  the  son  of 
Jehoshaphat,  the  son  of  Nimshi,  and  go  in,  and  make  him  arise  up 
from  among  his  brethren,  and  carry  him  to  an  inner  chamber  : 

3  Then  take  the  box  of  oil,  and  pour  it  on  his  head,  and  say,  Thus 
saith  the  Lord,  I  have  anointed  thee  king  over  Israel  :  then  open  the 
door,  and  t^ee,  and  tarry  not. 

4  IT  So  the  young  man,  even  the  young  man  the  prophet,  w"ent  to 
Ramoth-gilead. 

5  And  when  he  came,  behold,  the  captains  of  the  host  tve7'e  sitting  : 
and  he  said,  I  have  an  errand  to  thee,  0  captain.  And  Jehu  said, 
Unto  which  of  all  us  ?  And  he  said.  To  thee,  O  captain. 

6  And  he  arose,  and  went  into  the  house  ;  and  he  poured  the  oil  on 
his  head,  and  said  unto  him.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  I 
have  anointed  thee  king  over  the  people  of  the  Lord,  even  over 
Isi-ael. 

7  And  thou  shalt  smite  the  house  of  Ahab  thy  master,  that  T  may 
avenge  the  blood  of  my  servants  the  prophets,  and  the  blood  of  all  the 
servants  of  the  Lord,  at  the  hand  of  Jezebel. 

8  For  the  whole  bouse  of  Ahab  shall  perish;  and' I  will  cutoff 
from  Ahab  him  that  pisseth  against  the  wall,  and  him  that  is  shut  up 
and  left  in  Israel. 

9  And  I  will  make  the  house  of  Ahab  like  the  house  of  Jeroboam, 
the  son  of  Nebat,  and  like  the  house  of  Baasha,  the  son  of  Ahijah. 

10  And  the  dogs  shall  eat  Jezebel  in  the  portion  of  Jezreel,  and 
there  shall  be  none  to  bury  her.     And  he  opened  the  door  and  fled. 

11  *  TT  Then  Jehu  came  forth  to  the  servants  of  his  lord  :  and  one 
said  unto  him,  Is  all  well?  wherefore  came  this  mad  fellow  to  thee.' 
And  he  said  unto  them,  Ye  know  the  man,  and  his  communication. 

*  B.  C.  884. 


58  Jehu  destroy eth  Joram  and  Ahaziah. 

12  And  they  said,  It  is  false  ;  tell  us  now.  And  he  said,  Thus  and 
thus  spake  he  to  me,  saying,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  I  have  anointed 
thee  king  over  Israel. 

13  Then  they  hasted,  and  took  every  man  his  garment,  and  put  it 
under  him  on  the  top  of  the  stairs,  and  blew  with  trumpets,  saying, 
Jehu  is  king. 

14  So  Jehu,  the  son  of  Jehoshaphat,  the  son  of  Nimshi,  conspired 
against  Joram  ;  (now  Joram  had  kept  Ramoth-gilead,  he  and  all 
Israel,  because  of  Hazael  king  of  Syria: 

15  But  king  Joram  was  returned  to  be  healed  in  Jezreel  of  the 
wounds  which  the  Syrians  had  given  him,  when  he  fought  with 
Hazael  king  of  Syria;)  and  Jehu  said.  If  it  be  your  minds,  then  let 
none  go  forth  nor  escape  out  of  the  city,  to  go  to  tell  it  in  Jezreel. 

16  So  Jehu  rode  in  a  chariot,  and  went  to  Jezreel ;  for  Joram  lay 
there.     And  Ahaziah  king  of  Judah  was  come  down  to  see  Joram. 

17  And  there  stood  a  watchman  on  the  tower  in  Jezreel,  and  he 
spied  the  company  of  Jehu  as  he  came,  and  said,  I  see  a  company. 
And  Joram  said.  Take  an  horseman,  and  send  to  meet  them,  and  let 
him  say.  Is  it  peace  ? 

18  So  there  went  one  on  horseback  to  meet  him,  and  said.  Thus 
saith  the  king.  Is  it  peace  ?  And  Jehu  said,  What  hast  thou  to  do  with 
peace?  turn  thee  behind  me.  And  the  watchman  told,  saying.  The 
messenger  came  to  them,  but  he  cometh  not  again. 

19  Then  he  sent  out  a  second  on  horseback,  which  came  to  them, 
and  said.  Thus  saith  the  king.  Is  it  peace  ?  And  Jehu  answered, 
>\Tiat  hast  thou  to  do  with  peace  ?  turn  thee  behind  me. 

20  And  the  watchman  told,  saying.  He  came  even  unto  them,  and- 
cometh  not  again  :  and  the  driving  is  like  the  driving  of  Jehu,  the 
son  of  Nimshi ;  for  he  driveth  furiously. 

21  And  Joram  said,  Make  ready.  And  his  chariot  was  made  ready. 
And  Joram  king  of  Israel,  and  Ahaziah  king  of  Judah,  went  out, 
each  in  his  chariot,  and  they  went  out  against  Jehu,  and  met  him  in 
the  portion  of  Naboth  the  Jezreelite. 

22  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Joram  ?aw  Jehu,  that  he  said,  7s  it 
peace,  Jehu  ?  And  he  answered,  What  peace,  so  long  as  the  whore- 
doms of  thy  mother  Jezebel,  and  her  witchcrafts,  are  so  many  ? 

2-3  And  Joram  turned  his  hands,  and  fled,  and  said  to  Ahaziah, 
There  is  treachery,  O  Ahaziah  ! 

24  And  Jehu  drew  a  bow  with  his  full  strength,  and  smote  Jehoram 
between  liis  arms ;  and  the  arrow  went  out  at  his  heart,  and  he  sunk 
down  in  his  chariot. 

25  Then  said  Jehu  to  Bidkar  his  captain.  Take  up,  mid  cast  him 
in  the  portion  of  the  field  of  Naboth  the  Jezreelite :  for  remember 
how  that,  when  I  and  thou  rode  together  after  Ahab  his  father,  the 
Lord  laid  this  burden  upon  him. 

26  Surely  I  have  seen  yesterday  the  blood  of  Naboth,  and  the 
blood  of  his  sons,  saith  the  Lord  ;  and  I  will  requite  thee  in  this  plat, 
saith  the  Lord.  Now,  therefore,  take  and  cast  hrm  into  the  plat  of 
ground,  according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

27  II  But  when  Ahaziah  the  king  of  Judah  saw  this,  he  fled  by  the 
way  of  the  garden-house  :  and  Jehu  followed  after  him,  and  said. 
Smite  him  also  in  the  chariot.  And  they  did  so  at  the  going  up  to 
Gur,  which  is  by  Ibleam:  and  he  fled  to  Megiddo,  and  died  there. 


Jeliu  destroy eth  the  house  of  Ahah,  59 

28  And  his  servants  carried  him  in  a  chariot  to  Jerusalem,  and 
buried  him  in  his  sepulchre  with  his  fathers  in  the  city  of  David. 

29  And  in  the  eleventh  year  of  Joram,  the  son  of  Ahab,  began 
Ahaziah  to  reign  over  Judah. 

30  IT  And  when  Jehu  was  come  to  Jezreel,  Jezebel  heard  of  it ; 
and  she  painted  her  face,  and  tired  her  head,  and  looked  out  at  a 
window : 

31  And  as  Jehu  entered  in  at  the  gate,  she  said.  Had  Zimri  peace, 
who  slew  his  master  ? 

32  And  he  Ufted  up  his  face  to  the  window,  and  said.  Who  is  on 
my  side  ?  who  ?  And  there  looked  out  to  hira  two  or  three  eunuchs. 

33  And  he  said,  Throw  her  down.  So  they  threw  her  down  ;  and 
some  of  her  blood  was  sprinkled  on  the  wall,  and  on  the  horses :  and 
he  trode  her  under  foot. 

34  And  when  he  was  come  in  he  did  eat  and  drink,  and  said.  Go, 
see  now  this  cursed  woman,  and  bury  her :  for  she  is  a  king's 
daughter. 

35  And  they  went  to  bury  her ;  but  they  found  no  more  of  her 
than  the  skull,  and  the  feet,  and  the  palms  of  her  hands. 

36  Wherefore  they  came  again,  and  told  him  :  and  he  said,  This  is 
the  word  of  the  Lord,  which  he  spake  by  his  servant  Elijah  the 
Tishbite,  saying.  In  the  portion  of  Jezreel  shall  dogs  eat  the  flesh  of 
Jezebel : 

37  And  the  carcass  of  Jezebel  shall  be  as  dung  upon  the  face  of 
the  field  in  the  portion  of  Jezreel ;  so  that  they  shall  not  say,  This  is 
Jezebel. 


Jehu  causeth   seventy  of  AhaVs  children  to  he   beheaded :  he  de- 
stroy eth  the  worshijypers  of  Baal,  yet  followeth  Jeroboam'' s  sins. 

1  And  Ahab  had  seventy  sons  in  Samaria.  And  Jehu  wrote  letters, 
and  sent  to  Samaria,  unto  the  rulers  of  Jezreel,  to  the  elders,  and  to 
them  that  brought  up  Ahab's  children,  saying, 

2  Now,  as  soon  as  this  letter  cometh  to  you,  seeing  your  master's 
sons  are  with  you,  and  there  are  with  you  chariots  and  horses,  a 
fenced  city  also,  and  armor  ; 

3  Look  even  out  the  best  and  meetest  of  your  master's  sons,  and 
set  him  on  his  father's  throne,  and  fight  for  your  master's  house. 

4  But  they  were  exceedingly  afraid,  and  said.  Behold,  two  kings 
stood  not  before  him ;  how  then  shall  we  stand  ? 

5  And  he  that  ivas  over  the  house,  and  he  that  was  over  the  city, 
the  elders  also,  and  the  bringers-up  of  the  children,  sent  to  Jehu, 
saying.  We  are  thy  servants,  and  will  do  all  that  thou  shalt  bid  us; 
we  will  not  make  any  king :  do  thou  that  which  is  good  in  thine 
eyes. 

6  Then  he  wrote  a  letter  the  second  time  to  them,  saying.  If  ye 
he  mine,  and  if  ye  will  hearken  unto  my  voice,  take  ye  the  heads  of 
the  men  your  master's  sons,  and  come  to  me  to  Jezreel  by  to-morrow 
this  time.  (No^y  the  king's  sons,  being  seventy  persons,  were  with 
the  great  men  of  the  city,  which  brought  them  up.) 

7  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  letter  came  to  them,  that  they 


60  Jehu, 

took  the  king's  sons,  and  slew  seventy  persons,  and  put  their  heads  in 
baskets,  and  sent  him  ihem  to  Jezreel. 

8  IT  And  there  came  a  messenger,  and  told  him,  saying.  They  have 
brought  the  heads  of  the  king's  sons.  And  he  said.  Lay  ye  them  in 
two  heaps  at  the  entering  in  of  the  gate  until  the  morning. 

9  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  morning,  that  he  went  out,  and  stood, 
and  said  to  all  the  people.  Ye  he  righteous :  behold,  I  conspired 
against  my  master,  and  slew  him  ;  but  who  slew  all  these  ? 

10  Know  now,  that  there  shall  fall  unto  the  earth  nothing  of  the 
word  of  the  Lord,  which  the  Lord  spake  concerning  the  house  of 
Ahab:  for  the  Lord  hath  done  that  which  he  spake  by  his  servant 
Elijah. 

11  So  Jehu  slew  all  that  remained  of  the  house  of  Ahab  in  Jezreel, 
and  all  his  great  men,  and  his  kinsfolks,  and  his  priests,  until  he  left 
him  none  remaining. 

12  17  And  he  arose  and  departed,  and  came  to  Samaria :  and,  as  he 
ivas  at  the  shearing-house  in  the  way, 

13  Jehu  met  with  the  brethren  of  Ahaziah  king  of  Judah,  and 
said.  Who  are  ye  .'  And  they  answered.  We  are  the  brethren  of 
Ahaziah  ;  and  we  go  down  to  salute  the  children  of  the  king,  and 
the  children  of  the  queen. 

14  And  he  said,  Take  them  aliv-e.  And  they  took  them  alive,  and 
slew  them  at  the  pit  of  the  shearing-house,  even  two  and  forty  men  ; 
neither  left  he  any  of  them. 

15  TT  And,  when  he  was  departed  thence,  he  lighted  on  Jehonadab, 
the  son  of  Rechab,  coming  to  meet  him  ;  and  he  saluted  him,  and 
said  to  him,  Is  thine  heart  right,  as  my  heaitw  with  thy  heart  ?  And 
Jehonadab  answered.  It  is.  If  it  be,  give  we  thine  hand.  And  he 
gave  him  his  hand ;  and  he  took  him  up  to  him  into  the  chariot. 

16  And  he  said.  Come  with  me,  and  see  my  zeal  for  the  Lord. 
So  thej'  made  him  ride  in  his  chariot. 

17  And  when  he  came  to  Samaria  he  slew  all  that  remained  unto 
Ahab  in  Samaria,  till  he  had  destroyed  him,  according  to  the  saying 
of  the  Lord,  which  he  spake  to  Elijah. 

IS  ^r  And  Jehu  gathered  all  the  people  together,  and  said  unto 
thorn,  Ahab  served  Baal  a  little,  hut  Jehu  shall  serve  him  much. 

19  Now,  therefore,  call  unto  me  all  the  prophets  of  Baal,  all  his 
servants,  and  all  his  priests,  let  none  be  wanting;  for  I  have  a  great 
sacrifice  to  do  to  Baal  :  whosoever  shall  be  wanting  he  shall  not  live. 
But  Jehu  did  it  in  subtilty,  to  the  intent  that  he  might  destroy  the 
worshippers  of  Baal. 

20  And  Jehu  said,  Proclaim  a  solemn  assembly  for  Baal.  And 
they  proclaimed  it. 

21  And  Jehu  sent  through  all  Israel ;  and  all  the  worshippers  of 
Baal  came,  so  that  there  was  not  a  man  left  that  came  not :  and  they 
came  into  the  house  of  Baal ;  and  the  house  of  Baal  was  full  from 
one  end  (o  another. 

22  And  he  said  unto  him  that  teas  over  the  vestry.  Bring  forth 
vestments  for  all  the  worshippers  of  Baal.  And  he  brought  them 
forth  vestments. 

23  And  Jehu  went,  and  Jehonadab,  the  son  of  Rechab,  into  the 
house  of  Baal,  and  said  unto  the  worshippers  of  Baal,  Search,  and 


Jehu.    Athaliah.    Jelwiada.  61 

look  that  there  be  here  with  you  none  of  the  servants  of  the  Loed, 
but  the  worshippers  of  Baal  only. 

24  And  when  they  went  in  to  offer  sacrifices  and  burnt-offerings, 
Jehu  appointed  fourscore  men  without,  and  said,  If  any  of  the  men 
whom  I  have  brought  into  your  hands  escape,  he  that  letteth  him  go, 
his  hfe  shall  he  for  the  Ufe  of  him. 

25  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  soon  as  he  had  made  an  end  of  offering 
the  burnt-offering,  that  Jehu  said  to  the  guard,  and  to  the  captains, 
Go  in  and  slay  them  ;  let  none  come  forth.  And  they  smote  them 
with  the  edge  of  the  sword ;  and  the  guard  and  the  captains  cast 
them  out,  and  went  to  the  city  of  the  house  of  Baal. 

26  And  they  brought  forth  the  images  out  of  the  house  of  Baal, 
and  burned  them. 

27  And  they  brake  down  the  image  of  Baal,  and  brake  down  the 
house  of  Baal,  and  made  it  a  draught-house  unto  this  day. 

2S  Thus  Jehu  destroyed  Baal  out  of  Israel. 

29  *[y  Howbeit,  from  the  sins  of  Jeroboam,  the  son  of  Nebat,  who 
made  Israel  to  sin,  Jehu  departed  not  from  after  them,  to  wit,  the 
golden  calves  that  were  in  Beth-el,  and  that  ivere  in  Dan. 

30  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Jehu,  Because  thou  hast  done  well  in 
executing  that  ivhich  is  right  in  mine  eyes,  and  hast  done  unto  the 
house  of  Ahab  according  to  all  that  loas  in  mine  heart;  thy  children 
of  the  fourth  generation  shall  sit  on  the  throne  of  Israel. 

31  But  Jehu  took  no  heed  to  walk  in  the  law  of  the  Lord  God  of 
Israel  with  all  his  heart;  for  he  departed  not  from  the  sins  of 
Jeroboam,  which  made  Israel  to  sin. 

32  TI  In  those  days  the  Lord  began  to  cut  Israel  short:  and  Hazael 
smote  them  in  all  the  coasts  of  Israel ; 

33  From  Jordan  eastward,  all  the  land  of  Gilead,  the  Gadites,  and 
the  Reubenites,  and  the  Manassites,  from  Aroer,  (which  is  by  the 
river  Arnon,)  even  Gilead  and  Bashan. 

2    KINGS,  XI. 

1  And  when  Athaliah,  the  mother  of  Ahaziah,  saw  that  her  son 
was  dead,  she  arose,  and  destroyed  all  the  seed  royal, 

2  But  Jehosheba,  the  daughter  of  king  Joram,  sister  of  Ahaziah, 
took  Joash,  the  son  of  Ahaziah,  and  stole  him  from  among  the  king's 
sons  which  were  slain;  and  they  hid  him,  even  him  and  his  nurse, in 
the  bed-chamber  from  Athaliah,  so  that  he  was  not  slain. 

3  And  he  was  with  her  hid  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  six  years: 
and  Athaliah  did  reign  over  the  land. 

2   CHRONICLES,   XXIII.  B.  C.  878. 

1  And  in  the  seventh  year  Jehoiada  strengthened  himself,  and  took 
the  captains  of  hundreds,  Azariah,  the  son  of  Jerohara,  and  Ishmael, 
the  son  of  Jehohanan,  and  Azariah,  the  son  of  Obed,  and  Maaseiah, 
the  son  of  Adaiah,  and  Elishaphat,  the  son  of  Zicliri,  into  covenant 
with  him. 

2  And  they  went  about  in  Judah,  and  gathered  the  Levites  out  of 
all  the  cities  of  Judah,  and  the  chief  of  the  fathers  of  Israel,  and 
they  came  to  Jerusalem, 


62  Jehoiada.     AthaUah. 

3  And  all  the  congregation  made  a  covenant  with  the  king  in  the 
house  of  God  :  and  he  said  unto  Ihem,  Behold,  the  king's  son  shall 
reign,  as  the  Lord  hath  said  of  the  sons  of  David. 

4  This  is  the  thing  that  ye  shall  do;  A  third  part  of  you  entering 
on  the  sabbath,  of  the  priests  and  of  the  Levites,  shall  he  porters  of 
the  doois  ; 

5  And  a  ti)ird  part  shall  he  at  the  king's  house,  and  a  third  part  at 
the  gale  of  the  foundation  :  and  all  the  people  shall  be  in  the  courts 
of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

\6  But  let  none  come  into  the  house  of  the  Lord  save  the  priests, 
and  they  that  minister  of  the  Levites ;  they  shall  go  in,  for  they  are 
holy:  but  ail  the  people  shall  keep  the  watch  of  the  Lord. 

7  And  the  Levites  shall  compass  the  king  round  about,  every  man 
with  his  weapons  in  his  hand;  and  whosoever  else  cometh  into  the 
house  he  shall  be  put  to  death :  but  be  ye  with  the  king  when  he 
cometh  in,  and  when  he  goeth  out. 

8  So  the  Levites,  and  all  Judah,  did  according  to  all  things  that 
Jehoiada  the  priest  had  commanded,  and  took  every  man  his  men 
that  were  to  come  in  on  the  sabbath,  with  them  that  were  to  go  cut 
on  the  sabbath :   for  Jehoiada  the  priest  dismissed  not  the  courses. 

9  Moreover,  Jehoiada  the  priest  delivered  to  the  captains  of 
hundreds  spears,  and  bucklers,  and  shields,  that  had  been  king 
David's,  which  were  in  the  house  of  God. 

10  And  he  set  all  the  people,  (everj-  man  having  his  weapon  in  his 
hand,)  from  the  right  side  of  the  temple  to  the  leftside  of  the  temple, 
along  by  the  altar  and  the  temple,  by  the  king  round  about. 

11  Then  they  brought  out  the  king's  son,  and  put  upon  him  the 
crown,  avA  gave  him  the  testimony, and  made  him  king:  and  Jehoiada 
and  his  sons  anointed  him,  and  said,  God  save  the  king. 

12  \:  Now,  when  Athaliah  heard  the  noise  of  the  people  running 
and  praising  the  king,  she  came  to  the  people  into  the  house  of  the 
Lord. 

13  And  she  looked,  and,  behold,  the  king  stood  at  his  pillar  at  the 
entering  in,  and  the  princes  and  the  trumpets  by  the  king  :  and  all 
the  people  of  the  land  rejoiced,  and  sounded  with  trumpets;  also  the 
singers  with  instruments  of  music,  and  such  as  taught  to  sing  praise. 
Then  Athaliah  rent  her  clothes,  and  said.  Treason,  treason! 

14  Then  Jehoiada  the  priest  brought  out  the  captains  of  hundreds 
that  were  set  over  the  host,  and  said  unto  them.  Have  her  forth  of 
the  ranges  :  and  whoso  followeth  her  let  him  be  slain  with  the 
sword.  For  the  priest  said,  Slay  her  not  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord. 

15  So  they  laid  hands  on  her  ;  and  when  she  was  come  to  the 
entering  of  the  horse-gate,  by  the  king's  house,  they  slew  her 
there. 

16  IT  And  Jehoiada  made  a  covenant  between  him,  and  between  all 
the  people,  and  between  the  king,  that  they  should  be  the  Lord's 
people. 

17  Then  all  the  people  went  to  the  house  of  Baal,  and  brake  it 
down,  and  brake  his  altars  and  his  images  in  pieces,  and  slew  Mattan 
the  priest  of  Baal  before  the  altars. 

18  Also  Jehoiada  appointed  the  officers  of  the  house  of  the  Lord 
by  the  hand  of  the  priests  the  Levites,  whom  David  had  distributed 


Jehoiada.     Joash.  63 

in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  to  offer  the  burnt  offerings  of  the  Lord, 
as  it  is  written  in  the  law  of  Moses,  with  rejoicing  and  with  singing, 
as  it  was  ordained  by  David. 

19  And  he  set  the  porters  at  the  gates  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
that  none  ivhich  was  unclean  in  any  thing  should  enter  in. 

20  And  he  took  the  captains  of  hundreds,  and  the  nobles,  and  the 
governors  of  the  people,  and  all  the  people  of  the  land,  and  brought 
down  the  king  from  the  house  of  the  Lord  :  and  they  came 
through  the  high  gate  into  the  king's  house,  and  set  the  king  upon 
the  throne  of  the  kingdom. 

21  And  all  the  people  of  the  land  rejoiced  :  and  the  city  was  quiet, 
after  that  they  had  slain  Athaliah  with  the  sword. 

2    CHRONICLES,    XXIV. 

1  Joash  teas  seven  years  old  when  he  began  to  reign ;  and  he 
reigned  forty  years  in  Jerusalem  :  his  mother's  name  also  luas  Zibiah 
of  Beer-sheba. 

2  And  Joash  did  that  which  was  right  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  all 
the  days  of  Jehoiada  the  priest. 

3  And  Jehoiada  took  for  him  two  wives ;  and  he  begat  sons  and 
daughters. 

2    KINGS,  XII. 

3  But  the  high  places  were  not  taken  away  :  the  people  still 
sacrificed  and  burnt  incense  in  the  high  places. 

2  CHRONICLES,  XXIV.  B.  C.  865. 

4  IT  And  it  came  to  pass  after  this,  that  Joash  was  minded  to  repair 
the  house  of  the  Lord. 

5  And  he  gathered  together  the  priests  and  the  Levites,  and  said  to 
them.  Go  out  unto  the  cities  of  Judah,  an<l  gather  of  all  Israel  money 
to  repair  the  house  of  your  God  from  year  to  year,  and  see  that  ye 
hasten  the  matter ;  howbeit  the  Levites  hastened  it  not. 

6  And  the  king  called  for  Jehoiada  the  chief,  and  said  unto  him, 
Why  hast  thou  not  required  of  the  Levites  to  bring  in,  out  of  Judah 
and  out  of  Jerusalem,  the  collection,  according  to  the  commandment 
of  jMoses,  the  servant  of  the  Lord,  and  of  the  congregation  of  Israel, 
for  the  tabernacle  of  witness  ? 

7  For  the  sons  of  Athaliah,  that  wicked  woman,  had'broken  up  the 
house  of  God  ;  and  also  all  the  dedicated  things  of  the  house  of  the 
Lord  did  they  bestow  upon  Baalim. 

8  And  at  the  king's  commandment  they  made  a  chest,  and  set  it 
without  at  the  gate  of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

9  And  they  made  a  proclamation  through  Judah  and  Jerusalem,  to 
bring  in  to  the  Lord  the  collection  that  Moses,  the  servant  of  God, 
laid  upon  Israel  in  the  wilderness. 

10  And  all  the  princes  and  all  the  people  rejoiced,  and  brought  in, 
and  cast  into  the  chest,  until  they  had  made  an  end. 

11  Now  it  came  to  pass,  that  at  what  time  the  chest  was  brought 
unto  the  king's  office  by  the  hand  of  the  Levites,  and  when  they  saw 


64  Joash.     JehoaJiaz. 

that  there  was  much  money,  the  king's  scribe  and  the  high  priest's 
ofl&cer  came  and  emptied  the  chest,  and  took  it,  and  carried  it  to  his 
place  again.  Thus  they  did  day  by  day,  and  gathered  money  in 
abundance. 

12  And  the  king  and  Jehoiada  gave  it  to  such  as  did  the  work  of  the 
service  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  hired  masons  and  carpenters  to 
repair  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  also  such  as  w^rought  iron  and  brass 
to  mend  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

13  So  the  workmen  wrought,  and  the  work  was  perfected  by  them, 
and  they  set  the  house  of  God  in  his  state,  and  strengthened  it. 

14  *  And,  when  they  had  finished  it,  they  brought  the  rest  of  the 
money  before  the  king  and  Jehoiada^  whereof  were  made  vessels  for 
the  house  of  the  Lord,  even  vessels  to  minister,  and  to  offer  withal, 
and  spoons,  and  vessels  of  gold  and  silver  :  and  they  offered  burnt- 
offerings  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  continually  all  the  days  of 
Jehoiada. 

2    KINGS,    X. 

35  And  Jehu  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  they  buried  him  in  Samaria : 
and  Jehoahaz  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

36  And  the  time  that  Jehu  reigned  over  Israel  in  Samaria  icas 
twenty  and  eight  years. 

2    KINGS,  XIII. 

1  In  the  three  and  twentieth  year  of  Joash,  the  son  of  Ahaziahking 
of  Judah,  Jehoahaz,  the  son  of  Jehu,  began  to  reign  over  Israel  in 
Samaria,  a)id  reigned  seventeen  years. 

2  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  and 
followed  the  sins  of  Jeroboam,  the  son  of  Nebat,  which  made  Israel  to 
sin  ;  he  departed  not  therefrom. 

3  t  1^  And  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was  kindled  against  Israel ;  and  he 
delivered  them  into  the  hand  of  Hazael  king  of  Syria,  and  into  the 
hand  of  Ben-hadad,  the  son  of  Hazael,  all  their  days. 

4  And  Jehoahaz  besought  the  Lord,  and  the  Lord  hearkened  unto 
him  ;  for  he  saw  the  oppression  of  Israel,  because  the  king  of  Syria 
oppressed  them. 

5  (And  the  Lord  gave  Israel  a  saviour,  so  that  they  went  out  from 
under  the  hand  of  the  Syrians :  and  the  children  of  Israel  dwelt  in 
their  tents  as  before-time. 

6  Nevertheless  they  departed  not  from  the  sins  of  the  house  of 
Jeroboam,  who  made  Israel  sin,  hut  Avalked  therein :  and  there 
remained  the  grove  also  in  Samaria.) 

7  Neither  did  he  leave  of  the  people  to  Jehoahaz  but  fifty  horse- 
men, and  ten  chariots,  and  ten  thousand  footmen;  for  the  king  of 
Syria  had  destroyed  them,  and  had  made  them  like  the  dust  by 
threshing. 

B.  C.  845.  2    CHRONICLES,    XXIV. 

15  IT  But  Jehoiada  waxed  old,  and  was  full  of  days  when  he  died  ; 
an  hundred  and  thirty  years  old  was  he  when  he  died. 

*  B.  C.  856.  t  G-  C.  849. 


Elislia  dieth.  65 

16  And  they  buried  him  in  the  city  of  David  among  the  kings,  be- 
cause he  had  done  good  in  Israel,  both  toward  God,  and  toward  his 
house. 

2  KINGS,  XIII.  B.  C.  841. 

9  And  Jehoahaz  slept  with  his  fathers ;  and  they  buried  him  in 
Samaria  :  and  Joash  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

10  M  In  the  thirty  and  seventh  year  of  Joash  king  of  Judah  began 
Jehoash,  the  son  of  Jehoahaz,  to  reign  over  Israel  in  Samaria,  a?id 
reigned  sixteen  years. 

11  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  ;  he 
departed  not  from  all  the  sins  of  Jeroboam,  the  son  of  Nebat,  who 
made  Israel  sin ;  but  he  walked  therein. 

2    CHRONICLES,    XXIV.  B.    C.    840. 

17  Now,  after  the  death  of  Jehoiada  came  the  princes  of  Judah,  and 
made  obeisance  to  the  kin'g :  then  the  king  hearkened  unto  them. 

IS  And  they  left  the  house  of  the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers,  and 
served  groves  and  idols:  and  wrath  came  upon  Judah  and  Jerusalem 
for  this  their  trespass. 

19  Yet  he  sent  prophets  to  them,  to  bring  them  again  unto  the 
Lord  ;  and  they  testified  against  them ;  but  they  would  not  give 
ear. 

2  KINGS,  XIII.  B.  C.  839. 

14  IT  Now  Elisha  was  fallen  sick,  of  his  sickness  whereof  he  died. 
And  Joash  the  king  of  Israel  came  down  unto  him,  and  wept  over  his 
face,  and  said,  O  my  father,  my  father  !  the  chariot  of  Israel,  and  the 
horsemen  thereof. 

15  And  Elisha  said  unto  him,  Take  bow  and  arrows  :  and  he  took 
unto  him  bow  and  arrows. 

16  And  he  said  to  the  king  of  Israel,  Put  thine  hand  upon  the  bow  : 
and  he  put  his  h:ind  upon  it;  and  Ehsha  put  his  hands  upon  the 
king's  hands. 

17  And  he  said,  Open  the  window  eastward  ;  and  he  opened  it. 
Then  Elisha  said.  Shoot :  and  he  shot.  And  he  said,  The  arrow  of  the 
Lord's  deliverance,  and  the  arrow  of  deliverance  from  Syria ;  for 
thou  shall  smite  the  Syrians  in  Aphek  till  thou  have  consumed 
them. 

18  And  he  said.  Take  the  arrows  :  and  he  took  them.  And  he  said 
unto  the  king  of  Israel,  Smite  upon  the  ground  :  and  he  smote  thrice, 
and  stayed. 

19  And  the  man  of  God  was  wroth  with  him,  and  said.  Thou 
shouldest  have  smitten  five  or  six  times,  then  hadst  thou  smitten 
Syria  till  thou  hadst  consumed  it:  whereas  now  thou  shalt  smite 
Syria  but  thrice. 

20  IT  And  Elisha  died,  and  they  buried  him. 

2    KINGS,    XII. 

17  IT  Then  Hazael  king  of  Syria  went  up,  and  fought  against  Gath, 
and  took  it :  and  Hazael  set  his  face  to  go  up  to  Jerusalem. 


66  Joash.     Amaziah. 

18  And  Jehoash  king  of  Judah  took  all  the  hallowed  things  that 
Jehoshaphat  and  Jehoram,  and  Ahaziah,  his  fathers,  kings  of  Judah, 
had  dedicated,  and  his  own  hallowed  things,  and  all  the  gold  that  was 
found  in  the  treasures  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  in  the  king's 
house,  and  sent  it  to  Hazael  king  of  Syria :  and  he  went  away  from 
Jerusalem. 


'^    CHRONICLES,    XXIV. 

20  And  the  Spirit  of  God  came  upon  Zeehariah,  the  son  of 
Jehoiada  the  priests,  which  stood  abov^e  the  people,  and  said  unto 
them,  Thus  saith  God,  Why  transgress  ye  the  commandments  of  the 
Lord,  that  ye  cannot  prosper  ?  Because  ye  have  forsaken  the  Lord, 
he  hath  also  forsaken  you. 

21  And  they  conspired  against  him,  and  stoned  him  with  stones, 
at  the  commandment  of  the  king,  in  the  court  of  the  house  of  the 
Lord. 

22  Thus  Joash  the  king  remembered  not  the  kindness  which 
Jehoiada  his  father  had  done  to  him,  but  slew  his  son  :  and,  when  he 
died,  he  said.  The  Lord  look  upon  it,  and  require  it. 

23  IT  And  it  came  to  pass,  at  the  end  of  the  year,  that  the  host  of 
Syria  came  up  against  him :  and  they  came  to  Judah  and  Jerusalem, 
and  destroyed  all  the  princes  of  the  people  from  among  the  people, 
and  sent  all  the  spoil  of  them  unto  the  king  of  Damascus. 

24  For  the  army  of  the  Syrians  came  with  a  small  company  of 
men,  and  the  Lord  delivered  a  very  great  host  into  their  hand  ; 
because  they  had  forsaken  the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers :  so  they 
executed  judgment  against  Joash. 

25  And  when  they  were  departed  from  him,  (for  they  left  him  in 
great  diseases,)  his  own  servants  conspired  against  him,  for  the  blood 
of  the  sons  of  Jehoiada  the  priest,  and  slew  him  on  his  bed,  and.  he 
died  :  and  they  buried  him  in  the  city  of  David,  but  they  buried  him 
not  in  the  sepulchres  of  the  kings. 

26  And  these  are  they  that  conspired  against  him  ;  Zabad,  the 
son  of  Shimeath  an  Ammonitess,  and  Jehozabad,  the  son  of  Shimrith 
a  Moabitess. 

27  H  Now,  concerning  his  sons,  and  the  greatness  of  the  burdens 
laid  upon  him,  and  the  repairing  of  the  house  of  God,  behold,  they 
are  written  in  the  story  of  the  book  of  the  kings :  and  Amaziah  his 
son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

2   CHRONICLES,  XXV.  B.  C.  839. 

1  Amaziah  was  twenty  and  five  years  old  when  he  began  to  reign  ; 
and  he  reigned  twenty  and  nine  years  in  Jerusalem  :  and  his  mother's 
name  was  Jehoaddan  of  Jerusalem. 

2  And  he  did  that  which  was  right  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  but 
not  with  a  perfect  heart. 

3  IF  Now,  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  kingdom  was  established  to 
him,  that  he  slew  his  servants  that  had  killed  the  king  his  father. 

4  But  he  slew  not  their  children,  but  did  as  it  is  written  in  the  law 
in  the  book  of  Moses,  where  the  Lord  commanded,  saying.  The 
fathers  shall  not  die  for  the  children,  neither  shall  the  children  die 
for  the  fathers,  but  every  man  shall  die  for  his  own  sin. 


Jelioash.     Jonah,  the  prophet.  67 

2  KINGS,  XIII.  B.  C.  838 

20  And  the  bands  of  the  Moabites  invaded  the  land  at  the  coming 
in  of  the  year. 

21  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  they  were  burying  a  man,  that,  behold, 
they  spied  a  band  of  men  ;  and  they  cast  the  man  into  the  sepulchre 
of  Elisha  :  and  when  the  man  was  let  down,  and  touched  the  bones 
of  Elisha,  he  revived,  and  stood  up  on  his  feet. 

22  IF  But  Hazael  king  of  Syria  oppressed  Israel  all  the  days  of 
Jehoahaz. 

23  And  the  Lord  was  gracious  unto  them,  and  had  compassion  on 
them,  and  had  respect  unto  them,  because  of  his  covenant  with 
Abraham,  Isaac,  and  Jacob,  and  would  not  destroy  them,  neither  cast 
he  them  from  his  presence  as  yet. 

24  So  Hazael  the  king  of  Syria  died  ;  and  Ben-hadad  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead. 

25  And  Jehoash,  the  son  of  Jehoahaz,  took  again  out  of  the  hand  of 
Ben-hadad,  the  son  of  Hazael,  the  cities  which  he  had  taken  out  of 
the  hand  of  Jehoahaz  his  father  by  war  :  three  times  did  Joash  beat 
him,  and  recovered  the  cities  of  Israel. 

JONAH,  I.  B.  C.  830  * 

1  Now,  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  Jonah,  the  son  of  Amittai, 
saying, 

2  Arise,  go  to  Nineveh,  that  great  city,  and  cry  against  it ;  for  their 
wickedness  is  come  up  before  me. 

3  But  Jonah  rose  up  to  flee  unto  Tarshish,  from  the  presence  of 
the  Lord,  and  went  down  to  Joppa  ;  and  he  found  a  ship  going  to 
Tarshish  :  so  he  paid  the  fare  thereof,  and  went  down  into  it,  to  go 
with  them  unto  Tarshish  from  the  presence  of  the  Lord. 

4  IT  But  the  Lord  sent  out  a  great  wind  into  the  sea,  and  there  was 
a  mighty  tempest  in  the  sea,  so  that  the  ship  was  like  to  be 
broken. 

5  Then  the  mariners  were  afraid,  and  cried  every  man  unto  his 
god,  and  cast  forth  the  wares  that  were  in  the  ship  into  the  sea,  to 
lighten  it  of  them :  but  Jonah  was  gone  down  into  the  sides  of  the 
ship  ;  and  he  lay,  and  was  fast  asleep. 

6  So  the  shipmaster  came  to  him,  and  said  unto  him.  What  meanest 
thou,  O  sleeper  ?  arise,  call  upon  thy  God,  if  so  be  that  God  will  think 
upon  us,  that  we  perish  not. 

7  And  they  said  every  one  to  his  fellow.  Come,  and  let  us  cast 
lots,  that  we  may  know  for  whose  cause  this  evil  is  upon  us.  So 
they  cast  lots,  and  the  lot  fell  upon  Jonah. 

8  Then  said  they  unto  him.  Tell  us,  we  pray  thee,  for  whose  cause 
this  evil  is  upon  us.  What  is  thine  occupation  ?  and  whence  comest 
thou  ?  what  is  thy  country  ?  and  of  what  people  art  thou  ? 

*  I  have  dated  this  book  as  above,  because  it  seems  to  be  something  like  a 
medium  between  the  dates  of  different  chronologers;  and  because  it  is  certain  that 
he  prophesied  in  Israel  before  820,  B.  C.  Townsend  dates  it  B.  C.  787,  and  he  gives 
as  a  reason  that  Jonah's  age  particularly  fitted  him  for  his  mission  to  Nineveh ; 
being,  (as  he  supposes,)  90  or  more.  But  I  do  not  think  such  a  reason  sufficient  for 
altering  the  above  date. 


68  Jonah,  the  prophet. 

9  And  he  said  unto  them,  I  am  an  Hebrew  ;  and  I  fear  the  Lord, 
the  God  of  heaven,  which  hath  made  the  sea  and  the  dry  land. 

10  Then  were  the  men  exceedingly  afraid,  and  said  unto  him. 
Why  hast  thou  done  this  ?  (for  the  men  knew  that  he  fled  from  the 
presence  of  the  Lord,  because  he  had  told  them.) 

11  H  Then  said  they  unto  him.  What  shall  we  do  unto  thee,  that 
the  sea  may  be  calm  unto  us  ?  (for  the  sea  wrought,  and  was 
tempestuous.) 

12  And  he  said  unto  them,  Take  me  up,  and  cast  me  forth  into  the 
sea ;  so  shall  the  sea  be  calm  unto  you  :  for  I  know  that  for  my 
sake  this  great  tempest  is  upon  you. 

13  Nevertheless,  the  men  rowed  hard  to  bring  it  to  the  land  ;  but 
they  could  not :  for  the  sea  wrought,  and  was  tempestuous  against 
them. 

14  Wherefore  they  cried  unto  the  Lord,  and  said.  We  beseech 
thee,  0  Lord,  we  beseech  thee,  let  us  not  perish  for  this  man's  life, 
and  lay  not  upon  us  innocent  blood  :  for  thou,  0  Lord,  hast  done  as 
it  pleased  thee. 

15  So  they  took  up  Jonah,  and  cast  him  forth  into  the  sea  ;  and  the 
sea  ceased  from  her  raging. 

16  Then  the  men  feared  the  Lord  exceedingly,  and  offered  a 
sacrifice  unto  the  Lord,  and  made  vows. 

17  IT  Now  the  Lord  had  prepared  a  great  fish  to  swallow  up  Jonah. 
And  Jonah  was  in  the  belly  of  the  fish  three  days  and  three  nights. 

JO>^AH,    II. 

1  Then  Jonah  prayed  unto  the  Lord  his  God  out  of  the  fish's 
belly, 

2  And  said,  I  cried  by  reason  of  mine  affliction  unto  the  Lord,  and 
he  heard  me  •,  out  of  the  belly  of  hell  cried  I,  and  thou  heardest  my 
voice. 

3  For  thou  hadst  cast  me  into  the  deep,  in  the  midst  of  the  seas ; 
and  the  floods  compassed  me  about:  all  thy  billows  and  thy  waves 
passed  over  me. 

4  Then  I  said,  I  am  cast  out  of  thy  sight ;  yet  I  will  look  again 
toward  thy  holy  temple. 

5  The  waters  compassed  me  about  even  to  the  soul :  the  depth 
closed  me  round  about,  the  weeds  were  wrapped  about  my  head. 

6  I  went  down  to  the  bottoms  of  the  mountains  ;  the  earth  with  her 
bars  ivas  about  me  for  ever:  yet  hast  thou  brought  up  my  life  from 
corruption,  0  Lord  my  God. 

7  When  my  soul  fainted  within  me  I  remembered  the  Lord  ;  and 
my  prayer  came  in  unto  thee,  into  thine  holy  temple. 

8  They  that  observe  lying  vanities  forsake  their  own  mercy. 

9  But  I  will  sacrifice  unto  thee  with  the  voice  of  thanksgiving;  I 
will  pay  that  that  I  have  vowed.     Salvation  is  of  the  Lord. 

10  II  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  the  fish,  and  it  vomited  out  Jonah 
upon  the  dry  Land. 

JONAH,    III. 

1  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  Jonah  the  second  time, 
saying. 


Jonah.  69 

2  Arise,  go  unto  Nineveh,  that  great  city,  and  preach  unto  it  the 
preaching  that  I  bid  thee. 

3  So  Jonah  arose,  and  went  unto  Nineveh,  according  to  the  word 
of  the  Lord.  (Now  Nineveh  was  an  exceeding  great  city  of  three 
days'  journey.) 

4  And  Jonah  began  to  enter  into  the  city  a  day's  journey,  and  he 
cried,  and  said.  Yet  forty  days,  and  Nineveh  shall  be  overthrown. 

5  H  So  the  people  of  Nineveh  believed  God,  and  proclaimed  a  fast, 
and  put  on  sackcloth,  from  the  greatest  of  them  even  to  the  least  of 
them. 

6  For  word  came  unto  the  king  of  Nineveh,  and  he  arose  from  his 
throne,  and  he  laid  his  robe  from  him,  and  covered  him  with  sack- 
cloth, and  sat  in  ashes. 

7  And  he  caused  it  to  be  proclaimed  and  published  through 
Nineveh,  (by  the  decree  of  the  king  and  his  nobles,)  saying.  Let 
nieither  man  nor  beast,  herd  nor  flock,  taste  any  thing ;  let  them  not 
feed,  nor  drink  water. 

8  But  let  man  and  beast  be  covered  with  sackcloth,  and  cry 
mightily  unto  God  :  yea,  let  them  turn  every  one  from  his  evil  way, 
and  from  the  violence  that  is  in  their  hands. 

9  Who  can  tell  if  God  will  turn  and  repent,  and  turn  away  from 
his  fierce  anger,  that  we  perish  not .' 

10  \\  And  God  saw  their  works,  that  they  turned  from  their  evil 
way  ;  and  God  repented  of  the  evil  that  he  had  said  that  he  would  do 
unto  them  ;  and  he  did  it  not. 

JONAH,  IV. 

Jonah,  repining  at   God's  mercy,  is  reproved  by  the  type  of  a 
gourd. 

1  But  it  displeased  Jonah  exceedingly,  and  he  was  very  angry. 

2  And  he  prayed  unto  the  Lord,  and  said,  I  pray  thee,  O  Lord, 
was  not  this  my  saying  when  I  v.as  yet  in  my  country  .'  therefore  I 
tied  before  unto  Tarshish  :  for  '  l:new  that  thou  ai't  a  gracious  God, 
and  merciful,  slow  to  anger,  and  of  great  kindness,  and  repentest  thee 
of  the  evil. 

3  Therefore  now,  O  Lord,  take,  I  beseech  thee,  my  life  from  me ; 
for  it  is  better  for  me  to  die  than  to  live. 

4  IF  Then  said  the  Lord,  Doest  thou  well  to  be  angry  ? 

5  So  Jonah  went  out  of  the  city,  and  sat  on  the  east  side  of  the 
city,  and  there  made  him  a  booth,  and  sat  under  it  in  the  shadow,  till 
he  might  see  what  would  become  of  the  city. 

6  And  the  Lord  God  prepai'ed  a  gourd,  and  made  it  to  come  up 
over  Jonah,  that  it  might  be  a  shadow  over  his  head,  to  deliver  him 
from  his  grief.     So  Jonah  was  exceeding  glad  of  the  gourd. 

7  But  God  prepared  a  worm,  when  the  morning  rose  the  next  day, 
and  it  smote  the  gourd  that  it  withered. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  sun  did  arise,  that  God  prepared 
a  vehement  east  wind  ;  and  the  sun  beat  upon  the  head  of  Jonah, 
that  he  fainted,  and  wished  in  himself  to  die,  and  said,  It  is  better  for 
me  to  die  than  to  live. 

9  And  God  said  to  Jonah,  Doest  thou  well  to  be  angry  for  the 
gourd  .-'     And  he  said,  I  do  well  to  be  angry,  even  unto  death. 

6 


70  Amaziah. 

10  Then  said  the  Lord,  Thou  hast  had  pity  on  the  gourd,  for  the 
which  thou  hast  not  labored,  neither  madest  it  grow  ;  which  came  up 
in  a  night,  and  perished  in  a  night : 

11  And  should  not  I  spare  Nineveh,  that  great  city,  wherein  are 
more  than  six  score  thousand  persons  that  cannot  discern  between 
their  right  hand  and  their  left  liand ;  and  also  much  cattle  ? 

B.  C.  827.  2   CHRONICLES,   xxv. 

5  IT  Moreover,  Amaziah  gathered  Judah  together,  and  made  them 
captains  over  thousands,  and  captains  over  hundreds,  according  to  the 
houses  of  their  fatliers,  throughout  all  Judah  and  Benjamin  :  and  he 
numbered  them  from  twenty  years  old  and  above,  and  found  them 
three  hundred  thousand  choice  men,  able  to  go  forth  to  war,  that 
could  handle  spear  and  shield. 

6  He  hired  also  an  hundred  thousand  mighty  men  of  valor  out  of 
Israel,  for  an  hundred  talents  of  silver. 

7  But  there  came  a  man  of  God  to  him,  saying,  O  king,  let  not  the 
army  of  Israel  go  with  thee  ;  for  the  Lord  is  not  with  Israel,  to  wit, 
with  all  the  children  of  Ephraim. 

8  But  if  thou  wilt  go,  do  it,  be  strong  for  the  battle  ;  God  shall 
make  thee  fall  before  the  enemy :  for  God  hath  power  to  help,  and 
to  cast  down. 

9  And  Amaziah  said  to  the  man  of  God,  But  what  shall  we  do  for 
the  hundred  talents  which  I  have  given  to  the  army  of  Israel  ?  And 
the  man  of  God  answered,  The  Lord  is  able  to  give  thee  much  more 
than  this. 

10  Then  Amaziah  separated  them,  to  loit,  the  army  that  was  come 
to  him  out  of  Ephraim,  to  go  home  again  :  wherefore  their  anger 
was  greatly  kindled  against  Judah,  and  they  returned  home  in  great 
anger. 

11  ^  And  Amaziah  strengthened  himself,  and  led  forth  his  people, 
and  went  to  the  valley  of  Salt,  and  smote  of  the  children  of  Seir  ten 
thousand. 

12  And  other  ten  thousand  left  alive  did  the  children  of  Judah 
carry  away  captive,  and  brought  them  unto  the  top  of  the  rock,  and 
cast  them  down  from  the  top  of  the  rock,  that  thej'^  ail  were  broken 
in  pieces. 

13  \\  But  the  soldiers  of  the  army  which  Amaziah  sent  back,  that 
they  should  not  go  with  him  to  battle,  fell  upon  the  cities  of  Judah, 
from  Samaria  even  unto  Beth-horon,  and  smote  three  thousand  of 
them,  and  took  much  spoil. 

14  H  Now,  it  came  to  pass,  after  that  Amaziah  was  come  from  the 
slaughter  of  the  Edomites,  that  he  brought  the  gods  of  the  children 
of  Seir,  and  set  them  up  to  he  his  gods,  and  bowed  down  himself 
before  them,  and  burned  incense  unto  them. 

15  Wherefore  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was  kindled  against  Amaziah, 
and  he  sent  unto  him  a  prophet,  which  said  unto  him,  Why  hast  thou 
sought  after  the  gods  of  tlie  people  which  could  not  deliver  their  own 
people  out  of  thine  liand  ? 

16  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  talked  with  hira,  that  the  king  said 
unto  him,  Art  thou  made  of  the  king's  counsel?  forbear;  why 
shouldest  thou  be  smitten  ?     Then  the  prophet  forbare,  and  said,  I 


Amaziah.     Joash.  71 

know  that  God  hath  determined  to  destroy  thee,  because  thou  hast 
done  this,  and  hast  not  hearkened  unto  my  counsel. 

17  *  IT  Then  Amaziah,  king  of  Judah  took  advice,  and  sent  to 
Joash,  the  son  of  Jehoahaz,  the  son  of  Jehu  king  of  Israel,  saying. 
Come,  let  us  see  one  another  in  the  face. 

18  And  Joash  king  of  Israel  sent  to  Amaziah  king  of  Judah,  saying, 
The  thistle  that  was  in  Lebanon  sent  to  the  cedar  that  was  in 
Lebanon,  saying.  Give  thy  daughter  to  my  son  to  wife  :  and  there 
passed  by  a  wild  beast  that  was  in  Lebanon,  and  trode  down  the 
thistle, 

19  Thou  sayest,  Lo,  thou  hast  smitten  the  Edomites,  and  thine 
heart  lifteth  thee  up  to  boast :  abide  now  at  home,  why  shouldest  thou 
meddle  to  ihine  hurt,  that  thou  shouldest  fall,  even  thou,  and  Judah 
Avith  thee  ? 

20  But  Amaziah  would  not  hear ;  for  it  came  of  God,  that  he  might 
deliver  them  into  the  hand  of  their  enemies^  because  they  sought 
after  the  gods  of  Edom. 

21  So  Joash  the  king  of  Israel  went  up,  and  they  saw  one  another 
in  the  face,  both  he  and  Amaziah  king  of  Judah,  at  Beth-shemesh, 
which  belongeth  to  Judah. 

22  And  Judah  was  put  to  the  worse  before  Israel,  and  they  fled 
every  man  to  his  tent. 

3^  And  Joash  the  king  of  Israel  took  Amaziah  king  of  Judah,  the  son 
of  Joash,  the  son  of  Jehoahaz,  at  Beth-shemesh,  and  brought  him  to 
Jerusalem,  and  brake  down  the  wall  of  Jerusalem,  from  the  gate  of 
Ephraim  to  the  corner-gate,  four  hundred  cubits. 

24  And  he  took  all  the  gold  and  the  silver,  and  all  the  vessels  that 
were  found  in  the  house  of  God  with  Obed-edom,  and  the  treasures 
of  the  king's  house,  the  hostages  also,  and  retui'ned  to  Samaria. 

2  KINGS,  XIV.  B.  C.  825. 

16  And  Jehoash  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was  buried  in  Samaria 
with  the  kings  of  Israel ;  and  Jeroboam  his  son  reigned  in  his 
stead. 

2.3  IT  In  the  fifteenth  year  of  Amaziah,  the  son  of  Joash  king  of 
Judah,  Jeroboam,  the  son  of  Joash  king  of  Israel  began  to  reign  in 
Samaria,  and  reigned  forty  and  one  years. 

24  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  :  he 
departed  not  from  all  the  sins  of  Jeroboam,  the  son  of  Nebat,  who 
made  Israel  to  sin. 

25  He  restored  the  coast  of  Israel,  from  the  entering  of  Hamath 
unto  the  sea  of  the  plain,  according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord  God  of 
Israel,  which  he  spake  by  the  hand  of  his  servant  Jonah,t  the  son  of 
Amittai,  the  prophet,  which  was  of  Gath-hepher. 

26  For  the  Lord  saw  the  affliction  of  Israel,  that  it  was  very 
bitter  :  for  there  was  not  any  shut  up,  nor  any  left,  nor  any  helper 
for  Israel, 

*  B.  C.  826. 
■f-  Whether  this   prophecy  was  delivered   before  or  after   Jonah   was   sent   to 
Nineveh  we  cannot  decide.     But  one  thing  it  makes  certain,  that  Jonah   was  a 
prophet  in  Israel  before,  or  at  the  time  of  the  reign  of  Jeroboam  II. 


72  Uzziah.     Amos. 

27  And  the  Lord  said  not  that  he  would  blot  out  the  name  oi 
Israel  from  under  heaven :  but  he  saved  them  by  the  hand  of  Jero- 
boam, the  son  of  Joash. 

B.  C.  811.  2    CHRONICLES,    XXV. 

27  IT  Now,  after  the  time  that  Amaziah  did  turn  away  from  fol- 
lowing the  Lord  they  made  a  conspiracy  against  him  in  Jerusalem; 
and  he  fled  to  Lachish  :  but  they  sent  to  Lachish  after  him,  and  slew 
him  there. 

28  And  they  brought  him  upon  horses,  and  buried  him  with  his 
fathers  in  the  city  of  Judah. 

2    CHRONICLES,    XXVI.  , 

1  Then  all  the  people  of  Judah  took  Uzziah,*  who  was  sixteen 
years  old,  and  made  him  king  in  the  room  of  his  father  Amaziah. 

2  He  built  Eloth,  and  restored  it  to  Judah,  after  that  the  king  slept 
with  his  lathers. 

3  Sixteen  years  old  urns  Uzziah  when  he  began  to  reign ;  and  he 
reigned  fifty  and  two  years  in  Jerusalem  :  his  mother's  name  also  wjas 
Jecoliah  of  Jerusalem. 

4  And  he  did  that  ivhich  ivas  right  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord, 
according  to  all  that  his  father  Amaziah  did. 

5  And  he  sought  God  in  the  days  of  Zechariah,  w^ho  had  under- 
standing in  the  visions  of  God :  and  as  long  as  he  sought  the  Lord. 
God  made  him  to  prosper. 

6  And  he  went  forth,  and  warred  against  the  Philistines,  and  brake 
dow'n  the  wall  of  Gath,  and  the  wall  of  Jabneh,  and  the  wall  of  Ashdod, 
and  built  cities  about  Ashdod,  and  among  the  Philistines. 

7  And  God  helped  him  against  the  Philistines,  and  against  the 
Arabians  that  dwelt  in  Gur-baal,  and  the  Mehunims. 

8  And  the  Ammonites  gave  gifts  to  Uzziah:  and  his  name  spread 
abroad  even  to  the  entering  in  of  Egypt ;  for  he  strengthened  himself 
exceedingly. 

B.  C.  795.f  AMOS,  I. 

1  The  words  of  Amos,  who  was  among  the  herdmen  of  Tekoa, 
which  he  saw  concerning  Israel  in  the  days  of  Uzziah  king  of  Judah, 
and  in  the  days  of  Jeroboam,  the  son  of  Joash  king  of  Israel,  two  years 
before  the  earthquake. 

2  And  he  said.  The  Lord  will  roar  from  Zion,  and  utter  his  voice 
from  Jerusalem  ;  and  the  habitations  of  the  shepherds  shall  mourn, 
and  the  top  of  Carmel  shall  wither, 

3  T  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  For  three  transgressions  of  Damascus, 
and  for  four,  I  will  not  turn  away  the  punishment  thereof;  because 
they  have  threshed  Gilead  with  threshing  instruments  of  iron  : 

4  But  I  will  send  a  fire  into  the  house  of  Hazael,  which  shall 
devour  the  palaces  of  Ben-hadad. 

5  I  will  break  also  the  bar  of  Damascus,  and  cut  off  the  inhabitant 

*  Called  also  Azariah.  |  Townsend,  793. 


Amos,  the  Prophet.  .  73 

from  the  plain  of  Aven,  and  him  that  holdeth  the  sceptre  from  the 
house  of  Eden  :  and  the  people  of  Syria  shall  go  into  captivity  unto 
Kir,  saith  the  Lord. 

6  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  For  three  transgressions  of  Gaza,  and  for 
four,  I  will  not  turn  away  the  punishment  thereof;  hecause  they 
carried  away  captive  the  whole  captivity,  to  deliver  them  up  to 
Edom  : 

7  But  I  will  send  a  fire  on  the  wall  of  Gaza,  which  shall  devour 
the  palaces  thereof : 

8  And  I  will  cut  off  the  inhabitant  from  Ashdod,  and  him  that 
holdeth  the  sceptre  from  Ashkelon  ;  and  I  will  turn  mine  hand  against 
Ekron ;  and  the  remnant  of  the  Philistines  shall  perish,  saith  the 
Lord  God. 

9  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  For  three  transgressions  of  Tyrus,  and 
for  four,  I  will  not  turn  away  the  punishment  thereof ;.  because  they 
delivered  up  the  whole  captivity  to  Edom,  and  remembered  not  the 
brotherly  covenant : 

10  But  I  will  send  a  fire  on  the  wall  of  Tyrus,  which  shall  devour 
the  palaces  thereof 

11  li  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  fo  three  transgressions  of  Edom,  and 
for  four,  1  will  not  turn  away  the  punishment  thereof;  because  he 
did  pursue  his  brother  with  the  sword,  and  did  cast  oifall  pity,  and 
his  anger  did  tear  perpetually,  and  he  kept  his  wrath  for  ever  : 

12  But  I  will  send  a  fire  upon  Teman,  which  shall  devour  the 
palaces  of  Bozrah. 

13  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  For  three  transgressions  of  the  children 
of  Ammon,  and  for  four,  1  will  not  turn  away  the  punishment 
thereof;  because  they  have  ripped  up  the  women  with  child  of 
Gilead,  that  they  might  enlarge  their  border: 

14- But  I  will  kindle  afire  in  the  wall  of  Rabbah,  and  it  shall 
devour  the  palaces  thereof,  with  shouting  in  the  day  of  battle,  with  a 
tempest  in  the  day  of  the  whirlwind  : 

15  And  their  king  shall  go  into  captivity,  he  and  his  princes 
t02:ether,  saith  the  Lord. 


1  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  For  three  transgressions  of  Moab,  and  for 
four,  I  will  not  turn  away  the pu?iishinent\heveo{ -y  because  he  burnt 
the  bones  of  the  king  of  Edom  into  lime  : 

2  But  I  will  send  a  fire  upon  r>foab,and  it  shall  devour  the  palaces 
of  Kirioth  :  and  ?»Ioab  shall  die  with  tumult,  with  shouting,  and  with 
the  sound  of  the  trumpet : 

3  And  I  will  cut  off  the  judge  from  the  midst  thereof,  and  will  slay 
all  the  priac-^^^  thereof  with  him,  saith  the  Lord. 

4  IT  Thus  sniih  the  Lord,  For  three  transgressions  of  Judah,  and 
for  four,  I  will  not  turn  away  the  punishment  thereof;  because  they 
have  despised  the  lav/  of  the  Lord,  and  have  not  kept  his  comjnand- 
ments,  and  their  lies  caused  them  to  err,  after  the  which  their  fathers 
have  walked  : 

5  But  I  will  send  a  fire  upon  Judah,  and  it  shall  devour  the  palaces 
of  Jerusalem. 

C  ^  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  For  three  transgressions  of  Israel,  and 
6* 


74  Amos,  the  Prophet. 

for  four,  I  will  not  turn  awaj'  the  punishment  thereof;  because  they 
gold  the  righteous  for  silver,  and  the  poor  for  a  pair  of  shoes ; 

7  That  pant  after  the  dust  of  the  earth  on  the  head  of  the  poor, 
and  turn  aside  the  way  of  tlie  meek ;  and  a  man  and  his  father  will 
go  in  unto  the  same  maid,  to  profane  my  holy  name: 

8  And  they  lay  themselves  down  upon  clothes  laid  to  pledge  by 
every  altar,  and  they  drink  the  wine  of  the  condemned  in  the  house 
of  their  cod. 

9  *fr  Yet  destroyed  I  the  Ainorite  before  them,  whose  height  was 
like  the  height  of  the  cedars,  and  he  was  strong  as  the  oaks  ;  yet  I 
destroyed  his  fruit  from  above,  and  his  roots  from  beneath. 

10  Also  I  biought  you  up  from  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  led  you 
forty  years  through  the  wilderness,  to  possess  the  land  of  the 
Amorite. 

11  And  I  raised  up  of  your  sons  for  prophets,  and  of  your  young 
men  for  Nazarites.  Is  it  not  even  thus,  O  ye  children  of  Israel? 
saith  the  Lord. 

12  But  ye  gave  the  Nazarites  wine  to  diink  ;  and  commanded  the 
prophets,  saying.  Prophesy  not. 

13  Behold,  I  am  pressed  under  you,  as  a  cart  is  pressed  that  is  full 
of  sheaves. 

14  Therefore  the  flight  shall  perish  from  the  swift,  and  the  strong 
shall  not  strengthen  his  force^  neither  shall  the  mighty  deliver 
himself: 

15  Neither  shall  he  stand  that  handleth  the  bow  ;  and  he  that  is 
swift  of  foot  shall  not  deliver  himself:  neitlier  shall  he  that  rideth  the 
horse  deliver  himself: 

16  And  he  that  is  courageous  among  the  mighty,  shall  flee  away 
naked  in  that  day,  saith  the  Lord. 

B.  C.  790.  AMOS,  III. 

1  Hear  this  word  that  the  Lord  hath  spoken  against  you,  O 
children  of  Israel,  against  the  whole  family  which  I  brought  up  from 
the  land  of  Egypt,  saying, 

2  You  only  have  I  known  of  all  the  families  of  the  earth  :  therefore 
1  will  punish  you  for  all  your  iniquities. 

3  Can  two  walk  together,  except  they  be  agreed  ? 

4  Will  a  lion  roar  in  tlie  forest  when  he  hath  no  prey?  will  a 
young  lion  ciy  out  of  his  den  if  he  have  taken  nothing  ? 

5  Can  a  bird  fall  in  a  snare  upon  the  earth  where  no  gin  is  for  him  ? 
shall  ojie  take  up  a  snare  from  the  earth  and  have  taken  nothing  at 
all? 

6  Shall  a  trumpet  be  blown  in  the  city,  and  the  people  not  be 
afraid  ?  shall  there  be  evil  in  a  city,  and  the  Lord  hath  not  done 
it? 

7  Surely  the  Lord  God  will  do  nothing,  but  he  revealeth  his  secret 
unto  his  servants  the  prophets. 

8  The  lion  hath  roared,  who  will  not  fear?  the  Lord  God  hath 
spoken,  who  can  but  prophesy  ? 

9  ^  Publish  in  the  palaces  at  Ashdod,  and  in  the  palaces  in  the  land 
of  Egypt,  and   say.   Assemble  j-ourselves  upon  the    mountains   of 


Amos^  the  Prophet.  75 

Samaria,    and  behold  the  great   tumults  in  the  midst  thereof,    and 
the  oppressed  in  the  midst  thereof. 

10  For  they  know  not  to  do  right,  saith  the  Lord,  who  store  up 
violence  and  robbery  in  their  palaces. 

11  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  An  adversary  there  shall 
be  even  round  about  the  land  ;  and  he  shall  bring  down  thy  strength 
from  thee,  and  thy  palaces  shall  be  spoiled. 

12  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  As  the  siiepherd  taketh  out  of  the  mouth 
of  the  lion  two  legs,  or  a  piece  of  an  ear  ;  so  shall  the  children  of 
Israel  be  taken  out  that  dwell  in  Samaria  in  the  corner  of  a  bed,  and 
in  Damascus  i?i  a  couch. 

13  Hear  ye,  and  testify  in  the  house  of  Jacob,  saith  the  Lord  God, 
the  God  of  hosts, 

14  That  in  the  day  that  I  shall  visit  the  transgressions  of  Israel 
upon  him,  I  will  also  visit  the  altars  of  Beth-el ;  and  the  horns  of 
the  altar  shall  be  cut  off,  and  fall  to  the  ground. 

1.5  And  I  will  smite  the  winter-house  with  the  summer-house  ; 
and  the  houses  of  ivory  shall  perish,  and  the  great  houses  shall  have 
an  end,  saith  the  Lord. 


1  Hear  this  word,  ye  kine  of  Bashan,  that  are  in  the  mountain  of 
Samaria,  which  oppress  the  poor,  which  crush  the  needy,  which  say 
to  their  masters.  Bring,  and  let  us  drink. 

2  The  Lord  God  hath  sworn  by  his  holiness,  that,  lo,  the  days 
shall  come  upon  you,  that  he  will  take  you  away  with  hooks,  and 
your  posterity  with  tish-hooks. 

3  And  ye  shall  go  out  at  the  breaches,  every  cow  at  that  which  is 
before  her  ;  and  ye  shall  cast  them  into  the  palace,  saith  the  Lord. 

4  IT  Come  to  Beth-el  and  transgress ;  at  Gilgal  multiply  trans- 
gression; and  bring  your  sacrifices  every  morning,  and  your  tithes 
after  three  years ; 

5  And  ofier  a  sacrifice  of  thanksgiving  with  leaven,  and  proclaim 
and  publish  the  free-offerings  ;  for  this  liketh  you,  0  ye  children  of 
Israel,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

6  TT  And  I  also  have  given  you  cleanness  of  teeth  in  all  your  cities, 
and  want  of  bread  in  all  your  places ;  yet  have  ye  not  returned  unto 
me,  saith  the  Lord. 

7  And  also  I  have  withholden  the  rain  from  you,  w^hen  there  were 
yet  three  months  to  the  harvest :  and  I  caused  it  to  rain  upon  one 
city,  and  caused  it  not  to  rain  upon  another  city :  one  piece  was 
rained  upon,  and  the  piece  whereupon  it  rained  not  withered. 

8  So  two  or  three  cities  wandered  unto  one  city  to  drink  water ; 
but  they  were  not  satisfied  :  yet  have  ye  not  returned  unto  me,  saith 
the  Lord. 

9  I  have  smitten  you  with  blasting  and  mildew:  when  your 
gardens,  and  your  vineyards,  and  your  fig-trees,  and  your  olive-trees, 
increased,  the  palmer-worm  devoured  the?n :  yet  have  ye  not  returned 
unto  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

10  I  have  sent  among  you  the  pestilence,  after  the  manner  of 
Egypt:  your  young  men  have  I  slain  with  the  sword,  and  have 
taken  away  your  horses ;  and  I  have  made  the  stink  of  your  camps 


76  Ajnos,  the  Prophet. 

to  come  up  unto  your  nostrils :  yet  have  ye  not  returned  unto  me, 
saith  the  Lord. 

11  I  have  overthrown  so7ne  of  you,  as  God  overthrew  Sodom  and 
Gomorrah,  and  ye  were  as  a  firebiand  plucked  out  of  the  burning: 
yet  have  ye  not  returned  unto  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

12  Therefore  thus  will  1  do  unto  thee,  O  Israel :  and  because  I 
will  do  this  unto  thee,  prepare  to  meet  thy  God,  O  Israel. 

13  For,  lo,  he  that  formeth  the  mountains,  and  createth  the  wind, 
and  declareth  unto  man  what  is  his  thought,  that  maketh  the  morning 
darkness,  and  treadeth  upon  the  high  places  of  the  earth,  The  Lord, 
The  God  of  hosts,  is  his  name. 

B.  C.  789.  AMOS,  V. 

1  Hear  ye  this  word  which  I  take  up  against  you,  eren  a  lamenta- 
tion, O  house  of  Israel. 

2  The  virgin  of  Israel  is  fallen ;  she  shall  no  more  rise:  she  is 
forsaken  upon  her  land  ;  there  is  none  to  raise  her  up. 

3  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  The  city  that  went  out  by  a 
thousand  shall  leave  an  hundred,  and  that  which  went  forth  by  an 
hundred  shall  leave  ten,  to  the  house  of  Israel. 

4  U  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  unto  the  house  of  Israel,  Seek  ye  me, 
and  ye  shall  live  : 

5  But  seek  not  Beth-el,  nor  enter  into  Gilgal,  and  pass  not  to 
Beer-sheba:  for  Gilgal  shall  surely  go  into  captivity  and  Beth-el 
shall  come  to  nought. 

6  Seek  the  Lord,  and  ye  shall  live  ;  lest  he  break  out  like  fire  in 
the  h'ouse  of  Joseph,  and  devour  it,  and  there  be  none  to  quench  it  in 
Belh-el. 

7  Ye  who  turn  judgment  to  wormwood,  and  leave  off  righteousness 
in  the  earth, 

8  Seek  him  that  maketh  the  seven  stars  and  Orion,  and  turneth  the 
shadow  of  death  into  the  morning,  and  maketh  the  day  dark  with 
night :  that  calleth  for  the  waters  of  the  sea,  and  poureth  them  out 
upon  the  face  of  the  earth  :  The  Lord  is  his  name  : 

9  That  sti-engtheneth  the  spoiled  against  the  strong,  so  that  the 
spoiled  shall  come  against  the  fortress. 

10  They  hate  him  that  rebuketh  in  the  gate,  and  they  abhor  him 
that  speaketh  uprightly. 

11  Forasmuch  therefore  as  your  treading  ?.s  upon  the  poor,  and  ye 
take  from  him  burdens  of  wheat :  ye  have  built  houses  of  hewn  stone, 
but  ye  shall  not  dwell  in  them  ;  ye  have  planted  pleasant  vineyards, 
but  ye  shall  not  drink  wine  of  them. 

12  For  I  know  your  manifold  transgressions  and  your  mighty  sins  : 
they  afflict  the  just,  they  take  a  bribe,  and  they  turn  aside  the  poor 
in  the  gate  from  their  right. 

13  Therefore  the  prudent  shall  keep  silence  in  that  time  ;  for  it  is 
an  evil  time. 

14  Seek  good,  and  not  evil,  that  ye  may  live  :  and  so  the  Lord, 
the  God  of  hosts,  shall  be  with  you,  as  ye  have  spoken. 

15  Hate  the  evil,  and  love  the  good,  and  establish  judgment  in 
the  gate  :  it  may  be  that  the  Lord  God  of  hosts  will  be  gracious 
unto  the  remnant  of  Joseph. 


Amos,  the  Prophet.  77 

16  Therefore  the  Lord,  the  God  of  hosts,  the  Lord,  saith  thus; 
Wailing  shall  be  in  all  streets ;  and  they  shall  say  in  all  the  highways, 
Alas  !  alas  !  and  they  shall  call  the  husbandman  to  mourning,  and 
such  as  are  skilful  of  lamentation  to  wailing. 

17  And  in  all  vineyards  shall  be  wailing :  for  I  will  pass  through 
thee,  saith  the  Lord. 

18  AVoe  unto  you  that  desire  the  day  of  the  Lord!  to  what  end  is 
it  for  you  ?  the  day  of  the  Lord  is  darkness,  and  not  light. 

19  As  if  a  man  did  flee  from  a  lion,  and  a  bear  met  him  ;  or  went 
into  the  house,  and  leaned  his  hand  on  the  wall,  and  a  serpent  bit 
him. 

20  Shall  not  the  day  of  the  Lord  be  darkness,  and  not  light  ?  even 
very  dark,  and  no  brightness  in  it  ? 

21  IT  I  hate,  I  despise  your  feast  days,  and  I  will  not  smell  in  your 
solemn  assemblies. 

22  Though  ye  offer  me  burnt-offerings,  and  your  meat-offerings,  I 
will  not  accept  them  :  neither  will  I  regard  the  peace-offerings  of 
your  fat  beasts. 

23  Take  thou  away  from  me  the  noise  of  thy  songs ;  for  I  will  not 
hear  the  melody  of  thy  viols. 

24  But  let  judgment  run  down  as  waters,  and  righteousness  as  a 
mighty  stream. 

25  Have  ye  offered  unto  me  sacrifices  and  offerings  in  the  wilder- 
ness forty  years,  O  house  of  Israel  ? 

26  But  ye  have  borne  the  tabernacle  of  your  Moloch  and  Chiun 
your  images,  the  star  of  your  god,  which  ye  made  to  yourselves. 

27  Therefore  will  I  cause  you  to  go  into  captivity  beyond  Da- 
mascus, saith  the  Lord,  whose  name  is  The  God  of  hosts. 

AMOS,  VI.  B.  C.  786. 

1  Woe  to  them  that  are  at  ease  in  Zion,  and  trust  in  the  mountain 
of  Samaria,  which  are  named  chief  of  the  nations,  to  whom  the 
house  of  Israel  came  ! 

2  Pass  ye  unto  Calney,  and  see  ;  and  from  thence  go  ye  to  Hamath 
the  great ;  then  go  down  to  Gath  of  the  Philistines  :  be  they  better 
than  these  kingdoms?  or  their  border  greater  than  your  border  ? 

3  Ye  that  put  far  away  the  evil  day,  and  cause  the  seat  of  violence 
to  come  near  ; 

4  That  lie  upon  beds  of  ivory,  and  stretch  themselves  upon  their 
couches,  and  eat  the  lambs  out  of  the  flock,  and  the  calves  out  of  the 
midst  of  the  stall ; 

5  That  chant  to  the  sound  of  the  viol,  a7id  invent  to  themselves 
instruments  of  music,  like  David ; 

6  That  drink  wine  in  bowls,  and  anoint  themselves  with  the  chief 
ointments ;  but  they  are  not  grieved  for  the  affliction  of  Joseph. 

7  IT  Therefore  now  shall  they  go  captive  with  the  first  that  go 
captive,  and  the  banquet  of  them  that  stretched  themselves  shall  be 
removed. 

8  The  Lord  God  hath  sworn  by  liimself,  saith  the  Lord,  the  God 
of  hosts,  I  abhor  the  excellency  of  Jacob,  and  hate  his  palaces : 
therefore  will  I  deliver  up  the  city,  with  all  that  is  therein. 


78  Amos,  the  Prophet. 

9  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  there  remain  ten  men  in  one  house, 
that  they  shall  die. 

10  And  a  man's  uncle  shall  take  him  up,  and  he  that  burneth  him, 
to  bring  out  the  bones  out  of  the  house,  and  shall  say  unto  him  that 
is  by  the  sides  of  the  house.  Is  there  yet  any  with  thee  ?  and  he  shall 
say.  No.  Then  shall  he  say,  Hold  thy  tongue ;  for  we  may  not 
make  mention  of  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

11  For,  behoM,  the  Lord  cornmandeth,  and  he  will  smite  the 
great  house  with  breaches,  and  the  little  hoase  with  clefts. 

12  H  Shall  horses  run  upon  the  rock  ?  will  one  plow  the7-e  with 
oxen  ?  for  ye  haA^e  turned  judgment  into  gall,  and  the  fruit  of 
righteousness  into  hemlock. 

"l3  Ye  which  rejoice  in  a  thing  of  nought,  which  say.  Have  we 
not  taken  to  us  horns  by  our  own  strength  ? 

14  But,  behold,  I  will  raise  up  against  you  a  nation,  0  house  of 
Israel,  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  hosts;  and  they  shall  afflict  you 
from  the  entering  in  of  Hamath  unto  the  river  of  the  wilderness. 

AMOS,  VII. 

The  judgments  of  the  grasshoppers,  and  of  the  fire,  are  diverted 
by  the  prayer  of  Amos.  By  a  wall  and  plumb-line  is  signified 
the  rejection  of  Israel.  Amaziah  coniplaineth  of  Amos.  Ama- 
ziah''s  judgment. 

1  Thus  hath  the  Lord  God  shewed  unto  me  ;  and,  behold,  he 
formed  grasshoppers  in  the  beginning  of  the  shooting  up  of  the  latter 
growth  ;  and,  lo,  it  was  the  latter  growth  after  the  king's  mow- 
ings. 

2  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  they  had  made  an  end  of  eating 
the  grass  of  the  land,  then  I  said,  O  Lord  God,  forgive,  I  beseech 
thee  ;  by  whom  shall  Jacob  arise  ?  for  he  is  small. 

3  The  Lord  repented  for  this :  It  shall  not  be,  saith  the  Lord. 

4  Tl  Thus  hath  the  Lord  God  shewed  unto  me ;  and,  behold,  the 
Lord  God  called  to  contend  by  fire,  and  it  devoured  the  great  deep, 
and  did  eat  up  a  part. 

5  Then  said  I,  O  Lord  God,  cease,  I  beseech  thee;  by  whom 
shall  Jacob  arise  .'  for  he  is  small. 

6  The  Lord  repented  for  this  :  This  also  shall  not  be,  saith  the  Lord 
God. 

7  H  Thus  he  shewed  me  ;  and,  behold,  the  Lord  stood  upon  a  wall 
made  by  a  plumb-line,  with  a  plumb-line  in  his  hand. 

8  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  Amos,  what  seest  thou  ?  And  I 
said,  A  plumb-line.  Then  said  the  Lord,  Behold,  1  will  set  a 
plumb-line  in  the  midst  of  ray  people  Israel :  I  will  not  again  pass  by 
them  any  more : 

9  And  the  high  places  of  Isaac  shall  be  desolate,  and  the  sanctuaries 
of  Israel  shall  be  laid  waste;  and  I  will  rise  against  the  house  of 
Jeroboam  with  the  sword. 

10  IT  Then  Amaziah,  the  priest  of  Beth-el,  sent  to  Jeroboam  king 
of  Israel,  saying,  Amos  hath  conspired  against  thee  in  the  midst  of 
the  house  of  Israel :  the  land  is  not  able  to  bear  all  his  words. 

11  For  thus  Amos  saith,  Jeroboam  shall  die  by  the  sword,  and 
Israel  shall  surely  be  led  away  captive  out  of  their  own  land. 


A?nos,  the  Prophet.  79 

12  Also  Amaziah  said  unto  Amos,  O  thou  seer,  go,  flee  thee  away 
into  the  land  of  Judah,  and  there  eat  bread,  and  prophes)"^  there. 

13  But  prophesy  not  again  anymore  at  Beth-el :  for  it  is  the  king's 
chapel,  and  it  is  the  king's  court. 

14  H  Then  answered  Amos,  and  said  to  Amaziah,  I  was  no  prophet, 
neither  was  I  a  prophet's  son  ;  but  I  was  an  herdman,  and  a  gatherer 
of  sycamore  fruit. 

15  And  the  Lord  took  me  as  I  followed  the  flock,  and  the  Lord 
said  unto  me.  Go,  prophesy  unto  my  people  Israel. 

16  IT  Now,  therefore,  hear  thou  the  word  of  the  Lord  ;  thou  sayest. 
Prophesy  not  against  Israel,  and  drop  not  thy  word  against  the  house 
of  Isaac. 

17  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Thy  wife  shall  be  an  harlot  in 
the  city,  and  thy  sons  and  thy  daughters  shall  fall  by  the  sword,  and 
\hy  land  shall  be  divided  by  line  ;  and  thou  shalt  die  in  a  polluted 
land  :  and  Israel  shall  surely  go  into  captivity  forth  of  his  land. 

AMOS,    VIII. 

By  a  basket  of  summer-fruit  is  shewed  Israel's  end.     Oppression 
reproved.    A  famine  of  the  word  threatened. 

1  Thus  hath  the  Lord  God  shewed  unto  me  ;  and,  behold,  a  basket 
of  summer-fruit. 

2  And  he  said,  Amos,  what  seest  thou?  And  I  said,  A  basket  of 
summer-fruit.  Then  said  the  Lord  unto  me.  The  end  is  come  upon 
my  people  of  Israel  ;  I  will  not  again  pass  by  them  any  more. 

3  And  the  songs  of  the  temple  shall  be  bowlings  in  that  day,  saith 
the  Lord  God  :  there  shall  he  many  dead  bodies  in  every  place ;  they 
shall  cast  them  forth  with  silence. 

4  IT  Hear  this,  O  ye  that  swallow  up  the  needy,  even  to  make  the 
poor  of  the  land  to  fall, 

5  Saying,  When  will  the  new-moon  be  gone,  that  we  may  sell 
corn,  and  the  sabbath,  that  we  may  set  forth  wheat .?  making  the 
ephah  small,  and  the  shekel  great,  and  falsifying  the  balances  by 
deceit. 

6  That  we  may  buy  the  poor  for  silver,  and  the  needy  for  a  pair  of 
shoes  ;  yea,  and  sell  the  refuse  of  the  wheat  ? 

7  The  Lord  hath  sworn  by  the  excellency  of  Jacob,  Surely  I 
will  never  forget  any  of  their  works. 

8  Shall  not  "the  land  tremble  for  this,  and  every  one  mourn  that 
dwelleth  therein  ?  and  it  shall  rise  up  wholly  as  a  flood  ;  and  it  shall 
be  cast  out  and  drowned,  as  hij  the  flood  of  Egypt. 

9  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  saith  the  Lord  God,  that  I 
will  cause  the  sun  to  go  down  at  noon,  and  I  will  darken  the  earth  in 
the  clear  day : 

10  And  I  will  turn  your  feasts  into  mourning,  and  all  your  songs 
into  lamentation;  and  I  will  bring  up  sackcloth  upon  all  loins,  and 
baldness  upon  every  head;  and  I  will  make  it  as  the  mourning  of  an 
only  son,  and  the  end  thereof  as  a  bitter  day. 

11  IT  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord  God,  that  I  will  send 
a  famine  in  the  land,  not  a  famine  of  bread,  nor  a  thirst  for  water, 
but  of  hearing  the  words  of  the  Lord  : 


so  Uosea,  the  Prophet. 

12  And  they  shall  wander  from  sea  to  sea,  and  from  the  north  even 
to  the  east ;  they  shall  run  to  and  fro  to  seek  the  word  of  the  Lord, 
and  shall  not  find  it. 

13  In  that  day  shall  the  fair  virgins  and  young  men  faint  for 
thirst. 

14  They  that  swear  by  the  sin  of  Samaria,  and  say,  Thy  god,  O 
Dan,  liveth  ;  and,  The  manner  of  Beer-sheba  liveth ;  even  they 
shall  fall,  and  never  rise  up  again. 

B.  C.  786*  HOSEA,  I. 

1  The  word  of  the  Lord  that  came  unto  Hosea,  the  son  of  Beeri, 
in  the  days  of  Uzziah,  Jotham,  Ahaz  and  Hezekiah,  kings  of  Judah, 
and  in  the  days  of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Joash  king  of  Israel. 

2  The  beginning  of  the  word  of  the  Lord  by  Hosea :  and  the 
Lord  said  to  Hosea,  Go  take  unto  thee  a  wife  of  whoredoms  and 
children  of  whoredoms  :  for  the  land  hath  committed  great  whore- 
dom, departing  from  the  Lord. 

3  So  he  went  and  took  Gomer  the  daughter  of  Diblaim  ;  which 
conceived,  and  bare  him  a  son. 

4  t  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him,  Call  his  name  Jezreel ;  for  yet  a 
little  tohile,  and  I  will  avenge  the  blood  of  Jezreel  upon  the  house  of 
Jehu,  and  will  cause  to  cease  the  kingdom  of  the  house  of  Israel. 

5  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  at  that  day,  that  I  will  break  the  bow 
of  Israel  in  the  valley  of  Jezreel. 

6  t  IT  And  she  conceived  again,  and  bare  a  daughter.  And  God 
said  unto  him,  Call  her  name  Lo-ruhamah  :  for  I  will  no  more  have 
mercy  upon  the  house  of  Israel ;  but  I  will  utterly  take  them 
away. 

7  But  I  will  have  mercy  upon  the  house  of  Judah,  and  will  save 
them  by  the  Lord  their  God,  and  will  not  save  them  by  bow,  nor  by 
sword,  nor  by  battle,  by  horses,  nor  by  horsemen. 

8  II  IT  Now  when  she  had  weaned  Lo-ruhamah,  she  conceived  and 
bare  a  son. 

9  Then  said  God,  Call  his  name  Lo-ammi :  for  ye  are  not  my 
people,  and  I  will  not  be  your  God. 

10  11  Yet  the  number  of  the  children  of  Israel  shall  be  as  the  sand 
of  the  sea,  which  cannot  be  measured  nor  numbered  ;  and  it  shall 
come  to  pass,  that  in  the  place  where  it  was  said  unto  them.  Ye  are 
not  ray  people,  there  it  shall  be  said  unto  them,  Ye  are  the  sons  of 
the  living  God. 

11  Then  shall  the  children  of  Judah  and  the  children  of  Israel  be 
gathered  together,  and  appoint  themselves  one  head,  and  they  shall 
come  up  out  of  the  land  :  for  great  shall  he  the  day  of  Jezreel. 

*  Mr.  TownsencI  has  dated  the  three  first  chapters  of  tliis  prophecy  fifteen  years 
earlier  J  and  has  given  the  cliapters  one  date.  But  at  whatever  time  we  fix  the 
commencement  of  the  booic,  it  is  certain  the  historical  facts  related  in  these  chap- 
ters required  a  lapse  of  time  between  the  several  messages  recorded  :  so  that  it  is 
impossible  Mr.  Townscnd's  date  should  he  correct  throiigh  these  three  chapters. 
Nor  can  [  see  any  sufficieKt  reasc-n  for  placing  the  commenceraeut  of  Hosea's 
prophecy  anterior  to  that  of  Amos. 

t  B.  C.  7S5.  X  B.  C.  784.  ||  B.  C.  783. 


Hosea.  81 

HOSEA,   11. 

The  idolatry  of  the  people.     God's  judgment  against  them  :  His 
promises  of  reconciliation  with  them. 

1  Say  ye  unto  your  brethren,  Amini,  and  to  your  sisters,  Ru- 
haniah. 

2  Plead  with  your  mother,  plead  :  for  she  is  not  my  wife,  neither 
atn  I  her  husband  :  let  her  therefore  put  away  her  whoredoms  out 
of  her  sight,  and  her  adulteries  from  between  her  breasts  ; 

3  Lest  I  strip  her  naked,  and  set  her  as  in  the  day  that  she  was 
born,  and  make  her  as  a  wilderness,  and  set  her  like  a  dry  land  and 
slay  her  with  thirst. 

4  And  I  will  not  have  mercy  upon  her  children ;  for  they  be  the 
children  of  whoredoms. 

5  For  their  mother  hath  played  the  harlot :  she  that  conceived 
them  hath  done  shamefully  :  for  she  said,  1  will  go  after  my  lovers, 
that  give  me  my  bread  and  my  water,  my  wool  and  my  flax,  mine 
oil  and  my  drink. 

6  H  Therefore,  behold,  I  will  hedge  up  thy  way  with  thorns,  and 
make  a  wall,  that  she  shall  not  tind  her  paths. 

7  And  she  shall  follow  after  her  lovers,  but  she  shall  not  overtake 
them  ;  and  she  shall  seek  them,  but  shall  not  find  them:  then  shall 
she  say,  I  will  go  and  return  to  my  first  husband  ;  for  then  was  it 
better  with  me  than  now. 

8  For  she  did  not  know  that  I  gave  her  corn,  and  wine,  and  oil, 
and  multiplied  her  silver  and  gold,  which  they  prepared  for  Baal. 

9  Therefore  will  I  return,  and  take  away  my  corn  in  the  time 
thereof,  and  my  wine  in  the  season  thereof,  and  I  will  recover  my 
wool  and  my  flax  given  to  cover  her  nakedness. 

10  And  now  will  I  discover  her  lewdness  in  the  sight  of  her  lovers, 
and  none  shall  deliver  her  out  of  mine  hand. 

11  I  will  also  cause  all  her  mirth  to  cease,  her  feast  days,  hernew 
moons,  and  her  sabbaths,  and  all  her  solemn  feasts. 

12  And  I  will  destroy  her  vines  and  her  fig-trees,  whereof  she 
hath  said,  These  are  my  rewards  that  my  lovers  have  given  me  : 
and  I  will  make  them  a  forest,  and  the  beasts  of  the  field  shall  eat 
them. 

13  And  I  will  visit  upon  her  the  days  of  Baalim,  wherein  she 
burned  incense  to  them,  and  she  decked  herself  with  her  ear-rings 
and  her  jewels,  and  she  went  after  her  lovers,  and  forgat  me,  saith 
the  Lord, 

14  IT  Therefore,  behold,  I  will  allure  her,  and  bring  her  into  the 
wilderness,  and  speak  comfortably  unto  her. 

15  And  I  will  give  her  her  vineyards  from  thence,  and  the  valley 
of  Achor  for  a  door  of  hope  :  and  she  shall  sing  there,  as  in  the  days 
of  her  youth,  and  as  in  the  day  when  she  came  up  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt. 

16  H  And  it  shall  be  at  that  day,  saith  the  Lord,  that  thou  shalt 
call  me  Ishi ;  and  shalt  call  me  no  more  Baali. 

17  For  I  will  take  away  the  names  of  Baalim  out  of  her  mouth, 
and  they  sball  no  more  be  remembered  by  their  name. 

18  And  in  that  day  will  I  make  a  covenant  for  them  with  the 
beasts   of  the   field,   and  with  the  fowls  of  heaven,  and  with  the 

7 


82  Ho  sea.     Ainos. 

creeping  things  of  the  ground :  and  I  will  break  the  bow  and  the 
sword  and  the  battle  out  of  the  earth,  and  will  make  them  to  lie 
down  safely. 

19  And  I  will  betroth  thee  unto  me  for  ever  ;  yea,  I  will  betroth 
thee  unto  me  in  righteousness,  and  in  judgment,  and  in  loving- 
kindness,  and  in  mercies. 

20  I  will  even  betroth  thee  unto  me  in  faithfulness :  and  thou 
shalt  know  the  Lord. 

21  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  I  will  hear  saith  the 
Lord,  I  will  hear  the  heavens  and  they  shall  hear  the  earth  ; 

22  And  the  earth  shall  hear  the  corn,  and  the  wine,  and  the  oil ; 
and  they  shall  hear  Jezreel. 

23  And  I  will  sow  her  unto  me  in  the  earth  ;  and  I  will  have 
mercy  upon  her  that  had  not  obtained  mercy ;  and  I  will  say  to  them 
which  were  not  my  people.  Thou  art  my  people  ;  and  they  shall  say. 
Thou  art  my  God. 

AMOS,    IX. 

1  I  saw  the  Lord  standing  upon  the  altar  :  and  he  said.  Smite  the 
lintel  of  the  door,  that  the  posts  may  shake  :  and  cut  them  in  the 
head,  all  of  them  ;  and  I  will  slay  the  last  of  them  with  the  sword  : 
he  that  fleeth  of  them  shall  not  flee  away,  and  he  that  escapeth  of 
them  shall  not  be  delivered. 

2  Though  they  dig  into  hell,  thence  shall  mine  hand  take  them  ; 
though  they  climb  up  to  heaven,  thence  will  1  bring  them  down : 

3  And  though  they  hide  themselves  in  the  top  of  Carmel,  I  will 
search  and  take  them  out  thence  ;  and  though  they  be  hid  from  my 
sight  in  the  bottom  of  the  sea,  thence  will  I  command  the  serpent, 
and  he  shall  bite  them  : 

4  And  though  they  go  into  captivity  before  their  enemies,  thence 
will  I  command  the  sword,  and  it  shall  slay  them  :  and  I  will  set 
mine  eyes  upon  them  for  evil,  and  not  for  good. 

5  And  the  Lord  God  of  hosts  is  he  that  toucheth  the  land,  and  it 
shall  melt,  and  all  that  dwell  therein  shall  mourn:  and  it  shall  rise 
up  wholly  like  a  flood;  and  shall  be  drowned,  as  hy  the  flood  of 
Egypt. 

6  It  is  he  that  buildeth  his  stories  in  the  heaven,  and  hath  founded 
his  troop  in  the  earth  ;  he  that  calleth  for  the  waters  of  the  sea,  and 
poureth  them  out  upon  the  face  of  the  earth  :  The  Lord  is  his 
name. 

7  Are  ye  not  as  children  of  the  Ethiopians  unto  me,  O  children  of 
Israel  ?  saith  the  Lord.  Have  not  I  brought  up  Israel  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt?  and  the  Philistines  from  Caphtor,  and  the  Syrians 
from  Kir? 

8  Behold  the  eyes  of  the  Lord  God  are  upon  the  sinful  kingdom, 
and  I  will  destroy  it  from  off  the  face  of  the  earth  ;  saving  that  I 
will  not  utterly  destroy  the  house  of  Jacob,  saith  the  Lord. 

9  For,  lo,  I  will  command,  and  I  will  sift  the  house  of  Israel  among 
all  nations,  like  as  corn  is  sifted  in  a  sieve,  yet  shall  not  the  least 
grain  fall  upon  the  earth. 

10  All  the  sinners  of  my  people  shall  die  by  the  sword,  which  say, 
The  evil  sliall  not  overtake  nor  prevent  us. 


Hosea.     Amos.  83 

11  IT  In  that  day  will  I  raise  up  the  tabernacle  of  David  that  is 
fallen,  and  close  up  the  breaches  thereof;  and  I  will  raise  up  his 
ruins,  and  I  will  build  it  as  in  the  days  of  old  ; 

12  That  they  may  possess  the  remnant  of  Edom,  and  of  all  the 
heathen,  which  are  called  by  my  name,  saith  the  Lord,  that  doeth 
this. 

13  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord,  that  the  plowman  shall 
overtake  the  reaper,  and  the  treader  of  grapes  him  that  soweth  seed : 
and  the  mountains  shall  drop  sweet  wine,  and  all  the  hills  shall 
melt. 

14  And  I  will  bring  again  the  captivity  of  my  people  of  Israel, 
and  they  shall  build  the  waste  cities,  and  inhabit  them ;  and  they 
shall  plant  vineyards,  and  drink  the  wine  thereof;  they  shall  also 
make  gardens,  and  eat  the  fiuit  of  them. 

15  And  I  will  plant  them  upon  their  land,  and  they  shall  no  more 
be  pulled  up  out  of  their  land  which  I  have  given  them,  saith  the 
Lord  thy  God. 

2  Kirs^GS,  XIV.  B.  C.  783. 

29  And  Jeroboam  slept  with  his  fathers,  even  with  the  kings  of 
Israel. 

HOSEA,    III. 

1  Then  said  the  Lord  unto  me.  Go,  yet  love  a  woman,  beloved  of 
her  friend,  yet  an  adulteress,  according  to  the  love  of  the  Lord 
toward  the  children  of  Israel,  who  look  to  other  gods,  and  love  flagons 
of  wine. 

2  So  I  bought  her  to  me  for  fifteen  ■pieces  of  silver,  and  for  an 
homer  of  barley,  and  an  half  homer  of  barley. 

3  And  I  said  unto  her.  Thou  shall  abide  for  me  many  days  :  thou 
shalt  not  play  the  harlot,  and  thou  shalt  not  be  for  another  man^  so 
will  I  also  be  for  thee. 

4  For  the  children  of  Israel  shall  abide  many  days  without  a  king, 
and  without  a  prince,  and  without  a  sacrifice,  and  without  an  image, 
and  without  an  ephod,  and  without  teraphim. 

5  Afterward  shall  the  children  of  Israel  return,  and  seek  the  Lord 
leir  God,  and  David  their 

goodness  in  the  latter  days. 

HOSEA,  IV.  B.  C.  780. 

1  Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  ye  children  of  Israel :  for  the 
Lord  hath  a  controversy  with  the  inhabitants  of  the  land,  because 
there  is  no  truth,  nor  mercy,  nor  knowledge  of  God,  in  the  land. 

2  By  swearing,  and  lying,  and  killing,  and  stealing,  and  commit- 
ting adultery,  they  break  out,  and  blood  toucheth  blood. 

3  Therefore  shall  the  land  mourn,  and  every  one  that  dwelleth 
therein  shall  languish,  with  the  beasts  of  the  field,  and  with  the 
fowls  of  heaven ;  yea,  the  fishes  of  the  sea  also  shall  be  taken 
away. 


84  Hosea. 

4  Yet  let  no  man  strive,  nor  reprove  another  :  for  thy  people  are 
as  they  that  strive  with  the  priest. 

5  Therefore  shalt  thou  fall  in  the  day,  and  the  prophet  also  shall 
fall  with  thee  in  the  night,  and  I  will  destroy  thy  mother. 

6  H  IMy  people  are  destroyed  for  lack  of  knowledge  :  because  thou 
hast  rejected  knowledge,  I  will  also  reject  thee,  that  thou  shalt  be  no 
priest  to  me  :  seeing  thou  hast  forgotten  the  law  of  thy  God,  I  will 
also  forget  thy  children. 

7  As  they  were  increased,  so  they  sinned  against  me  ;  thei'cfore 
will  I  change  their  glory  into  shame. 

8  They  eat  up  the  sin  of  ray  people,  and  they  set  their  heart  on 
their  iniquity. 

9  And  there  shall  be,  like  people,  like  priest :  and  I  will  punish 
them  for  their  ways,  and  reward  them  their  doings. 

10  For  they  shall  eat,  and  not  have  enough :  they  shall  commit 
whoredom,  and  shall  not  increase  ;  because  they  have  left  off  to  take 
heed  to  the  Lord. 

11  Whoredom,  and  wine,  and  new  wine,  take  away  the  heart. 

12  H  My  people  ask  counsel  at  their  stocks,  and  their  staff  declareth 
unto  them  :  for  the  spirit  of  whoredoms  hath  caused  them  to  err,  and 
they  have  gone  a  whoring  from  under  their  God. 

13  They  sacrifice  upon  the  tops  of  the  mountains,  and  burn  incense 
upon  the  hills,  under  ooks,  and  poplars,  and  elms,  because  the  shadow 
thereof  is  good  :  therefore  j^our  daughters  shall  commit  whoredom, 
and  your  spouses  shall  commit  adultery. 

14  I  will  not  puni.=h  your  daughters  when  they  commit  whoredom, 
nor  your  spouses  w^hen  they  commit  adultery:  for  themselves  are 
separated  with  whores,  and  they  sacrifice  with  harlots:  therefore  the 
people  that  doth  not  understand  shall  fall. 

15  IT  Though  thou,  Israel,  play  the  harlot,  yet  let  not  Judah  offend; 
and  come  not  ye  unto  Gilgal,  neither  go  ye  up  to  Beth-aven,  nor 
swear.  The  I^ord  liveth. 

16  For  Israel  slideth  back  as  a  backsliding  heifer  :  now  the  Lord 
will  feed  them  as  a  lamb  in  a  large  place. 

17  Ephraim  is  joined  to  idols  :  let  him  alone. 

18  Their  drink  is  sour:  they  have  committed  whoredom  con- 
tinually :  her  rulers  with  shame  do  love.  Give  ye. 

19  The  wind  hath  bound  her  up  in  her  wings,  and  they  shall  be 
ashamed  because  of  their  sacrifices. 

B.  C.  775.  HOSEA,  V. 

1  Hear  ye  this,  O  priests  ;  and  hearken,  ye  house  of  Israel ;  and 
give  ye  ear,  0  house  of  the  king :  for  judgment  is  toward  you, 
because  ye  have  been  a  snare  on  Mizpah,  and  a  net  spread  upon 
Tabor. 

2  And  the  revolters  are  profound  to  make  slaughter,  though  I  have 
been  a  rebuker  of  them  all. 

3  I  know  Ephraim,  and  Israel  is  not  hid  from  me  :  for  now,  O 
Ephraim,  thou  committest  whoredom,  and  Israel  is  defiled. 

4  They  will  not  frame  their  doings  to  turn  unto  their  God  :  for  the 
spirit  of  whoredoms  is  in  the  midst  of  them,  and  they  have  not 
known  the  Lord. 


Hosea.  85 

5  And  the  pride  of  Israel  doth  testify  to  his  face  :  therefore  shall 
Israel  and  Ephraim  fall  in  their  iniquity  ;  Judah  also  shall  fall  with 
them. 

6  They  shall  go  with  their  flocks  and  with  their  herds  to  seek  the 
Lord  ;  but  they  shall  not  find  him :  he  hath  withdrawn  himself  from 
them. 

7  They  have  dealt  treacherously  against  the  Lord  ;  for  they  have 
begotten  .strange  children  :  now  shall  a  month  devour  them  with 
their  portions. 

8  Blow  ye  the  cornet  in  Gibeah,  and  the  trumpet  in  Ramah  :  cry 
aloud  at  Beth-aven,  after  thee,  O  Benjamin. 

9  Ephraim  shall  be  desolate  in  the  day  of  rebuke :  among  the 
tribes  of  Israel  have  I  made  known  that  which  shall  surely  be. 

10  The  princes  of  Judah  were  like  them  that  remove  the  bound : 
therefore  I  will  pour  out  my  wrath  upon  them  like  water. 

11  Ephraim  is  oppressed  and  broken  in  judgment,  because  he 
willingly  walked  after  the  commandment. 

12  Therefore  ivill  I  he  unto  Ephraim  as  a  moth,  and  to  the  house 
of  Judah  as  rottenness. 

13  When  Ephraim  saw  his  sickness,  and  Judah  saw  his  wound, 
then  went  Ephraim  to  the  Assyrian,  and  sent  to  king  Jareb  :  yet  could 
he  not  heal  you,  nor  cure  you  of  your  wound. 

14  For  I  will  be  unto  Ephraim  as  a  lion,  and  as  a  young  lion  to  the 
house  of  Judah  :  I,  even  I,  will  tear  and  go  away  ;  I  will  take  away, 
and  none  shall  rescue  him. 

15  IT  I  will  go  and  return  to  my  place  till  they  acknowledge  their 
offence,  and  seek  my  face :  in  their  affliction  they  w  ill  seek  me 
early. 

HOSEA,    YI. 

1  Come,  and  let  us  return  unto  the  Lord  :  for  he  hath  torn,  and 
he  will  heal  us  ;  he  hath  smitten,  and  he  will  bind  us  up. 

2  After  two  days  will  he  revive  us ;  in  the  third  day  he  will  raise 
us  up,  and  we  shall  live  in  his  sight. 

3  Then  shall  we  know,  if  we  follow  on  to  know  the  Lord  :  his 
going  forth  is  prepared  as  the  morning  ;  and  he  shall  come  unto  us  as 
the  rain,  as  the  latter  and  former  rain  unto  the  earth. 

4  TT  O  Ephraim,  what  shall  I  do  unto  thee  ?  O  Judah,  what  shall  I 
do  unto  thee  ?  for  your  goodness  is  as  a  morning  cloud,  and  as  the 
early  dew  it  goeth  away. 

5  Therefore  have  I  hewed  them  by  the  prophets ;  I  have  slain 
them  by  the  words  of  my  mouth  :  and  thy  judgments  are  as  the  light 
that  goeth  forth. 

6  For  I  desired  mercy,  and  not  sacrifice  ;  and  tlie  knowledge  of 
God  more  than  burnt-offerings. 

7  But  they,  like  men,  have  transgressed  the  covenant :  there  have 
they  dealt  treacherously  against  me. 

8  Gilead  is  a  city  of  them  that  work  iniquity,  and  is  polluted  with 
blood. 

9  And  as  troops  of  robbers  wait  for  a  man,  so  the  company  of 
priests  murder  in  the  way  by  consent     for  they  commit  lewdness. 

7* 


86         Uzziah.     Zechariah.     ShaUum.     Blenahem. 

10  I  have  seen  an  horrible  thing  in  the  house  of  Israel:  there  is 
the  whoredom  of  Ephraim,  Israel  is  defiled. 

11  Also,  0  Judah,  he  hath  set  an  harvest  for  thee,  when  I  returned 
the  captivity  of  my  people. 

B.  C.  773.*  2  KINGS,  XV. 

8  IF  In  the  thirty  and  eighth  year  of  Azariah  king  of  Judah  did 
Zechariah,  the  son  of  Jeroboam,  reign  over  Israel  in  Samaria  six 
months. 

9  And  he  did  ihat  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  as  his 
father?  had  done  :  he  departed  not  from  the  sins  of  Jeroboam,  the  son 
of  Nebat,  who  made  Israel  to  sin. 

10  And  ShaHum,  the  son  of  Jabesh,  conspired  against  him,  and 
smote  him  before  the  people,  and  slew  him,  and  reigned  in  his 
stead. 

12  This  was  the  word  of  the  Lord  which  he  spake  unto  Jehu, 
saying,  Thy  sons  shall  sit  on  the  throne  of  Israel  unto  the  fourth 
generation.     And  so  it  came  to  pass. 

13  t  IT  Sliallum,  the  son  of  Jabesh,  began  to  reign  in  the  nine  and 
thirtieth  year  of  Uzziah  king  of  Judah;  and  he  reigned  a  full  month 
in  Samaria. 

14  For  Menahem,  the  son  of  Gadi,  went  up  from  Tirzah,  and 
came  to  Samaria,  and  smote  Shallum,  the  son  of  Jabesh,  in  Samaria, 
and  slew  him,  and  reigned  in  his  stead. 

16  "il  Then  Menahem  smote  Tiphsah,  and  all  that  were  therein, 
and  the  coasts  thereof  from  Tirzah  :  because  they  opened  not  to  hiiu, 
therefore  he  smote  it ;  and  all  the  women  therein  that  were  with 
cliild  he  ripped  up. 

17  In  the  nine  and  thirtieth  year  of  Azariah  king  of  Judah  began 
Menahem,  the  son  of  Gadi,  to  reign  over  Israel,  and  reigned  ten 
years  in  Samaria. 

15  And  he  did  that  tvhich  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  :  he 
departed  not  all  his  days  IVom  the  sins  of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat, 
who  made  Israel  to  sin. 

19  v?/2(i  Pul  the  king  of  Assyria  came  against  the  land :  and 
ISIenahem  gave  Pul  a  thousand  talents  of  silver,  that  his  hand  might 
be  with  him,  to  confirm  the  kingdom  in  his  hand. 

20  And  Menaliem  exacted  the  money  of  Israel,  eveti  of  all  the 
mighty  men  of  wealth,  of  each  man  fifty  shekels  of  silver,  to  give  to 
the  king  of  Assyria  :  so  liie  king  of  Assyria  turned  back,  and  stayed 
not  there  in  the  land. 

B.  C.  765.  2    CHRONICLES,    xxvi. 

9  Moreover,  Uzziah  built  towers  in  Jerusalem,  at  the  corner-gate, 
and  at  the  valley-gulo,  and  at  the  turning  of  the  wall,  and  fortified 
them. 

10  Also  he  built  towers  in  the  desert,  and  digged  many  wells  :  for 

*  There  had  been  an  interregnum  in  the  throne  of  Israel  from  the  death  of 
Jeroboam,  of  ten  yeurs. 

t  G.  C.  772. 


Uzziah.     Hosca.  87 

he  had  much  cattle,  both  in  the  low  country  and  in  the  plains; 
husbandmen  also  and  vine-dressers  in  the  mountains,  and  in  Carrnel : 
for  he  loved  husbandry. 

11  Moreover,  L"zzi;ih  had  an  host  of  fighting  men,  that  went  out  to 
war  by  bands,  according  to  the  number  of  their  account,  by  tbe  hand 
of  Jeiel  the  scribe,  and  Maaseiah  the  ruler,  under  the  hand  of 
Hananiah,  one  of  the  king's  cnptains. 

12  The  whole  number  of  the  chief  of  the  fathers  of  the  mighty 
men  of  valor  were  two  thousand  and  six  hundred. 

13  And  under  their  hand  ivas  an  army,  three  hundred  thousand, 
and  seven  thousand  and  five  hundred,  that  made  war  with  mighty 
power,  to  help  the  king  against  the  enemy. 

14  And  Uzziah  prepared  for  them,  throughout  all  the  host,  shields, 
and  spears,  and  helmets,  and  habergeons,  and  bows,  and  slings  to  cast 
stones. 

15  And  he  made  in  Jerusalem  engines,  invented  by  cunning  men, 
to  be  on  the  towers,  and  upon  the  bulwarks,  to  shoot  arrows  and 
great  stones  withal :  and  his  name  spread  far  abroad  ;  for  he  was 
marvellously  helped  till  he  was  strong. 

HOSEA,  VII.  B.  C.  765* 

1  When  I  would  have  healed  Israel,  then  the  iniquity  of  Ephraim 
was  discovered,  and  the  wickedness  of  Samaria  :  for  they  commit 
falsehood  ;  and  the  thief  cometh  in,  and  the  troop  of  robbers  spoileth 
without : 

2  And  they  consider  not  in  their  hearts  that  I  remember  all  their 
wickedness  :  now  their  own  doings  have  beset  them  about;  they  are 
before  my  face. 

3  They  make  the  king  glad  with  their  wickedness,  and  the  princes 
with  their  lies. 

4  They  are  all  adulterers,  as  an  oven  heated  by  the  baker,  who 
ceaseth  from  raising  after  he  hath  kneaded  the  dough  until  it  be 
leavened. 

5  In  the  day  of  our  king  the  princes  have  made  hiin  sick  with 
bottles  of  wine:  he  stretched  out  his  hand  with  scorners. 

6  For  they  have  made  ready  their  heart  like  an  oven  whiles  they 
He  in  wait :  their  baker  sleepeth  all  the  night ;  ic  the  morning  it 
burneth  as  a  flaming  fire. 

7  They  are  all  hot  as  an  oven,  and  have  devoured  their  judges: 
all  their  kings  are  fallen  ;  thcj'e  is  none  among  them  that  calleth  unto 
me. 

8  Ephraim,  he  hath  mixed  himself  among  the  people  ;  Ephraim  is 
a  cake  not  turned. 

9  Strangers  have  devoured  his  strength,  and  he  knoweth  it  not; 
yea,  gray  hairs  are  here  and  there  upon  him,  yet  he  knoweth  not. 

10  And  the  pride  of  Israel  testifieth  to  his  face ;  and  they  do  not 
return  to  the  Lord  their  God,  nor  seek  him  for  all  this. 

11  IT  Ephraim  also  is  like  a  silly  dove  without  heart :  they  call  to 
Egypt,  they  go  to  Assyria. 

12  When  they  shall  go,  I  will  spread  my  net  upon  them  ;    I  will 

*  Townsend,  725. 


88  Menahem.     Pekahiah.     Hosea. 

bring  them  down  as  the  fowls  of  the  heaven  ;  I  will  chastise  them  as 
their  congregation  hath  heard. 

13  Woe  unto  them  !  for  they  have  fled  from  me  ;  destruction  unto 
them  !  because  they  have  transgressed  against  me  :  though  1  have 
redeemed  thetn,  yet  they  have  spoken  lies  against  me. 

14  And  they  have  not  cried  unto  me  with  their  heart,  when  they 
howled  upon  their  beds  :  they  assemble  themselves  for  corn  and 
wine,  and  they  rebelled  against  me. 

15  Though  I  have  bound  and  strengthened  their  arms,  yet  do  they 
imagine  mischief  against  me. 

16  They  return,  but  not  to  the  Most  High  ;  they  are  like  a 
deceitful  bow  :  their  princes  shall  fall  by  the  sword  for  the  rage  of 
their  tongue.     This  shall  he  their  derision  in  the  land  of  Egypt. 

B.  C.  762.  2  KINGS,  XV. 

22  And  Menahem  slept  with  his  fathers  :  and  Pekahiah  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead. 

23  IT  In  the  fiftieth  year  of  Azariah  king  of  Judah,  Pekahiah,  the 
son  of  Menahem,  began  to  reign  over  Israel  in  Samaria,  and  reigned 
two  years. 

24  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  ;  he 
departed  not  from  the  sins  of  Jeroboam,  the  son  of  Nebat,  who  made 
Israel  to  sin. 

B.  C.  760.*  HOSEA,  VIII. 

1  Set  the  trumpet  to  thy  mouth  :  he  shall  come  as  an  eagle  against 
the  house  of  the  Lord,  because  they  have  transgressed  my  covenant, 
and  trespassed  against  my  law. 

2  Israel  shall  cry  unto  me.  My  God,  we  know  thee. 

3  Israel  hath  cast  off"  the  thing  that  is  good :  the  enemy  shall 
pursue  him, 

4  They  have  set  up  kings,  but  not  by  me  ;  they  have  made  princes, 
and  I  knew  it  not :  of  their  silver  and  their  gold  have  they  made  them 
idols,  that  they  may  be  cut  off. 

5  M  Thy  calf,  O  Samaria,  hnst  cast  thee  off;  mine  anger  is  kindled 
against  them  :  how  long  icill  it  be  ere  they  attain  to  innocency  .' 

6  For  from  Israel  icns  it  also:  the  woiknian  made  it;  therefore  it 
is  not  god :  but  the  calf  of  Samaria  shall  be  broken  in  pieces. 

7  For  they  have  sown  the  wind,  and  they  shall  reap  the  whirl- 
wind :  it  hath  no  slalk  ;  the  bud  shall  yield  no  meal :  if  so  be  it  yield, 
the  stranger  shall  swallow  it  up. 

8  Israel  is  swallowed  up  :  now  shall  they  be  among  the  Gentiles 
as  a  vessel  wherein  is  no  pleasure. 

9  For  they  are  gone  up  to  Assyria,  a  wild  ass  alone  by  himself: 
Ephraim  hath  hired  lovers. 

10  Yea,  though  they  have  hired  among  the  nations,  now  will  I 
gather  them,  and  they  shall  sorrow  a  little  for  the  burden  of  the  king 
of  princes. 

*  Townsend,  725. 


Hjsea.     Isaiah.  89 

11  Because  Ephraim  hath  made  many  altars  to  sin,  altars  shall  be 
unto  him  to  sin. 

12  I  have  written  to  him  the  great  things  of  my  law,  hut  they  were 
counted  as  a  strange  thing. 

13  They  sacrifice  flesh /or  the  sacrifices  of  mine  offerings,  and  eat 
it ;  hut  the  Lord  accepteth  them  not :  now  will  he  remember  their 
iniquity,  and  visit  their  sins  ;  they  shall  return  to  Egypt 

14  For  Israel  hath  forgotten  his  maker,  and  buildeth  temples;  and 
Judah  hath  multiplied  fenced  cities :  but  I  will  send  a  fire  upon  his 
cities,  and  it  shall  devour  the  palaces  thereof. 

ISAIAH,  I. 

Isainh^s  complaint  of  Judah :  their  universal  corruption  :  he  exhort- 
eth  to  repentance,  with  promises  ajid  threatenings :  the  prophet 
bewail eth  their  wickedness. 

1  The  vision  of  Isaiah,  the  son  of  Amoz,  which  he  saw  concerning 
Judah  and  Jerusalem,  in  the  days  of  Uzziah,  Jotham,  Ahaz,  and 
Hezekiah,  kings  of  Judah. 

2  *  Hear,  O  heavens;  and  give  ear,  O  earth  ;  for  the  Lord  hath 
spoken  :  I  have  nourished  and  brought  up  childien,  and  they  have 
rebelled  against  me  ! 

3  The  ox  knoweth  his  owner,  and  the  ass  his  master's  crib  :  hut 
Israel  doth  not  know,  my  people  doth  not  consider. 

4  Ah,  sinful  nation,  a  people  laden  with  iniquity,  a  seed  of  evil 
doers,  children  that  are  corrupters  1  they  have  forsaken  the  Lord, 
they  have  provoked  the  Holy  One  of  Israel  unto  anger,  they  are  gone 
away  backward. 

5  IT  Why  should  ye  be  stricken  any  more  .'  ye  will  revolt  more  and 
more.     The  whole  head  is  sick,  and  the  whole  heart  faint. 

6  From  the  sole  of  the  foot  even  unto  the  head  there  is  no  sound- 
ness in  it;  hut  wounds,  and  bruises,  and  putrifying  sores  :  they  have 
not  been  closed,  neither  bound  up,  neither  mollified  with  oint- 
ment. 

7  Your  country  is  desolate,  your  cities  are  burnt  with  fire  :  your 
land,  strangers  devour  it  in  your  presence,  and  it  is  desolate,  as  over- 
thrown by  strangers. 

8  And  the  daughter  of  Zion  is  left  as  a  cottage  in  a  vineyard,  as  a 
lodge  in  a  garden  of  cucumbers,  as  a  besieged  city. 

9  Except  the  Lord  of  hosts  had  left  unro  us  a  very  small  remnant, 
we  should  have  been  as  Sodom,  and  we  should  have  been  like  unto 
Gomorrah. 

10  IT  Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  ye  rulers  of  Sodom  :  give  ear 
unto  the  law  of  our  God,  ye  people  of  Gomorrah  : 

11  To  what  purpose  is  the  multitude  of  your  sacrifices  unto  me  ? 

*  Many  chronologers  give  another  date  from  tlie  second  verse  of  this  chapter  to 
the  close  of  the  fifth.  The  reason  of  this  is,  they  suppose  the  vision  which  com- 
mences the  sixth  chapter,  to  he  the  introduction  of  the  prophet  to  his  office,  and  a 
preface  to  all  his  communicalions.  Others  have  supposed  he  migiit  have  delivered 
the  precedingcliapters,  and  afterwards  be  more  solemnly  called  and  set  apatttothe 
work  of  prophecy.  Mr.  Townsend  dates  the  first  verso  of  this,  and  the  second, 
third,  fourth,  and  fifth  chapters,  B  C.  758  or  two  years  later  than  the  date  above, 
and  the  remainder  of  the  chapter,  B.  C.  740. 


90  Isaiah.     PeJcah. 

saith  the  Lord  :  I  am  full  of  the  burnt-offerings  of  rams,  and  the  fat 
of  fed  beasts  ;  and  I  delight  not  in  the  blood  of  bullocks,  or  of  lambs, 
or  of  he-goats. 

12  When  ye  come  to  appear  before  me,  who  hath  required  this  at 
your  hand  to  tread  my  courts  ? 

13  Bring  no  more  vain  oblations  :  incense  is  an  abomination  unto 
me  ;  the  new-moons  and  sabbaths,  the  calling  of  assemblies,  1  cannot 
away  with  :  it  is  iniquity,  even  the  solemn  meeting. 

14  Your  new  moons,  and  your  appointed  feasts  my  soul  hateth  : 
they  are  a  trouble  unto  me  ;  I  am  wearj"^  to  bear  them. 

15  And  when  ye  spread  forth  your  hands  I  will  hide  mine  eyes  from 
you  ;  yea,  when  ye  make  many  prayers  I  will  not  hear  :  your  hands 
are  full  of  blood. 

16  IT  Wash  you,  make  you  clean  ;  put  away  the  evil  of  your  doings 
from  before  mine  eyes  :  cease  to  do  evil ; 

17  Learn  to  do  well ;  seek  judgment,  relieve  the  oppressed,  judge 
the  fatherless  ;  plead  for  the  widow. 

18  Come  now,  and  let  us  reason  together,  saith  the  Lord  : 
Though  your  sins  be  as  scarlet,  they  shall  be  as  white  as  snow ; 
though  they  be  red  like  crimson,  they  shall  be  as  wool. 

19  If  ye  be  willing  and  obedient,  ye  shall  eat  the  good  of  the 
land  : 

20  But  if  ye  refuse  and  rebel,  ye  shall  be  devoured  with  the 
sword  :   for  the  mouth  of  the  Lord  hath  spoken  it. 

21  IT  How  is  the  faithful  city  become  an  harlot!  it  was  full  of  judg- 
ment; righteousness  lodged  in  it ;  but  now  murderers  ! 

22  Thy  silver  is  become  dross,  thy  wine  mixed  with  water  : 

23  Thy  princes  are  rebellious,  and  companions  of  thieves  :  every 
one  loveth  gifts,  and  followeth  after  rewards  :  they  judge  not  the 
fatherless,  neither  doth  the  cause  of  the  widow  come  unto  them. 

24  Therefore,  saith  the  Lord,  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  mighty  One 
of  Israel,  Ah,  1  will  ease  me  of  mine  adversaries,  and  avenge  me  of 
mine  enemies  : 

25  And  1  will  turn  my  hand  upon  thee,  and  purely  purge  away 
thy  dross,  and  take  away  all  thy  tin  : 

26  And  I  will  restore  thy  judges  as  at  the  first,  and  thy  counsellors 
as  at  the  beginning:  afterward  thou  shalt  be  called,  The  city  of 
righteousness,  The  faithful  city. 

27  Zion  shall  be  redeemed  with  judgment,  and  her  converts  with 
righteousness. 

28  H  And  the  destruction  of  the  transgressors  and  of  the  sinners 
shall  be  together,  and  they  that  forsake  the  Lord  shall  be 
consumed. 

29  For  they  shall  be  ashamed  of  the  oaks  which  ye  have  desired,  and 
ye  shall  be  confounded  for  the  gardens  that  ye  have  chosen. 

30  For  ye  shall  be  as  an  oak  whose  leaf  fadeth,  and  as  a  garden 
that  hath  no  water. 

31  And  the  strong  shall  be  as  tow,  and  the  maker  of  it  as  a  spark, 
and  they  shall  both  burn  together,  and  none  shall  quench  them. 

B.  C.  759.  2  KINGS,  XV. 

25  But  Pekah,  the  son  of  Remaliah,  a  captain  of  his,  conspired 


PekaJi.      Uzziah.     Isaiah.  91 

against  him,  [Pekahiah,]  and  smote  him  in  Samaria,  in  the  palace  of 
the  king's  house,  with  Argob  and  Aiieh,  and  with  him  fifty  men  of 
the  Gileadites :  and  he  killed  him,  and  reigned  in  his  room. 

27  H  In  the  two  and  fiftieth  year  of  Azariah  king  of  Judah,  Pekah, 
the  son  of  Remaliah,  began  to  reign  over  Israel  in  Samaria,  and 
reigned  twenty  years. 

28  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  ;  he 
departed  not  from  the  sins  of  Jeroboam,  the  son  of  Nebat,  who  made 
Israel  to  sin. 

2    CHRONICLES,    XXVI. 

16  IT  But  when  he,  [Uzziah,]  was  strong,  his  heart  was  lifted  up  to 
his  destruction  :  for  he  transgressed  against  the  Lord  his  God,  and 
went  into  the  temple  of  the  Lord  to  burn  incense  upon  the  altar  of 
incense. 

17  And  Azariah  the  priest  went  in  after  him,  and  with  him  four 
score  priests  of  the  Lord,  that  luere  valiant  men  ; 

18  And  they  withstood  Uzziah  the  king,  and  said  unto  him,  It 
appertaineth  not  unto  thee,  Uzziah,  to  burn  incense  unto  the  Lord, 
but  to  the  priests  the  sons  of  Aaron,  that  are  consecrated  to  burn 
incense  :  go  out  of  the  sanctuary  ;  for  thou  hast  trespassed  ;  neither 
shall  it  be  for  thine  honor  from  the  Lord  God. 

19  Then  Uzziah  was  wroth,  and  had  a  censer  in  his  hand  to  burn 
incense  ;  and  while  he  was  wroth  with  the  priests,  the  leprosy  even 
rose  up  in  his  forehead  before  the  priests  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
from  beside  the  incense  altar. 

20  And  Azariah,  the  chief  priest,  and  all  the  priests,  looked  upon 
him,  and,  behold,  he  was  leprous  in  his  forehead,  and  they  thrust  him 
out  from  thence  ;  yea,  himself  hasted  also  to  go  out,  because  the 
Lord  had  smitten  him. 

21  And  Uzziah  the  king  w^as  a  leper  unto  the  day  of  his  death,  and 
dw^elt  in  a  several  house,  being  a  leper  ;  for  he  was  cut  off  from  the 
house  of  the  Lord  :  and  Jotham  his  son  was  over  the  king's  house, 
judging  the  people  of  the  land. 

22  *  IT  Now,  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Uzziah,  first  and  last,  did  Isaiah 
the  prophet,  the  son  of  Amoz,  write. 

23  So  Uzziah  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  they  buried  him  with  his 
fathers  in  the  field  of  the  burial  which  belonged  to  the  kings  ;  for 
they  said,  He  is  a  leper  :  and  Jotham  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

ISAIAH,  II.  B.  C.  758. 

1  The  word  that  Isaiah,  the  son  of  Amoz,  saw  concerning  Judah 
and  Jerusalem. 

2  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  the  last  days,  that  the  mountain  of 
the  Lord's  house  shall  be  established  in  the  top  of  the  mountains, 
and  shall  be  exalted  above  the  hills ;  and  all  nations  shall  flow 
unto  it. 

3  And  many  people  shall  go  and  say,  Come  ye,  and  let  us  go 
up  to  the  mountain  of  the  Lord,  to  the  house  of  the  God  of  Jacob ; 


*  B.  C.  758. 


92  Isaiah. 

and  he  will  teach  us  of  his  ways,  and  we  will  walk  in  his  paths  :  for 
out  of  Zion  shall  go  forth  the  law,  and  the  word  of  the  Lord  from 
Jerusalem. 

4  And  he  shall  judge  among  the  nations,  and  shall  rebuke  many- 
people  ;  and  they  shall  beat  their  swords  into  plow-shares,  and  their 
spears  into  pruning-hooks  :  nation  shall  not  lift  up  sword  against 
nation,  neither  shall  they  learn  war  any  more. 

5  O  house  of  Jacob,  come  ye,  and  let  us  walk  in  the  light  of  the 
Lord. 

6  U  Therefore  thou  hast  forsaken  thy  people,  the  house  of  Jacob, 
because  they  be  replenished  from  the  east,  and  are  soothsayers  like 
the  Philistines,  and  they  please  themselves  in  the  children  of 
strangers. 

7  Their  land  also  is  full  of  silver  and  gold,  neither  is  there  any 
end  of  their  treasures;  their  land  is  also  full  of  horses,  neither  is  there 
any  end  of  their  chariots  : 

8  Their  land  also  is  full  of  idols  ;  they  worship  the  work  of  their 
own  hands,  that  which  their  own  fingers  have  made. 

9  And  the  mean  man  bovveth  down,  and  the  great  man  humbleth 
himself:  therefore  forgive  them  not. 

10  IT  Enter  into  the  rock,  and  hide  thee  in  the  dust,  for  fear  of  the 
Lord,  and  for  the  glory  of  his  majesty. 

11  The  lofty  looks  of  man  shall  be  iiumbled,  and  the  haughtiness 
of  men  shall  be  bowed  down;  and  the  Lord  alone  shall  be  exalted 
in  that  day. 

12  For  the  day  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  he  upon  every  one  that 
is  proud  and  lofty,  and  upon  every  one  that  is  lifted  up,  and  he  shall  be 
brought  low  ; 

13  And  upon  all  the  cedars  of  Lebanon,  that  are  high  and  lifted 
up,  and  upon  all  the  oaks  of  Bashan, 

14  And  upon  all  the  high  mountains,  and  upon  all  the  hills  that  are 
lifted  up, 

15  And  upon  every  high  tower,  and  upon  every  fenced  v.'all, 

16  And  upon  all  the  ships  of  Tarshish,  and  upon  all  pleasant 
pictures. 

17  And  the  loftiness  of  man  shall  be  bowed  down,  and  the  haughti- 
ness of  men  shall  be  made  low ;  and  the  Lord  alone  shall  be  exalted 
in  that  day. 

18  And  the  idols  he  shall  utterly  abolish. 

19  And  the}'  shall  go  into  the  holes  of  the  rocks,  and  into  the  caves 
of  the  earth,  for  fear  of  the  Lord,  and  for  the  glory  of  his  majesty, 
•when  he  ariseth  to  shake  terribly  the  earth. 

2!)  In  that  day  a  man  shall  cast  his  idols  of  silver,  and  his  idols  of 
gold,  which  they  made  each  one  for  himself  to  worship,  to  the  moles, 
and  to  the  bats  ; 

21  To  go  into  the  clefTs  of  the  rocks,  and  into  the  tops  of  the 
ragged  rocks,  for  fear  of  the  Lord,  and  for  the  glory  of  his  majesty, 
when  he  ariseth  to  shake  terribly  the  earth. 

22  Cease  ye  from  man,  whose  breath  is  in  his  nostrils;  for  wherein 
is  he  to  be  acounted  of.' 

ISAIAH,  III. 

1  For,  behold,  the  Lord,  the  Lord  of  hosts,  doth  take  away  from 


Isaiah.  93 

Jerusalem,  and  from  Jiidah,  the  stay  and  the  staff,  the  whole   stay  of 
bread,  and  the  whole  stay  of  water, 

2  The  mighty  man,  and  the  man  of  war,  the  judge,  and  the  prophet, 
and  the  prudent,  and  the  ancient, 

3  The  captain  of  fifty,  and  the  honorahlc  man,  and  the  counsellor, 
and  the  cunning  artificer,  and  the  eloquent  orator. 

4  And  I  will  give  children  to  he  their  princes,  and  babes  shall  rule 
over  them. 

5  And  the  people  shall  be  oppressed,  every  one  by  another,  and 
every  one  by  his  neighbor  :  the  child  shall  behave  himself  proudly 
against  the  ancient,  and  the  base  against  the  honorable. 

6  When  a  man  shall  take  hold  of  his  brother,  of  the  house  of  his 
father,  saying.  Thou  hast  clothing,  be  thou  our  ruler,  and  let  this  ruia 
be  under  thy  hand. 

7  In  that  day  shall  he  swear,  saying,  I  will  not  be  an  healer;  for 
in  my  house  is  neither  bread  nor  clothing  :  make  me  not  a  ruler  of 
the  people. 

8  For  Jerusalem  is  ruined,  and  Judah  is  fallen  •  because  their 
tongue  and  their  doings  are  against  the  Lord,  to  provoke  the  eyes  of 
his  glory. 

9  IT  The  shew  of  their  countenance  doth  witness  against  them,  and 
they  declare  their  sin  as  Sodom,  they  hide  it  not:  woe  unto  their 
soul !  for  they  have  rewarded  evil  unto  themselves. 

10  Say  ye  to  the  righteous,  that  it  shall  be  well  ivith  him;  for  they 
shall  eat  the  fruit  of  their  doings. 

11  AVoe  unto  the  wicked  !  it  shall  be  ill  tvith  him  ;  for  the  reward 
of  his  hands  shall  be  given  him, 

12  IT  Jis  for  my  people,  children  are  their  oppressors,  and  women 
rule  over  them.  O  my  people,  they  which  lead  thee  cause  thee  to 
err,  and  destroy  the  way  of  thy  paths. 

13  The  Lord  standeth  up  to  plead,  and  standeth  to  judge  the 
people. 

14  The  Lord  will  enter  into  judgment  with  the  ancients  of  his 
people,  and  the  princes  thereof:  for  ye  have  eaten  up  the  vineyard  ; 
the  spoil  of  the  poor  is  in  your  houses. 

15  What  mean  ye  that  ye  beat  my  people  to  pieces,  and  grind  the 
faces  of  the  poor  ?  saith  the  Lord  God  of  hosts. 

16  IT  Moreover,  the  Lord  saith,  Because  the  daughters  of  Zion  are 
haughty,  and  walk  with  stretched-forth  necks,  and  wanton  eyes, 
walking,  and  mincing  as  they  go,  and  making  a  tinkling  with  their 
feet: 

17  Therefore  the  Lord  will  smite  with  a  scab  the  crown  of  the 
head  of  the  daughters  of  Zion.  and  the  Lord  will  discover  their  secret 
parts. 

18  In  that  day  the  Lord  will  take  away  the  bravery  of  their  tink- 
ling ornaments  about  their  feet,  and  their  cauls,  and  their  round  tires 
like  the  moon, 

19  The  chains,  and  the  bracelets,  and  the  mufflers, 

20  The  bonnets,  and  the  ornaments  of  the  legs,  and  the  head-bands, 
and  the  tablets,  and  the  ear-rings, 

21  The  rings,  and  nose-jeweis, 

22  The  changeable  suits  of  apparel,  and  the  mantles,  and  the 
wimples,  and  the  crlsping-pins, 

8 


94  Isaiah. 

23  The  glasses,  and  the  fine  Mnen,  and  the  hoods,  and  the  vails. 

24  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  instead  of  sweet  smell,  there 
shall  be  stink  ;  and  instead  of  a  girdle,  a  rent ;  and  instead  of  well-set 
hair,  baldness  ;  and  instead  of  a  stomacher,  a  girding  of  sack-cloth  ; 
and  burning  instead  of  beauty. 

25  Thy  men  shall  fall  by  the  sword,  and  thy  mighty  in  the 
war. 

26  And  her  gates  shall  lament  and  mourn  ;  and  she  being  desolate 
shall  sit  upon  the  ground. 

ISAIAH,    IV. 

1  And  in  that  day  seven  women  shall  take  hold  of  one  man, 
saying.  We  will  eat  our  own  bread,  and  wear  our  own  apparel :  only 
let  us  be  called  by  thy  name,  to  take  away  our  reproach. 

2  In  that  day  shall  the  branch  of  the  Lord  be  beautiful  and 
glorious,  and  the  fruit  of  the  earth  shall  be  excellent  and  comely  for 
them  that  are  escaped  of  Israel. 

3  And  it  shalHcome  to  pass  that  he  that  is  left  in  Zion,  and  he  that 
remaineth  in  Jerusalem,  shall  be  called  holy,  even  every  one  that  is 
written  among  the  living  in  Jerusalem  : 

4  When  the  Lord  shall  have  washed  away  the  filth  of  the 
daughters  of  Zion,  and  shall  have  purged  the  blood  of  Jerusalem  from 
the  midst  thereof  by  the  spirit  of  judgment,  and  by  the  spirit  of 
burning. 

5  And  the  Lord  will  create  upon  every  dwelling  place  of  mount 
Zion,  and  upon  her  assemblies,  a  cloud  and  smoke  by  day,  and  the 
shining  of  a  flaming  fire  by  night :  for  upon  all  the  glory  shall  be  a 
defence. 

6  And  there  shall  be  a  tabernacle  for  a  shadow  in  the  day  time 
from  the  heat,  and  for  a  place  of  refuge,  and  for  a  covert  from  storm, 
and  from  rain. 

ISAIAH,  V. 

1  Now  will  I  sing  to  my  well-beloved  a  song  of  my  beloved 
touching  his  vineyard.  My  well-beloved  hath  a  vineyard  in  a  very 
fruitful  hill : 

2  And  he  fenced  it,  and  gathered  out  the  stones  thereof,  and 
planted  it  with  the  choicest  vine,  and  built  a  tower  in  the  midst  of  it, 
and  also  made  a  wine-press  therein  :  and  he  looked  that  it  should  bring 
forth  grapes,  and  it  brought  forth  wild  grapes. 

3  And  now,  O  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  and  men  of  Judah,  judge, 
I  pray  you,  betwixt  me  and  my  vineyard. 

4  What  could  have  been  done  more  tomy  vinej'ard,  that  I  have  not 
done  in  it?  wherefore,  when  I  looked  that  it  should  bring  forth  grapes, 
brought  it  forth  wild  grapes  ? 

5  And  now,  go  to ;  I  will  tell  you  what  I  will  do  to  my  vineyard  : 
I  will  take  away  the  hedge  thereof,  and  it  shall  be  eaten  up  ;  and 
break  down  the  wall  thereof,  and  it  shall  be  trodden  dowm  : 

6  And  I  will  lay  it  waste  :  it  shall  not  be  pruned,  nor  digged  :  but 
there  shall  come  up  briers  and  thorns  ;  I  will  also  command  the  clouds 
that  they  rain  no  rain  upon  it. 


Isaiah.  95 

7  For  the  vineyard  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  is  the  house  of  Israel,  and 
the  men  of  Judah  his  pleasant  plant :  and  he  looked  for  judgment, 
but  behold  oppression  ;  for  righteousness,  but  behold,  a  cry. 

8  IT  Woe  unto  them  that  join  house  to  house,  that  lay  field  to  field, 
till  there  he  no  place,  that  they  may  be  placed  alone  in  the  midst  of 
the  earth  !  • 

9  In  mine  ears,  said  the  Lord  of  hosts,  of  a  truth  many  houses 
shall  be  desolate,  even  great  and  fair,  without  inhabitant. 

10  Yea,  ten  acres  of  vineyard  shall  yield  one  bath,  and  the  seed  of 
an  homer  shall  yield  an  ephah. 

11  IT  Woe  unto  them  that  rise  up  early  in  the  morning,  that  they 
may  follow  strong  drink  ;  that  continue  until  night,  till  wine  inflame 
them  ! 

12  And  the  harp,  and  the  viol,  the  tabret,  and  pipe,  and  wine,  are 
in  their  feasts  :  but  they  regard  not  the  work  of  the  Lord,  neither 
consider  the  operation  of  his  hands. 

13  IT  Therefore  my  people  are  gone  into  captivity,  because  they 
have  no  knowledge  :  and  their  honorable  men  are  famished,  and  their 
multitude  dried  up  with  thirst, 

14  Therefore  hell  hath  enlarged  herself,  and  opened  her  mouth 
without  measure  :  and  their  glory,  and  their  multitude,  and  their 
pomp,  and  he  that  rejoiceth,  shall  descend  into  it. 

15  And  the  mean  man  shall  be  brought  down,  and  the  mighty  man 
shall  be  humbled,  and  the  eyes  of  the  lofty  shall  be  humbled  : 

16  But  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  be  exalted  in  judgment,  and  God 
that  is  holy  shall  be  sancrtfied  in  righteousness. 

17  Then  shall  the  lambs  feed  after  their  manner,  and  the  waste 
places  of  the  fat  ones  shall  strangers  eat. 

18  Woe  unto  them  that  draw  iniquity  with  cords  of  vanity,  and  sin 
as  it  were  with  a  cart  rope : 

19  That  say,  Let  him  make  speed,  and  hasten  his  work,  that  we 
may  see  it :  and  let  the  counsel  of  the  Holy  One  of  Israel  draw  nigh 
and  come,  that  we  may  know  it ! 

20  IT  Woe  unto  them  that  call  evil  good,  and  good  evil ;  that  put 
darkness  for  light,  and  light  for  darkness  ;  that  put  bitter  for  sweet, 
and  sweet  for  bitter  ! 

21  Woe  unto  them  that  are  wise  in  their  own  eyes,  and  prudent  in 
their  own  sight ! 

22  Woe  unto  them  that  are  mighty  to  drink  wine,  and  men  of 
strength  to  mingle  strong  drink  : 

23  Which  justify  the  wicked  for  reward,  and  take  away  the  right- 
eousness of  the  righteous  from  him  ! 

24  Therefore,  as  the  fire  devoureth  the  stubble,  and  the  flame 
consumeth  the  chaff,  so  their  root  shall  be  as  rottenness,  and  their 
blossom  shall  go  up  as  dust :  because  they  have  cast  away  the  law 
of  the  Lord  of  hosts,  and  despised  the  word  of  the  Holy  One  of 
Israel. 

25  Therefore  is  the  anger  of  the  Lord  kindled  against  his  people, 
and  he  hath  stretched  forth  his  hand  against  them,  and  hath  smitten 
them  :  and  the  hills  did  tremble,  and  their  carcasses  were  torn  in  the 
midst  of  the  streets.  For  all  this  his  anger  is  not  turned  away,  but 
his  hand  is  stretched  out  still. 

26  IT  And  he  will  lift  up  an  ensign  to  the  nations  from  far,  and  will 


96  Isaiah. 

hiss  unto  them  from  the  end  of  the  earth :  and,  behold,  they  shall 
come  whh  speed  swiftly  : 

27  None  shall  be  weary  nor  stumble  among  them  ;  none  shall 
slumber  nor  sleep  ;  neither  shall  the  girdle  of  their  loins  be  loosed, 
nor  the  latchet  of  their  shoes  be  broken  : 

23  Whose  arrows  are  sharp,  and  all  their  bows  bent,  their 
horses'  hoofs  shall  be  counted  like  flint,  and  their  wheels  like  a 
whirlwind  : 

29  Their  roaring  shall  be  like  a  lion,  they  shall  roar  like  young 
lions:  yea,  they  shall  roar,  and  lay  hold  of  the  prey,  and  shall  carry 
it  away  safe,  and  none  shall  deliver  it. 

30  And  in  that  day  they  shall  roar  against  them,  like  the  roaring  of 
the  sea  :  and  if  one  look  unto  the  land,  behold,  darkness  and  sorrow, 
and  the  light  is  darkened  in  the  heavens  thereof. 

ISAIAH,  VI. 

1  *  In  the  year  that  king  Uzziah  died,  I  saw  also  the  Lord  sitting 
upon  a  throne,  high  and  lifted  up,  and  his  train  filled  the  temple. 

2  Above  it  stood  the  seraphinis  :  each  one  had  six  wings  ;  with 
twain  he  covered  his  face,  and  with  twain  he  covered  his  feet,  and 
with  twain  he  did  fly. 

3  And  one  cried  unto  another,  and  said.  Holy,  holy,  holy,  is  the 
Lord  of  hosts  :  the  whole  earth  is  full  of  his  glory. 

4  And  the  posts  of  the  door  moved  at  the  voice  of  him  that  cried, 
and  the  house  was  filled  with  smoke. 

5  11  Then  said  I,  Woe  is  me !  for  1  am  undone  ;  because  I  ain  a 
man  of  iuiclean  lips,  and  I  dwell  in  the  midst  of  a  people  of  unclean 
lips  :  for  mine  eyes  have  seen  the  King,  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

6  Then  flew  one  of  the  seraphims  unto  me,  having  a  live  coal  in 
his  hand,  ichich  he  had  taken  with  the  tongs  from  off  the  altar: 

7  And  he  laid  it  upon  my  mouth,  and  said,  Lo,  this  hath  touched 
thy  lips :   and  thine  iniquity  is  taken  away,  and  thy  sin  purged. 

8  Also  I  heard  the  voice  of  the  Lord,  saying.  Whom  shall  I  send, 
and  who  will  go  for  us  ?     Then  said  I,  Here  am  I ;  send  me. 

9  H  And  he  said.  Go,  and  tell  this  people.  Hear  ye  indeed,  but 
understand  not ;  and  see  ye  indeed,  but  perceive  not. 

10  Make  the  heart  of  this  people  fat,  and  make  their  ears  heavy, 
and  shut  their  eyes ;  lest  they  see  with  their  eyes,  and  hear  with 
their  ears,  and  understand  with  their  heart,  and  convert,  and  be 
healed. 

11  Then  said  I,  I^ord,  how  long  ?  And  he  answered.  Until  the 
cities  be  wasted  without  inhabitant,  and  the  houses  without  man,  and 
the  land  be  utterly  desolate, 

12  And  the  Lord  have  removed  men  far  away,  and  there  be  a 
great  forsaking  in  the  midst  of  the  land. 

13  T  But  yet  in  it  shall  be  a  tenth,  and  it  shall  return,  and  shall  be 
eaten:  as  a  teil  tree,  and  as  an  oak,  whose  substance  is  in  them, 
when  they  cast  their  leaves :  so  the  holy  seed  shall  be  the  substance 
thereof. 

*  The  manner  of  expression  here,  seems  to  indicate  that  tiiis  was  not  the 
prophet's  first  vision. 


JotJiam.     Hosea.  97 

2    CHRONICLES,    XXVII. 

1  Jotham  loas  twenty  and  five  years  old  when  he  began  to  reign ; 
and  he  reigned  sixteen  years  in  Jerusalem  :  his  mother's  name  also 
was  Jerushah,  the  daughter  of  Zadok. 

2  And  he  did  that  which  was  right  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord, 
according  to  all  that  his  father  Uzziah  did  :  howbeit,  he  entered 
not  into  the  temple  of  the  Lord.  And  the  people  did  yet  cor- 
ruptly. 

3  *  He  built  the  high  gate  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  on  the 
wall  of  Ophel  he  built  much. 

4  Moreover,  he  built  cities  in  the  mountains  of  Judah,  and  in  the 
forests  he  built  castles  and  towers. 

5  IT  He  fought  also  with  the  king  of  the  Ammonites,  and  prevailed 
against  them.  And  the  children  of  Ammon  gave  him  the  same  year 
an  hundred  talents  of  silver,  and  ten  thousand  measures  of  wheat,  and 
ten  thousand  of  barley.  So  much  did  the  children  of  Ammon  pay 
unto  him,  both  the  second  year  and  the  third. 

6  So  Jotham  became  mighty,  because  he  prepared  his  ways 
before  the  Lord  his  God. 

HOSEA,  IX.  B.  C.  755.f 

The  distress  and  captivity  of  Israel  for  their  sins  and  idolatry. 

1  Rejoice  not,  0  Israel,  for  joy,  as  other  people :  for  thou  hast  gone 
a  whoring  from  thy  God  ;  thou  hast  loved  a  reward  upon  every  corn* 
floor. 

2  The  floor  and  the  wine-press  shall  not  feed  them,  and  the  new 
wine  shall  fail  in  her. 

3  They  shall  not  dwell  in  the  Lord's  land  ;  but  Ephraim  shall 
return  to  Egypt,  and  they  shall  eat  unclean  things  in  Assyria. 

4  They  shall  not  offer  Wine-offerings  to  the  Lord,  neither  shall 
they  be  pleasing  unto  him  :  their  sacrifices  shall  be  unto  them  as  the 
bread  of  mourners;  all  that  eat  thereof  shall  be  polluted:  for  their 
bread  for  their  soul  shall  not  come  into  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

5  What  will  ye  do  in  the  solemn  day,  and  in  the  day  of  the  feast  of 
the  Lord  ? 

6  For,  lo,  they  are  gone  because  of  destruction:  Egypt  shall 
gather  them  up,  Memphis  shall  bury  them :  the  pleasant  places  for 
their  silver,  nettles  shall  possess  them:  thorns  shall  he  in  their 
tabernacles. 

7  The  days  of  visitation  are  come,  tb.e  days  of  recompense  are 
come  ;  Israel  shall  know  it :  the  prophet  is  a  fool,  the  spiritual  man 
is  mad,  for  the  multitude  of  thine  iniquity,  and  the  great  hatred. 

8  The  watchman  of  Ephraim  luas  with  my  God  :  but  the  prophet 
is  a  snare  of  a  fowler  in  all  his  ways,  ajid  hatred  in  the  house  of  his 
God. 

9  They  have  deeply  corrupted  themselves,  as  in  the  days  of 
Gibeah  :  therefore  he  will  remember  their  iniquity,  he  will  visit  their 
sins. 

10  I  found  Israel  like  grapes  in  the  wilderness;  I  saw  your  fathers 

*  B.  C.  755.  t  Townscnd,  725. 


98  Hosea. 

as  the  first  ripe  in  the  fig-tree  at  her  first  time  :  hut  they  went  to 
Baal-peor,  anJ  separated  themselves  unto  that  shame ;  and  their 
abominations  were  according  as  they  loved. 

11  As  for  Ephraim,  their  glory  shall  flyaway  like  a  bird,  from  the 
birth,  and  from  the  womb,  and  from  the  conception. 

12  Though  they  bring  up  their  children,  yet  will  I  bereave  them, 
that  there  shall  not  be  a  man  left :  yea,  woe  also  to  them  when  I 
depart  from  them  ! 

13  Ephraim,  as  I  saw  Tyrus,  is  planted  in  a  pleasant  place  :  but 
Ephraiiu  shall  bring  forth  his  children  to  the  murderer. 

14  Give  them,  O  Lord  :  what  wilt  thou  give  ?  give  them  a  mis- 
carrying womb  and  dry  breasts. 

15  All  their  wickedness  is  in  Gilgal :  for  there  I  hated  them  :  for 
the  wickedness  of  their  doings  I  will  drive  them  out  of  mine  house, 
I  will  love  them  no  more  :  all  their  princes  are  revolters. 

16  Ephraim  is  smitten,  their  root  is  dried  up,  they  shall  bear  no 
fruit :  yea,  though  they  bring  forth,  yet  will  I  slay  even  the  beloved 
fruit  of  their  womb. 

17  -My  God  will  cast  them  away,  because  they  did  not  hearken 
unto  him :  and  they  shall  be  wanderers  among  the  nations. 

B.  C.  746  *  HOSEA,  X. 

Israel  is  reproved  and  threatened  for  their  impiety  and  idolafrt/, 

1  Israel  is  an  empty  vine,  he  bringeth  forth  fruit  unto  himself: 
according  to  the  multitude  of  his  fruit  he  hath  increased  the  altars- 
according  to  the  goodness  of  his  land  they  have  made  goodly 
images. 

2  Their  heart  is  divided  ;  now  shall  they  be  found  faulty  ;  he  shall 
break  down  their  altars,  he  shall  spoil  their  images. 

3  For  now  they  shall  say.  We  have  no  king,  because  we  feared 
not  the  Lord  ;  what  then  should  a  king  do  to  us  ? 

4  They  have  spoken  words,  swearing  falsely  in  making  a  covenant  r 
thus  judgment  springeth  up  as  hemlock  in  the  furrows  of  the 
field. 

5  The  inhabitants  of  Samaria  shall  fear  because  of  the  calves  of 
Beth-aven :  for  the  people  thereof  shall  mourn  over  it,  and  the 
priests  thereof  that  rejoiced  on  it,  for  the  glory  thereof,  because  it  is 
departed  from  it. 

6  It  shall  be  also  carried  unto  Assyria  for  a  present  to  king  Jareb  r 
Ephraim  shall  receive  shame,  and  Israel  shall  be  ashamed  of  his  own 
counsel. 

7  As  for  Samaria,  her  king  is  cut  off  as  the  foam  upon  the  water. 

8  The  high  places  also  of  Aven,  the  sin  of  Israel,  shall  be  destroy- 
ed :  the  thorn  and  the  thistle  shall  come  up  on  their  altars ;  and  they 
shall  say  to  the  mountains.  Cover  us  ;  and  to  the  bills.  Fall  on 
us. 

9  O  Israel,  thou  hast  sinned  from  the  days  of  Gibeah  :  there  they 
stood  :  the  battle  in  Gibeah  against  the  children  of  iniquity  did  not 
overtake  them. 

10  It  is  in  my  desire  that  I  should  chastise  them ;  and  the  people 

*  Townsend,  725. 


Hosea.     Micah.  99 

shall  be  gathered  against  them,  when  they  shall  bind  thenaselvea  in 
their  two  furrows. 

11  And  Ephraim  is  as  an  heifer  that  is  taught,  andloveth  to  tread 
out  the  corn;  but  I  passed  over  upon  her  fair  neck:  I  will  make 
Ephraim  to  ride  ;  Judah  shall  plow,  and  Jacob  shall  break  his 
clods. 

12  Sow  to  yourselves  in  righteousness,  reap  in  mercy ;  break  up 
your  fallow  ground :  for  it  is  time  to  seek  the  Lord,  till  he  come 
and  rain  righteousness  upon  you. 

13  Ye  have  plowed  wickedness,  ye  have  reaped  iniquity ;  ye  have 
eaten  the  fruit  of  lies:  because  thou  didst  trust  in  thy  way,  in  the 
multitude  of  thy  mighty  men. 

14  Therefore  shall  a  tumult  arise  among  thy  people,  and  all  thy 
fortresses  shall  be  spoiled,  as  Shalman  spoiled  Beth-arbel  in  the  day 
of  battle :  the  mother  was  dashed  in  pieces  upon  her  children. 

15  So  shall  Beth-el  do  unto  you  because  of  your  great  wickedness: 
in  a  morning  shall  the  king  of  Israel  utterly  be  cut  off. 

MICAH,  I.  B.  C.  743. 

1  The  word  of  the  Lord  that  came  to  Micah  the  Morasthite  in  the 
days  of  Jotham,  Ahaz,  and  Hezekiah,  kings  of  Judah,  w^hich  he  saw 
concerning  Samaria  and  Jerusalem. 

2  IT  Hear,  all  ye  people  ;  hearken,  O  earth,  and  all  that  therein  is: 
and  let  the  Lord  God  be  witness  against  you,  the  Lord  from  his  holy 
temple. 

3  For,  behold,  the  Lord  cometh  forth  out  of  his  place,  and  v,'\U 
come  down,  and  tread  upon  the  high  places  of  the  earth. 

4  And  the  mountains  shall  be  molten  under  him,  and  the  valleys 
shall  be  cleft,  as  wax  before  the  fire,  and  as  the  waters  that  are 
poured  down  a  steep  place. 

5  For  the  transgression  of  Jacob  is  all  this,  and  for  the  sins  of  the 
house  of  Israel.  What  is  the  transgression  of  Jacob?  is  it  not 
Samaria?  and  what  are  the  high  places  of  Judah?  are  they  not 
Jerusalem  ? 

6  Therefore  I  will  make  Samaria  as  an  heap  of  the  field,  and  as- 
plantings  of  a  vineyard:  and  I  will  pour  down  the  stones  thereof  into 
the  valley,  and  I  will  discover  the  foundations  thereof. 

7  And  all  the  graven  images  thereof  shall  be  beaten  to  pieces,  and 
all  the  hires  thereof  shall  be  burned  with  the  fire,  and  all  the  idols 
thereof  will  I  lay  desolate  :  for  she  gathered  it  of  the  hire  of  an 
harlot,  and  they  shall  return  to  the  hire  of  an  harlot. 

8  Therefore  I  will  wail  and  howl,  I  will  go  stripped  and  naked:  I 
will  make  a  wailing  like  the  dragons,  and  mourning  as  the  owls. 

9  For  her  wound  «s  incurable;  for  it  is  come  unto  Judah;  he  is 
come  unto  the  gate  of  my  people,  even  to  Jerusalem. 

10  ^  Declare  ye  it  not  at  Gath,  weep  ye  not  at  all :  in  the  house 
of  Aphrah  roll  thyself  in  the  dust. 

11  Pass  ye  away,  thou  inhabitant  of  Saphir,  having  thy  shame 
naked :  the  inhabitant  of  Zaanan  came  not  forth  in  the  mourning  of 
Beth-ezel;  he  shall  receive  of  you  his  standing. 

12  For  the  inhabitant  of  Maroth  waited  carefully  for  good:  but 
evil  came  down  from  the  Lord  unto  the  gate  of  Jerusalem. 


100  Ahaz,     Micah. 

13  O  thou  inhabitant  of  Lachish,  bind  the  chariot  to  the  swift 
beast :  she  is  the  beginning  of  the  sin  to  the  daughter  of  Zion :  for 
the  transgressions  of  Jsrael  were  found  in  thee. 

14  Therefore  shalt  thou  give  presents  to  Moresheth-gath :  the 
houses  of  Achzib  shall  be  a  he  to  the  kings  of  Israel. 

15  Yet  will  1  bring  an  heir  unto  thee,  O  inhabitant  of  Mareshah: 
he  shall  coine  unto  AduUam  the  glory  of  Israel. 

16  Make  thee  bald,  and  poll  thee  for  thy  delicate  children;  enlarge 
thy  baldness  as  the  eagle ;  for  they  are  gone  into  captivity  from 
thee. 

2    CHRO^^ICLES,    XXVII. 

9  IT  And  Jotham  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  they  buried  him  in  the 
city  of  David  :  and  Ahaz  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

2    CHRONICLES,    XXVIII. 

Jlhaz,  reigning  wickedly,  is  afflicted  hy  the  Syrians :  he   dying, 
Hezekiah  succeedeth  him. 

1  Ahaz  was  twenty  years  old  when  he  began  to  reign  ;  and  he 
reigned  sixteen  years  in  Jerusalem  :  but  he  did  not  that  which  was 
right  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  like  David* his  father. 

2  For  he  walked  in  the  ways  of  the  kings  of  Israel,  and  made  also 
molten  images  for  Baalim. 

3  Moreover,  he  burnt  incense  in  the  valley  of  the  son  of  Hinnom, 
and  burnt  his  children  in  the  fire,  after  the  abominations  of  the 
heathen,  whom  the  Lord  had  cast  out  before  the  children  of  Israel. 

4  He  sacrificed  also,  and  burnt  incense  in  the  high  places,  and  on 
the  hills,  and  under  every  green  tree. 

B.  C.  740.  MICAH,  II. 

1  Woe  to  them  that  devise  iniquity,  and  work  evil  upon  their  beds! 
when  the  morning  is  light,  they  practise  it,  because  it  is  in  the  power 
of  their  hand.  f 

2  And  they  covet  fields,  and  take  them  by  violence ;  and  houses, 
and  take  them  away  :  so  they  oppress  a  man  and  his  house,  even  a 
man  and  his  heritage. 

3  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Behold,  against  this  family  do  I 
devise  an  evil,  from  which  ye  shall  not  remove  your  necks  ;  neither 
shall  ye  go  haughtily  :  for  this  time  is  evil. 

4  II  In  that  day  shall  one  take  up  a  parable  against  you,  and  lament 
with  a  doleful  lamentation,  and  say.  We  be  utterly  spoiled :  he  hath 
changed  the  portion  of  my  people  :  how  hath  he  removed  it  from 
me!  turning  away  he  hath  divided  our  fields. 

5  Therefore  thou  shalt  have  none  that  shall  cast  a  cord  by  lot  in 
the  congregation  of  the  Lord. 

6  Prophesy  ye  not,  say  they  to  them  that  prophesy  :  they  shall  not 
prophesy  to  them,  that  they  shall  not  take  shame. 

7  1l  0  thou  that  art  named  the  house  of  Jacob,  is  the  spirit  of  the 
Lord  straitened?  are  these  his  doings?  do  not  my  words  do  good  to 
him  that  walketh  uprightly  ? 


Micah.     Aliaz.     Isaiah.  101 

8  Even  of  late  my  people  is  risen  up  as  an  enemy :  ye  pull  off  the 
robe  with  the  garment  from  them  that  pass  by  securely,  as  men 
averse  from  war. 

9  The  women  6f  my  people  have  ye  cast  out  from  their  pleasant 
houses  ;  from  their  children  have  ye  taken  away  my  glory  for  ever. 

10  Arise  ye,  and  depart;  for  this  is  not  your  rest:  because  it  is 
polluted,  it  shall  destroy  you,  even  with  a  sore  destruction. 

11  If  a  man  walking  in  the  spirit  and  falsehood,  do  lie,  saying,  I 
will  prophesy  unto  thee  of  wine  and  of  strong  drink ;  he  shall  even 
be  the  prophet  of  this  people. 

12  IT  I  will  surely  assemble,  O  Jacob,  all  of  thee;  I  will  surely 
gather  the  remnant  of  Israel ;  I  will  put  them  together  as  the  sheep 
of  Bozrah,  as  the  l!ock  in  the  midst  of  their  fold  ;  they  shall  make 
great  noise  by  reason  of  the  multitude  of  men. 

13  The  breaker  is  come  up  before  them :  they  have  broken  up  and 
hav^e  passed  through  the  gate,  and  are  gone  out  by  it :  and  their  king 
shall  pass  before  them,  and  the  Lord  on  the  head  of  them. 

2  KINGS,  XVI. 

5  IT  Then  Rezin  king  of  Syria,  and  Pekah,  son  of  Remaliah  king  of 
Israel,  came  up  to  Jerusalem  to  war  :  and  they  besieged  Ahaz,  but 
could  not  overcome  him. 

6  At  that  time  Rezin  king  of  Syria  recovered  Elath  to  Syria,  and 
drave  the  Jews  from  Elath :  and  the  Syrians  came  to  Elath,  and 
dwelt  there  unto  this  day. 

2    KINGS,  XV. 

29  In  the  days  of  Pekah  king  of  Israel,  came  Tiglath-pileser  king 
of  Assyria,  and  took  Ijon,  and  Abel-beth-maachah,  and  janoah,  and 
Kedesh,  and  Hazor,  and  Gilead,  and  Galilee,  all  the  land  of  Naphtali, 
and  carried  them  captive  to  Assyria. 

ISAIAH,  XVII.  B.  C.  739.* 

Syria  and  Israel  threatened.     A  remnar^t  shall  forsake  idolatry; 
the  rest  shall  be  plagued  for  tJieir  impiety. 

1  The  burden  of  Damascus.  Behold,  Damascus  is  taken  away 
from  being  a  city,  and  it  shall  be  a  ruinous  heap. 

2  The  cities  of  Aroer  ore  forsaken  :  they  shall  be  for  flocks,  which 
shall  lie  down,  and  none  shall  make  theni  afraid. 

3  The  fortress  also  shall  cease  from  Ephraim,'  and  the  kingdom 
from  Damascus  and  the  remnant  of  Syria:  they  shall  be  as  the  glory 
of  the  children  of  Israel,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

4  And  in  that  day  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  the  glory  of  Jacob 
shall  be  made  thin,  and  the  fatness  of  his  flesh  shall  wax  lean. 

5  And  it  shall  be  as  when  the  harvest  man  gathereth  the  corn,  and 
reapeth  the  ears  with  his  arm ;  and  it  shall  be  as  he  that  gathereth 
ears  in  the  valley  of  Rephaim. 

6  IT  Yet  gleaning  grapes  shall  be  left  in  it,  as  the  shaking  of  an 

*  Townsend,  742. 


102  Isaiah,     Oded. 

olive  tree,  two  or  three  berries  in  the  top  of  the  uppermost  bough, 
four  or  five  in  the  outmost  fruitful  branches  thereof,  saith  the  Lord 
God  of  Israel. 

7  At  that  day  shall  a  man  look  to  his  Maker,  And.  his  eyes  shall 
have  respect  to  the  Holy  One  of  Israel. 

8  And  he  shall  not  look  to  the  altars,  the  veork  of  his  hands,  neither 
shall  respect  that  which  his  fingers  have  made,  either  the  groves  or 
the  images. 

9  IT  In  that  day  shall  his  strong  cities  be  as  a  forsaken  bough,  and 
an  uppermost  branch  which  they  left  because  of  the  children  of 
Israel :  and  there  shall  be  desolation. 

10  Because  thou  hast  forgotten  the  God  of  thy  salvation,  and  hast 
not  been  mindful  of  the  rock  of  thy  strength,  therefore  shalt  thou 
plant  pleasant  plants,  and  shalt  set  it  with  strange  slips: 

11  In  the  day  shalt  thou  make  thy  plant  to  grow,  and  in  the 
morning  shalt  thou  make  thy  seed  to  flourish:  hut  the  harvest  shall 
he  a  heap  in  the  day  of  grief  and  of  desperate  sorrow. 

12  IT  Woe  to  the  multitude  of  many  people,  which  make  a  noise 
like  the  noise  of  the  seas  ;  and  to  the  rushing  of  nations,  that  make  a 
rushing  like  the  rushing  of  mighty  waters! 

13  The  nations  shall  rush  like  the  rushing  of  many  waters  :  but 
God  shall  rebuke  them,  and  they  shall  flee  far  off,  and  shall  be  chased 
as  the  chaff  of  the  mountains  before  the  wind,  and  like  a  rolling  thing 
before  the  whirlwind. 

14  And  behold  at  evening-tide  trouble  ;  and  before  the  morning  he 
is  not.  This  is  the  portion  of  them  that  spoil  us,  and  the  lot  of  them 
that  rob  us. 

2    CHRONICLES,   XXVIII. 

5  Wherefore  the  Lord  his  God  delivered  him  [Ahaz]  into  the 
hand  of  the  king  of  Syria  ;  and  they  smote  him,  and  carried  away  a 
great  multitude  of  them  captives,  and  brought  ^Ae?n  to  Damascus ; 
and  he  was  also  delivered  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Israel,  who 
smote  him  with  a  great  slaughter. 

6  IT  For  Pekah,  the  son  of  Remaliah,  slew  in  Judah  an  hundred 
and  twenty  thousand  in  one  &dy,  which  were  n\\  valiant  men;  because 
they  had  forsaken  the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers. 

7  And  Zichri,  a  mighty  man  of  Ephraim,slew  Maaseiah  the  king's 
son,  and  Azrikam  the  governor  of  the  house,  and  Elkanah  t]i.at  ivas 
next  to  the  king. 

8  And  the  children  of  Israel  carried  away  captive,  of  their 
brethren,  two  hundred  thousand,  women,  sons  and  daughters,  and 
took  also  away  much  spoil  from  them,  and  brought  the  spoil  to 
Samaria. 

9  But  a  prophet  of  the  Lord  was  there,  whose  name  was  Oded; 
and  he  went  out  before  the  host  that  came  to  Samaria,  and  said  unto 
them,  Behold,  because  the  Lord  God  of  your  fathers  was  wroth 
with  Judah,  he  hath  delivered  them  into  your  hand,  and  ye  have 
slain  them  in  a  rage  that  reacheth  up  unto  heaven. 

10  And  now  ye  purpose  to  keep  under  the  children  of  Judah  and 
Jerusalem  for  bondmen  and  bond-women  unto  you  :  but  are  there 
not  with  you,  even  with  you,  sins  against  the  Lord  your  God  ? 


Isaiah.     Ahaz.  103 

11  Now  hear  me,  therefore,  and  deliver  the  captives  again,  which 
ye  have  taken  captive  of  your  brethren :  for  the  fierce  wrath  of  the 
Lord  is  upon  you. 

12  Then  certain  of  the  heads  of  the  children  of  Ephraim,  Azariah, 
the  son  of  Johanan,  Berechiah,  the  son  of  Meshillemoth,  and  Jehiz- 
kiah,  the  son  of  Shallum,  and  Amasa,  the  son  of  Hadlai,  stood  up 
against  them,  that  came  from  the  war, 

13  And  said  unto  them,  Ye  shall  not  bring  in  the  captives  hither: 
for  whereas  we  have  offended  against  the  Lord  already,  ye  intend 
to  add  more  to  our  sins  and  to  our  trespass ;  for  our  trespass  is  great, 
and  there  is  fierce  wrath  against  Israel. 

14  So  the  armed  men  left  the  captives  and  the  spoil  before  the 
princes  and  all  the  congregation. 

15  And  the  men  which  were  expressed  by  name  rose  up,  and  took 
the  captives,  and  with  the  spoil  clothed  all  that  were  naked  among 
them,  and  arrayed  them,  and  shod  them,  and  gave  them  to  eat  and  to 
drink,  and  anointed  them,  and  carried  all  the  feeble  of  them  upon 
asses,  and  brought  them  to  Jericho,  the  city  of  palm-trees,  to  their 
brethren  :  then  they  returned  to  Samaria. 

ISAIAH,    VII. 

1  And  it  came  to  pass,  in  the  days  of  Ahaz  the  son  of  Jotham,  the 
son  of  Uzziah,  king  of  Judah,  that  Rezin  the  king  of  Syria,  and 
Pekah,  the  son  of  Remaliah  king  of  Israel,  went  up  toward  Jerusalem 
to  war  against  it,  but  could  not  prevail  against  it. 

2  And  it  was  told  the  house  of  David,  saying,  Syria  is  confederate 
with  Ephraim.  And  his  heart  was  moved,  and  the  heart  of  his 
people,  as  the  trees  of  the  wood  are  moved  with  the  wind, 

3  Then  said  the  Lord  unto  Isaiah,  Go  forth  now  to  meet  Ahaz, 
thou,  and  Shear-jashub  thy  son,  at  the  end  of  the  conduit  of  the 
upper  pool  in  the  highway  of  the  fuller's  field  ; 

4  And  say  unto  him.  Take  heed,  and  be  quiet ;  fear  not,  neither 
be  faint-hearted  for  the  two  tails  of  these  smoking  fire-brands,  for  the 
fierce  anger  of  Rezin  with  Syria,  and  of  the  son  of  Remaliah. 

5  Because  Syria,  Ephraim,  and  the  son  of  Remaliah,  have  taken 
evil  counsel  against  thee,  saying, 

6  Let  us  go  up  against  Judah,  and  vex  it,  and  let  us  make  a  breach 
therein  for  us,  and  set  a  king  in  the  midst  of  it,  even  the  son  of 
Tabeal ; 

7  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  It  shall  not  stand,  neither  shall  it 
come  to  pass. 

8  For  the  head  of  Syria  is  Damascus,  and  the  head  of  Damascus 
is  Rezin ;  and  within  threescore  and  five  years  shall  Ephraim  be 
broken,  that  it  be  not  a  people. 

9  And  the  head  of  Ephraim  is  Samaria,  and  the  head  of  Samaria  is 
Remaliah's  son.  If  ye  will  not  believe,  surely  ye  shall  not  be 
established. 

10  TI  Moreover  the  Lord  spake  again  unto  Ahaz,  saying, 

11  Ask  thee  a  sign  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  ask  it  either  in  the  depth, 
or  in  the  height  above. 

12  But  Ahaz  said,  I  will  not  ask,  neither  will  I  tempt  the 
Lord. 


104  Isaiah. 

13  And  he  said.  Hear  ye  now,  O  house  of  David  !  7s  it  a  small 
thing  for  you  to  weary  men,  but  will  ye  weary  my  God  also  ? 

14  Therefore  the  Lord  himself  shall  give  you  a  sign.  Behold  a 
virgin  shall  conceive  and  bear  a  son,  and  shall  call  his  name  IM- 
MANUEL. 

15  Butter  and  honey  shall  he  eat,  that  he  may  know  to  refuse  the 
evil  and  choose  the  good. 

16  For  before  the  child  shall  know  to  refuse  the  evil,  and  choose 
the  good,  the  land  that  thou  abhorrest  shall  be  forsaken  of  both  her 
kings. 

17  M  The  Lord  shall  bring  upon  thee,  and  upon  thy  people,  and 
upon  thy  father's  house,  days  that  have  not  come,  from  the  day  that 
Ephraim  departed  from  Judah  ;  evtn  the  king  of  Assyria. 

18  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  the  Lord  shall  hiss 
for  the  fly  that  is  in  the  uttermost  part  of  the  rivers  of  Egypt,  and 
for  the  bee  that  is  in  the  land  of  Assyria. 

19  And  they  shall  come,  and  shall  rest  all  of  them  in  the  desolate 
valleys,  and  in  the  holes  of  the  rocks,  and  upon  all  thorns,  and  upon 
all  bushes. 

20  In  the  same  day  shall  the  Lord  shave  with  a  razor  that  is  hired, 
namely,  by  them  beyond  the  river,  by  the  king  of  Assyria,  the  head, 
and  the  hair  of  the  feet ;  and  it  shall  also  consume  the  beard. 

21  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  a  man  shall  nourish 
a  young  cow  and  two  sheep  : 

22  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  for  the  abundance  of  milk  that  they 
shall  give  that  he  shall  eat  butter:  for  butter  and  honey  shall  every 
one  eat  that  is  left  in  the  land. 

23  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  every  place  shall  be, 
where  there  were  a  thousand  vines  at  a  thousand  silverUngs,  it  shall 
even  be  for  briers  and  thorns. 

24  With  arrows.,  and  with  bows  shall  men  come  thither  ;  because 
all  the  land  shall  become  briers  and  thorns. 

25  And  on  all  hills  that  shall  be  digged  with  the  mattock,  there 
shall  not  come  thither  the  fear  of  biiers  and  thorns  :  but  it  shall  be 
for  the  sending  forth  of  oxen,  and  for  the  treading  of  lesser  cattle. 

ISAIAH,    VIII. 

w2  prophecy  against  Syria,  and  Israel,  and  Judah.  God's  judg- 
ments irresistible.  Comfort  to  them  that  fear  God.  Great 
afflictions  to  idolaters. 

1  Moreover,  the  Lord  said  unto  me.  Take  thee  a  great  roll,  and 
write  in  it  with  a  man's  pen,  concerning  Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 

2  And  I  took  unto  me  faithful  witnesses  to  record,  Uriah  the  priest, 
and  Zechariah,  the  son  of  Jeberechiah. 

3  And  I  went  unto  the  prophetess;  and  she  conceived  and  bare  a 
son :  then  said  the  Lord  to  me,  Call  his  name  Maher-shalal-hash- 
baz  : 

4  For  before  the  child  shall  have  knowledge  to  cry.  My  father,  and 
ray  mother,  the  riches  of  Damascus,  and  the  spoil  of  Samaria,  shall 
be  taken  away  before  the  king  of  Assyria. 


Ahaz.  105 

2    KINGS,    XVI. 

7  So  Ahaz  sent  messengers  to  Tiglath-pileser  king  of  Assyria, 
saying,  I  am  thy  servant,  and  thy  son  :  come  up  and  save  me  out  of 
the  hand  of  the  king  of  Syria,  and  out  of  the  hand  of  the  king  of 
Israel,  which  rise  up  against  me. 

8  And  Ahaz  took  the  silver  and  gold  that  was  found  in  the  house  of 
the  Lord,  and  in  the  treasures  of  the  king's  house,  and  sent  it  for  a 
present  to  the  king  of  Assyria. 

9  And  the  king  of  Assyria  hearkened  unto  him  ;  for  the  king  of 
Assyria  went  up  against  Damascus,  and  took  it,  and  carried  the  people 
of  it  captive  to  Kir,  and  slew  Rezin. 

10  II  And  king  Ahaz  went  to  Damascus  to  meet  Tiglath-pileser 
king  of  Assyria,  and  saw  an  altar  that  was  at  Damascus  :  and  king 
Ahaz  sent  to  Urijah  the  priest  the  fashion  of  the  altar,  and  the  pattern 
of  it,  according  to  all  the  workmanship  thereof. 

11  And  Urijah  the  priest  built  an  altar  according  to  all  that  king 
Ahaz  had  sent  from  Damascus  :  so  Urijah  the  priest  made  it  against 
king  Ahaz  came  from  Damascus. 

12  And  when  the  king  was  come  from  Damascus,  the  king  saw 
the  altar  :  and  the  king  approached  to  the  altar,  and  offered  thereon.    . 

13  And  he  burnt  liis  burnt-offering,  and  his  meat-otFering,  and 
poured  his  drink-offering,  and  sprinkled  the  blood  of  his  peace-offer- 
ings upon  the  altar. 

14  And  he  brought  also  the  brazen  altar,  which  was  before  the 
Lord,  from  the  fore  front  of  the  house,  from  between  the  altar  and 
the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  put  it  on  the  north  side  of  the  altar. 

15  And  king  Ahaz  commanded  Urijah  (he  priest,  saying,  Upon  the 
great  altar  burn  the  morning  burnt-offering,  and  the  evening  meat- 
offering, and  the  king's  burnt-sacrifice,  and  his  meat-offering,  with 
the  burnt-offering  of  all  the  people  of  the  land,  and  their  meat- 
offering, and  their  drink  offerings  ;  and  sprinkle  upon  it  ail  the  blood 
of  the  burnt-offering,  and  all  the  blood  of  the  sacrifice  :  and  the 
brazen  altar  shall  be  for  me  to  inquire  by. 

16  Thus  did  Urijah  the  priest,  according  to  all  that  king  Ahaz 
commanded. 

17  ^\  And  king  Ah^z  cut  off  the  borders  of  the  bases,  and  removed 
the  laver  from  off  tliem  ;  and  took  down  the  sea  from  off  the  brazen 
oxen  that  were  under  it,  and  put  it  upon  a  pavement  of  stones  ; 

18  And  the  covert  for  the  sabbath  that  they  had  built  in  the  house, 
and  the  king's  entry  without,  turned  he  from  the  house  of  the  Lord 
for  the  king  of  Assyria. 

2    CHRONICLES,    XXVIII. 

17  *  For  again  the  Edomites  had  come  and  smitten  Judah,  and 
carried  away  captives. 

IS  The  Philistines  also  had  invaded  the  cities  of  the  low  country, 
and  of  the  south  of  Judah,  and  had  taken  Beth-shemesh,  and  Ajalon, 
and  Gederoth,  and  Shocho  with  the  villages  thereof,  and  Timnali 
with  the  villages  thereof,  Gimzo  also  and  the  villages  thereof:  and 
they  dwelt  there. 

*  Here  Mr.  Townsend  introduces  the  prophecy  of  Ohadiah.  His  reason  for  it  is, 
the  prediction  seems  to  be  adapted  to  the  historical  fact  liere  recorded. 

9 


106  Aliaz.     Hosliea.     Isaiah. 

19  For  the  Lord  brought  Judah  low,  because  of  Ahaz  king  of 
Israel ;  for  he  made  Judah  naked,  and  transgressed  sore  against  the 
Lord. 

20  And  Tilgath-pilneser  king  of  Assyria  came  unto  him,  and 
distressed  him,  but  strengthened  him  not. 

21  For  Ahaz  took  away  a  portion  out  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  out  of  the  house  of  the  king,  and  of  the  princes,  and  gave  it 
unto  the  king  of  Assyria  :  but  he  helped  him  not. 

22  ^  And  in  the  time  of  his  distress  did  he  trespass  yet  more 
against  the  Lord  :  this  is  that  king  Ahaz. 

23  For  he  sacrificed  unto  the  gods  of  Damascus  which  smote  him  ; 
and  he  said,  Because  the  gods  of  the  kings  of  Syria  help  them, 
therefore  will  I  sacrifice  to  them,  that  they  rnay  help  me  :  but  they 
were  the  ruin  of.  him,  and  of  all  Israel. 

24  And  Ahaz  gathered  together  the  vessels  of  the  house  of  God, 
and  cut  in  pieces  the  vessels  of  the  house  of  .God,  and  shut  up  the 
doors  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  he  made  him  altars  in  every 
corner  of  Jerusalem. 

25  And  in  every  several  city  of  Judah  he  made  high  places  to  burn 
incense  unto  other  gods,  and  provoked  to  anger  the  Lord  God  of  his 
fathers. 

2    KINGS,    XV. 

30  IT  And  Hoshea,  the  son  of  Elah,  made  a  conspiracy  again-st 
Pekah,  the  son  of  Remaliah,  and  smote  him,  and  slew  him,  and 
reigned*  in  his  stead,  in  the  twentieth  year  of  Jotham,  the  son  ol 
Uzziah. 

ISAIAH,    X. 

1  Woe  unto  them  that  decree  unrighteous  decrees,  and  that  write 
grievousness  which  they  have  prescribed  ; 

2  To  turn  aside  the  needy  from  judgment,  and  to  take  away  the 
right  from  the  poor  of  my  people,  that  widows  may  be  their  prey, 
and  that  they  may  rob  the  fatherless  ! 

3  And  what  will  ye  do  in  the  day  of  visitation,  and  in  the  desola- 
tion which  shall  come  from  far  .'  to  whom  will  ye  flee  for  help  ?  and 
where  will  ye  leave  your  glory  ? 

4  Without  me  they  shall  bow  down  under  the  prisoners,  and  they 
shall  fall  under  the  slain.  For  all  this  his  anger  is  not  turned  away, 
but  his  hand  is  stretched  out  still. 

5  t  H  O  Assyrian,  the  rod  of  mine  anger,  and  the  staff  in  their 
hand  is  mine  indignation. 

6  I  will  send  him  against  an  hypocritical  nation,  and  against  the 
people  of  my  wrath  will  I  give  him  a  charge,  to  take  the  spoil,  and 
to  take  the  prey,  and  to  tread  them  down  like  the  mire  of  the 
gtreets. 

*  After  an  interregnum  of  about  seven  years,  or  seven  or  eight  years  employed 
in  efforts  to  secure  the  kingdom.  So  a  king  is  sometimes  said  to  reign  several 
years  more  than  is  reckoned  to  him  at  another  time ;  because  some  kings  associa- 
ted their  sons  with  them  in  the  government  some  years  before  their  death.  In 
which  cases  the  date  of  both  governments  is  sometimes  embraced;  and  sometirres 
that  of  one  only. 

I  Townsend  715.    Let  the  reader  consult  the  notes  of  Mr.  Scott. 


Isaiah.  107 

7  Howbeit,  he  meaneth  not  so,  neither  doth  his  heart  think  so  ;  but 
it  is  in  his  heart  to  destroy  and  cut  off  nations  not  a  few. 

8  For  he  saith,  Are  not  my  princes  altogether  kings  ? 

9  Is  not  Calno  as  Cai*cheraish  ?  is  not  Hamath  as  Arpad  ?  is  not 
Samaria  as  Damascus  ? 

10  As  my  hand  hath  found  the  kingdoms  of  the  idols,  and  whose 
graven  images  did  excel  them  of  Jerusalem  and  of  Samaria; 

11  Shall  1  not,  as  I  have  done  unto  Samaria  and  her  idols,  so  do  to 
Jerusalem  and  her  idols  ? 

12  Wherefore  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  when  the  Lord  hath 
performed  his  whole  work  upon  mount  Zion  and  on  Jerusalem,  I  will 
punish  the  fruit  of  the  stout  heart  of  the  king  of  Assyria,  and  the 
glory  of  his  high  looks. 

13  For  he  saith.  By  the  strength  of  my  hand  I  have  done  it,  and 
by  my  wisdom  ;  for  I  am  prudent :  and  I  have  removed  the  bounds 
of  the  people,  and  have  robbed  their  treasures,  and  I  have  put  down 
the  inhabitants  like  a  valiant  man. 

14  And  my  hand  hath  found  as  a  nest  the  riches  of  the  people : 
and  as  one  gathereth  eggs  that  are  left,  have  I  gathered  all  the  earth  ; 
and  there  was  none  that  moved  the  wing,  or  opened  the  mouth,  or 
peeped. 

15  Shall  the  axe  boast  itself  against  him  that  heweth  therewith  ? 
or  shall  the  saw  magnify  itself  against  him  that  shaketh  it  ?  as  if  the 
rod  should  shake  itself  against  them  that  lift  it  up,  or  as  if  the  staff 
should  lift  up  itself,  as  if  it  were  no  wood. 

16  Therefore  shall  the  Lord,  the  Lord  of  hosts  send  among  his  fat 
ones  leanness ;  and  under  his  glory  he  shall  kindle  a  burning  like  the 
burning  of  a  fire. 

17  And  the  light  of  Israel  shall  be  for  a  fire,  and  his  Holy  One  for 
a  flame :  and  it  shall  burn  and  devour  his  thorns  and  his  briers  in  one 
day; 

18  And  shall  consume  the  glory  of  his  forest  and  of  his  fruitful 
field,  both  soul  and  body  :  and  they  shall  be  as  when  a  standard 
bearer  fainteth. 

19  And  the  rest  of  the  trees  of  his  forest  shall  be  few,  that  a  child 
may  write  them. 

20  H  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  the  remnant  of 
Israel,  and  such  as  are  escaped  of  the  house  of  Jacob,  shall  no  more 
again  stay  upon  him  that  smote  them,  but  shall  stay  upon  the  Lord, 
the  Holy  One  of  Israel,  in  truth. 

21  The  remnant  shall  return,  even  the  remnant  of  Jacob,  unto  the 
mighty  God. 

22  For  though  thy  people  Israel  be  as  the  sand  of  the  sea,  yet  a 
remnant  of  them  shall  return  :  the  consumption  decreed  shall  over- 
flow with  righteousness. 

23  For  the  Lord  God  of  hosts  shall  make  a  consumption,  even 
determined,  in  the  midst  of  all  the  land. 

24  IT  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  hosts,  O  my  people  that 
dwellest  in  Zion,  be  not  afraid  of  the  Assyrian :  he  shall  smite  thee 
with  a  rod,  and  shall  lift  up  his  staff  against  thee,  after  the  manner  of 

Egypt. 

25  For  yet  a  very  little  while,  and  the  indignation  shall  cease,  and 
mine  anger  in  their  destruction. 


108  IsaidJi. 

26  And  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  stir  up  a  scourge  for  him  according 
to  the  slaughter  of  Midian  at  the  rock  of  Oreb  :  and  as  his  rod  was 
upon  the  sea,  so  shall  he  lift  it  up  after  the  manner  of  Egypt. 

27  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  his  burden  shall  be 
taken  away  from  off  thy  shoulder,  and  his  yoke  from  off  thy  neck, 
and  the  yoke  shall  be  destroyed  because  of  the  anointing. 

28  He  is  come  to  Aiath,  he  is  passed  to  Migron  ;  at  Michmash  he 
J^ath  laid  up  his  carriages  : 

29  They  are  gone  over  the  passage :  they  have  taken  up  their 
lodging  at  Geba  ;  Ramah  is  afraid;  Gibeah  of  Saul  is  fled. 

30  Lift  up  thy  voice,  0  daughter  of  Gallim  :  cause  it  to  be  heard 
unto  Laish,  O  poor  Anathoth. 

31  Madmenah  is  removed  ;  the  inhabitants  of  Gebim  gather  them- 
selves to  flee. 

32  As  yet  shall  he  remain  at  Nob  that  day  :  he  shall  shake  his  hand 
against'Xhe  mount  of  the  daughter  of  Zion,  the  hill  of  Jerusalem. 

33  Behold,  the  Lord,  the  Lord  of  hosts,  shall  lop  the  bough  with 
terror:  and  the  high  ones  of  stature  shall  6e  hewn  down,  and  the 
haughty  sliall  be  humbled. 

34  And  he  shall  cut  down  the  thickets  of  the  forests  with  iron,  and 
Lebanon  shall  fall  by  a  mighty  one. 

ISAIAH,    XI. 

The  peaceable  Myigdom  of  the  Branch  out  of  the  root  of  Jesse. 
The  restoration  of  Israel,  and  vocation  of  the  Gentiles. 

1  And  there  shall  come  forth  a  rod  out  of  the  stem  of  Jesse,  and  a 
Branch  shall  grow  out  of  his  roots  : 

2  And  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  shall  rest  upon  him,  the  spirit  of 
wisdom  and  understanding,  the  spirit  of  counsel  and  might,  the  spirit 
of  knowledge,  and  of  the  fear  of  the  Lord  ; 

3  And  shall  make  him  of  quick  understanding  in  the  fear  of  the 
Lord  :  and  he  shall  not  judge  after  the  Ught  of  his  eyes,  neither 
reprove  after  the  hearing  of  his  ears : 

4  But  with  righteousness  shall  he  judge  the  poor,  and  reprove 
with  equity  for  the  meek  of  the  earth  :  and  he  shall  smite  the  earth 
with  the  rod  of  his  mouth,  and  with  the  breath  of  his  lips  shall  he 
slay  the  wicked. 

5  And  rigliteousness  shall  be  the  girdle  of  his  loins,  and  faithfulness 
the  girdle  of  his  reiqs. 

6  The  wolf  also  shall  dwell  with  the  lamb,  and  the  leopard  shall 
lie  down  with  the  kid ;  and  the  calf,  and  the  young  lion,  and  the 
fatling  together,  and  a  little  child  shall  lead  them. 

7  And  the  cow  and  the  bear  shall  feed  ;  their  young  ones  shall  lie 
down  together  :  and  the  lion  shall  eat  straw  like  the  ox. 

8  And  the  sucking  child  shall  play  on  the  hole  of  the  asp,  and  the 
weaned  child  shall  put  his  hand  on  the  cockatrice-den. 

9  They  shall  not  hurt  nor  destroy  in  all  my  holy  mountain  :  for  the 
earth  shall  be  full  of  the  knowledge  of  the  Lord,  as  the  waters  cover 
the  sea. 

10  Ti  And  in  that  day  there  shall  be  a  root  of  Jesse,  which  shall 
stand  for  an  ensign  of  the  people  ;  to  it  shall  the  Gentiles  seek  :  and 
his  rest  shall  be  glorious. 


Isaiah.  109 

11  And  It  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  the  Lord  shall  set 
his  hand  again  the  second  time  to  recover  the  remnant  of  his  people, 
which  shall  be  left,  from  Assyria,  and  from  Egypt,  and  from  Pathros 
and  from  Cus^«,  and  from  Elam,  and  from  Shinar,  and  from  Hamath, 
and  from  the  islands  of  the  sea. 

12  And  he  shall  set  up  an  ensign  for  the  nations,  and  shall  assemble 
the  outcasts  of  Israel,  and  gather  together  the  dispersed  of  Judah  from 
the  four  corners  of  the  earth. 

13  The  envy  also  of  Ephraim  shall  depart,  and  the  adversaries 
of  Jtidah  shall  be  cut  off;  Ephraim  shall  not  envy  Judah,  and  Judah 
shall  not  vex  Ephraim. 

14  But  they  shall  fly  upon  the  shoulders  of  the  Philistines  toward 
the  west;  they  shall  spoil  them  of  the  east  together  :  they  shall  lay 
their  hand  upon  Edom  and  Moab,  and  the  children  of  Amnion  shall 
obey  them. 

15  And  the  Lord  shall  utterly  destroy  the  tongue  of  the  Egyptian 
sea  ;  and  with  his  mighty  wind  shall  he  shake  his  hand  over  the 
river,  and  shall  smite  it  in  the  seven  streams,  and  make  men  go  over 
dry-shod. 

16  And  there  shall  be  an  highway  for  the  remnant  of  his  people, 
which  shall  be  left  from  Assyria,  like  as  it  was  to  Israel  in  the  daj- 
that  he  came  up  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 

ISAIAH,    XII. 

A  thanJxSgiving  for  the  mercies  of  God. 

1  And  in  that  day  thou  shalt  say,  O  Lord,  I  will  praise  thee  : 
though  thou  wast  angiy  with  me,  thine  anger  is  turned  away,  and 
thou  comfortedst  me. 

2  Behold,  God  is  ray  salvation ;  I  will  trust,  and  not  be  afraid :  for 
the  Lord  JEHOVAH  is  my  strength  and  my  song;  he  also  is  be- 
come my  salvation. 

3  Therefore  with  joy  shall  ye  draw  water  out  of  the  wells  of 
salvation. 

4  And  in  that  day  shall  ye  say.  Praise  the  Lord,  call  upon  his 
name,  declare  his  doings  among  the  people,  make  mention  that  his 
name  is  exalted. 

5  Sing  unto  the  Lord  ;  for  he  hath  done  excellent  things  :  this  is 
known  in  all  the  earth. 

6  Cry  out  and  shout,  thou  inhabitant  of  Zion :  for  great  is  the 
Holy  One  of  Israel  in  the  midst  of  thee. 

ISAIAH,  viii.  B.  C.  737. 

5  TT  The  Lord  spake  also  unto  me  again,  saying, 

6  Forasmuch  as  this  people  refuseth  the  waters  of  Shiloah  that  go 
softlv,  and  rejoice  in  Rezin  and  Remaliah's  son  : 

7  Now,  therefore,  behold,  the  Lord  bringeth  up  upon  them  the 
waters  of  the  river,  strong  and  many,  even  the  king  of  Assyria,  and 
all  his  glory  ;  and  he  shall  come  up  over  all  his  channels,  and  go 
over  all  his  banks. 

8  And  he  shall  pass  through  Judah  :  he  shall  overflow  and  go  over  ; 
lie  shall  reach  even  to  the  neck  :  and  the  stretching  out  of  his  wings 
shall  fill  the  breadth  of  thy  land,  O  Immanuel. 

9  =^ 


110  Isaiah. 

9  IT  Associate  yoiirselves,  O  ye  people,  and  ye  shall  bfe-broken  in 
pieces ;  and  give  ear,  all  ye  of  far  countries  :  gird  yourselves,  and 
ye  shall  be  broken  in  pieces  ;  gird  yourselves,  and  ye  shall  be  broken 
in  pieces. 

10  Take  counsel  together,  and  it  shall  come  to  nought;  speak  the 
word,  and  it  shall  not  stand  :  for  God  is  with  us. 

11  11  For  the  Lord  spake  thus  to  me  with  a  strong  hand,  and 
instructed  rae,  that  I  should  not  walk  in  the  way  of  this  people, 
saying, 

12  Say  ye  not,  A  confederacy,  to  all  them  to  whom  this  people 
shall  say,  A  confederacy;  neither  fear  ye  their  fear,  nor  be  afraid. 

13  Sanctify  the  Lord  of  hosts  himself;  and  let  him  he  your  fear, 
and  let  him  he  your  dread. 

14  And  he  shall  be  for  a  sanctuary  ;  but  for  a  stone  of  stumbling, 
and  for  a  rock  of  offence,  to  both  the  houses  of  Israel ;  for  a  gin  and 
for  a  snare  to  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem. 

15  And  many  among  them  shall  stumble,  and  fall,  and  be  broken, 
and  be  snared,  and  be  taken. 

18  Bind  up  the  testimony,  seal  the  law  among  my  disciples. 

17  And  I  will  wait  upon  the  Lord,  that  hideth  his  face  from  the 
house -of  Jacob,  and  I  will  look  for  him. 

18  Behold  I,  and  the  children  whom  the  Lord  hath  given  me,  are 
for  signs  and  for  w^onders  in  Israel  from  the  Lord  of  hosts,  which 
dwelleth  in  mount  Zion. 

19  H  And  when  they  shall  say  unto  j^ou,  Seek  unto  them  that  have 
familiar  spirits,  and  unto  wizards  that  peep,  and  that  mutter;  should 
not  a  people  seek  unto  their  God  ?  for  the  living  to  the  dead  .' 

20  To  the  law  and  to  the  testimony :  if  they  speak  not  according 
to  this  word,  it  is  because  there  is  no  light  in  them. 

21  And  they  shall  pass  through  it  hardly  bestead  and  hungry  :  and 
it  shall  come  to  pass,  that,  when  they  shall  be  hungry,  they  shall  fret 
themselves,  and  curse  their  king  and  their  God,   and  look  upward. 

22  And  they  shall  look  unto  the  earth;  and  behold  trouble  and 
darkness,  dimness  of  anguish;  and  they  shall  be  driven  to  dark- 
ness. 

ISAIAH,    IX. 

What  joy  shall  be  in  the  riiidst  of  afflictions  by  the  birth  and  king- 
dom of  Christ.  The  judgments  upon  Israel  for  their  pride,  fur 
their  hypocrisy,  and  for  their  impenitency. 

1  Nevertheless,  the  dimness  shall  not  be  such  as  teas  in  her 
vexation,  when  at  the  first  he  lightly  afflicted  the  land  of  Zebulun, 
and  the  land  of  Naphtali,  and  afterward  did  more  grievously  afflict 
her  by  the  way  of  the  sea,  beyond  Jordan,  in  Galilee  of  the  nations. 

2  The  people  that  walked  in  darkness  have  seen  a  great  light; 
they  that  dwell  in  the  land  of  the  shadow  of  death,  upon  them  hath 
the  light  shined. 

3  Thou  hast  multiplied  the  nation,  and  not  increased  the  joy  :  they 
joy  before  thee  according  to  the  joy  in  harvest,  and  as  men  rejoice 
when  they  divide  the  spoil. 

4  For  thou  hast  broken  the  yoke  of  his  burden,  and  the  staff  of  his 
shoulder,  the  rod  of  his  oppressor,  as  in  the  day  of  Midian. 


Isaiah.  1 1 

5  For  every  battle  of  the  warrior  is  with  confused  noise,  and 
garments  rolled  in  blood  ;  but  this  shall  be  with  burning  and  fuel  of 
fire. 

6  For  unto  us  a  child  is  born,  unto  us  a  son  is  given,  and  the  gov- 
ernment shall  be  upon  his  shoulder ;  and  his  name  shall  be  called 
Wonderful,  Counsellor,  The  mighty  God,  The  everlasting  Father, 
The  Prince  of  Peace. 

7  Of  the  increase  of  his  government  and  peace  there  shall  he  no 
end,  upon  the  throne  of  David,  and  upon  his  kingdom,  to  order  it, 
and  to  establish  it  with  judgment  and  with  justice,  from  henceforth 
even  for  ever.     The  zeal  of  the  J.ord  of  hosts  will  perform  this. 

8  IT  The  Lord  sent  a  word  into  Jacob,  and  it  hath  lighted  upon 
Israel. 

9  And  all  the  people  shall  know,  even  Ephraim,and  the  inhabitant 
of  Samaria,  that  say  in  the  pride  and  stoutness  of  heart, 

10  The  bricks  are  fallen  down,  but  we  will  build  with  hewn 
stones  ;  the  sycamores  are  cut  down,  but  we  will  change  them  into 
cedars. 

11  Therefore  the  Lord  shall  set  up  the  adversaries  of  Rezin  against 
him,  and  join  his  enemies  together ; 

12  The  Syrians  before,  and  the  Philistines  behind  ;  and  they  shall 
devour  Israel  with  open  mouth.  For  all  this  his  anger  is  not  turned 
away,  but  his  hand  is  stretched  out  still. 

13  IT  For  the  people  turneth  not  unto  him  that  smiteth  them,  neither 
do  they  seek  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

14  TTherefore  the  Lord  will  cut  off  from  Israel  head  and  tail, 
branch  and  rush,  in  one  day. 

15  The  ancient  and  honorable,  he  is  the  head  ;  and  the  prophet 
that  teacheth  lies,  he  is  the  tail. 

16  For  the  leaders  of  this  people  cause  them  to  err ;  and  they  that 
are  led  of  them  are  destroyed. 

17  Therefore  the  Lord  shall  have  no  joy  in  their  young  men, 
neither  shall  have  mercy  on  their  fatherless  and  widows  :  for  every 
one  is  an  hypocrite  and  an  evil  doer,  and  every  mouth  speaketh  folly. 
For  all  this  his  anger  is  not  turned  away,  but  his  hand  is  stretched 
out  still. 

18  Tl  For  wickedness  burneth  as  the  fire  ;  it  shall  devour  the  briers 
and  thorns,  and  shall  kindle  in  the  thickets  of  the  forest,  and  they 
shall  mount  up  like  the  lifting  up  of  smoke. 

19  Through  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  is  the  land  darkened, 
and  the  people  shall  be  as  the  fuel  of  the  fire ;  no  man  shall  spare  his 
brother. 

20  And  he  shall  snatch  on  the  right  hand,  and  be  hungry;  and  he 
shall  eat  on  the  left  hand,  and  they  shall  not  be  satisfied :  they  shall 
eat  every  man  the  flesh  of  his  own  arm  : 

21  Manasseh,  Ephraim ;  and  Ephraim,  Manasseh :  and  they 
together  shall  be  against  Judah.  For  all  this  his  anger  is  not  turned 
away,  but  his  hand  is  stretched  out  still. 

ISAIAH,  XIII.  B.  C.  736. 

God  mustereth  the  armies  of  his  wrath  :  he  threateneth  to  destroy 

Babylon  by  the  JMedes :  the  desolation  therof. 

1  The  burden  of  Babylon,  which  Isaiah,  the  son  of  Amoz,  did  see. 


11*2  Isaiah. 

2  Lift  ye  up  a  banner  upon  the  high  mountain,  exalt  the  voice 
unto  them,  shake  the  hand,  that  they  may  go  into  the  gates  of  the 
nobles. 

3  I  have  commanded  ray  sanctified  ones,  I  have  also  called  my 
mighty  ones  for  mine  anger,  even  them  tTiat  rejoice  in  my  high- 
ness. 

4  The  noise  of  a  multitude  in  the  mountains,  like  as  of  a  great 
people  ;  a  tumultuous  noise  of  the  kingdoms  of  nations  gathered 
together  :  the  Lord  of  hosts  mustereth  the  host  of  the  battle. 

5  They  come  from  a  far  country,  from  the  end  of  heaven,  even 
the  Lord,  and  the  weapons  of  his  indignation,  to  destroy  the  whole 
land. 

6  H  Howl  ye  ;  for  the  day  of  the  Lord  is  at  hand  ;  it  shall  come 
as  a  destruction  from  the  Almighty. 

7  Therefore  shall  all  hands  be  faint,  and  every  man's  heart  shall 
melt : 

8  And  they  shall  be  afraid  :  pangs  and  sorrows  shall  take  hold  of 
them  ;  they  shall  be  in  pain  as  a  woman  that  travaileth  ;  they  shall 
be  amazed  one  at  another  ;  their  faces  shall  be  as  llames. 

9  Behold,  the  day  of  the  Lord  cometh,  cruel  both  with  wrath  and 
fierce  anger,  to  lay  the  land  desolate  ;  and  he  shall  destroy  the  sinners 
thereof  out  of  it. 

10  For  the  stars  of  heaven,  and  the  constellations  thereof,  shall  not 
give  their  light :  the  sun  shall  be  darkened  in  his  going  forth,  and 
the  moon  shall  not  cause  her  light  to  shine. 

11  And  I  will  punish  the  world  for  their  evil,  and  the  wicked  for 
their  iniquity  ;  and  I  will  cause  the  arrogancy  of  the  proud  to  cease, 
and  will  lay  low  the  haughtiness  of  the  terrible. 

12  I  will  make  a  man  more  precious  than  fine  gold  ;  even  a  man 
than  the  golden  wedge  of  Ophir. 

13  Therefore  I  will  shake  the  heavens,  and  the  earth  shall  remove 
out  of  her  place,  in  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  of  hosts,  and  in  the  day  of 
his  fierce  anger. 

14  And  it  shall  be  as  the  chased  roe,  and  as  a  sheep  that  no  man 
taketh  up  :  they  shall  every  man  turn  to  his  own  people,  and  flee 
every  one  into  his  own  land. 

15  Every  one  that  is  found  shall  be  thrust  through  ;  and  every  one 
that  is  joined  unto  them  shall  fail  by  the  sword. 

16  Their  children  also  shall  bedashed  to  pieces  before  their  eyes  ; 
their  houses  shall  be  spoiled,  and  their  wives  ravished. 

17  Behold,  I  will  stir  up  the  Medes  against  them,  which  shall  not 
regard  silver  ;  and  as  for  s;ohi,  they  shall  not  delight  in  it. 

18  Their  bows  also  shall  dash  the  young  men  to  pieces  ;  and  they 
shall  have  no  pity  on  the  fiuit  of  the  womb  ;  their  eye  shall  not  spare 
children. 

19  IT  And  Babylon,  the  glory  of  kingdoms,  the  beauty  of  the  Chal- 
dee's  excellency,  shall  be  as  when  God  overthrew  Sodom  and 
Gomorrah. 

20  It  shall  never  be  inhabited,  neither  shall  it  be  dwelt  in  from 
generation  to  generation  ;  neither  shall  the  Arabian  pitch  tent  there, 
neither  shall  the  shepherds  make  their  fold  there : 

21  But  wild  beasts  of  the  desert  shall  lie  there  ;  and  their  houses 
shall  be  full  of  doleful  creatures;  and  owls  shall  dwell  there,  and 
satyrs  shall  dance  there. 


Isaiah.  113 

22  And  the  wild  beasts  of  the  islands  shall  cry  in  their  desolate 
houses,  and  dragons  in  their  pleasant  palaces :  and  her  time  is 
near  to  come,  and  her  days  shall  not  be  prolonged. 

ISAIAH,  XIV. 

GocVs  merciful  restoration  of  Israel :  their  triumphant  insultation 
over  Babel. 

1  For  the  Lord  will  have  mercy  on  Jacob,  and  will  yet  choose 
Israel,  and  set  them  in  their  own  land :  and  the  strangers  shall  be 
joined  with  them,  and  they  shall  cleave  to  tbe  house  of  Jacob. 

2  And  the  people  shall  take  them,  and  bring  them  to  their  place; 
and  the  house  of  Israel  shall  possess  them  in  the  land  of  the  Lord  for 
servants  and  handmaids:  and  they  shall  take  them  captives,  whose 
captives  they  were  ;  and  they  shall  rule  over  their  oppressors. 

3  IT  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  in  the  day  that  the  Lord  shall  give 
thee  rest  from  thy  sorrow,  and  from  thy  fear,  and  from  the  hard 
bondage  wherein  thou  wast  made  to  serve, 

4  That  thou  shalt  take  up  this  proverb  against  the  king  of  Babylon, 
and  say,  How  hath  the  oppressor  ceased  !  the  golden  city  ceased! 

5  The  Lord  hath  broken  the  staff  of  the  wicked,  and  the  sceptre 
of  the  rulers. 

6  He  who  smote  the  people  in  wrath  with  a  continual  stroke, 
he  that  ruled  the  nations  in  anger,  is  persecuted,  and  none  hin- 
dereth. 

7  The  whole  earth  is  at  rest,  and  is  quiet :  they  break  forth  into 
pinging. 

8  Yea,  the  fir-trees  rejoice  at  thee,  and  the  cedars  of  Lebanon, 
saying.  Since  thou  art  laid  down,  no  feller  is  come  up  against 
us. 

9  Hell  from  beneath  is  moved  for  thee  to  meet  thee  at  thy  coming: 
it  stirreth  up  the  dead  for  thee,  even  all  the  chief  ones  of  the  earth  ; 
it  hath  raised  up  from  their  thrones  all  the  kings  of  the  nations. 

10  All  they  shall  speak,  and  say  unto  thee.  Art  thou  also  become 
weak  as  we  ?  Art  thou  become  like  unto  us  ? 

11  Thy  pomp  is  brought  down  to  the  grave,  and  the  noise  of  thy 
viols :  the  worm  is  spread  under  thee,  and  the  v/orms  cover  thee. 

12  How  art  thou  fallen  from  heaven,  O  Lucifer,  son  of  the  morn- 
ing !  hoio  art  thou  cut  down  to  the  ground,  which  didst  weaken  the 
nations ! 

13  For  thou  hast  said  in  thine  heart,  I  will  ascend  into  heaven,  I 
will  exalt  my  throne  above  the  stars  of  God;  I  will  sit  also  upon  the 
mount  of  the  congregation,  in  the  sides  of  the  north : 

14  I  will  ascend  above  the  heights  of  the  clouds  ;  I  will  be  like  the 
Most  High. 

15  Yet  thou  shalt  be  brought  down  to  hell,  to  the  sides  of  the 
pit. 

16  They  that  see  thee  shall  narrowly  look  upon  thee,  and  consider 
thee,  saying.  Is  this  the  man  that  made  the  earth  to  tremble,  that  did 
shake  kingdoms  ; 

17  That  made  the  world  as  a  wilderness,  and  destroyed  the  cities 
thereof;  that  opened  not  the  house  of  his  prisoners  ? 

18  All  the  kings  of  the  nations,  even  all  of  them,  he  in  glory,  every 
one  in  his  own  house. 


114  Isaiah.     Ahaz.     Hoshea. 

19  But  thou  art  cast  out  of  thy  grave  like  an  abommable  branch, 
and  as  the  raiment  of  those  that  are  slain,  thrust  through  with  a 
sword,  that  go  down  to  the  stones  of  the  pit ;  as  a  carcass  trodden 
under  feet. 

20  Thou  shalt  not  be  joined  with  them  in  burial,  because  thou  hast 
destroyed  thy  land,  and  slain  thy  people  :  the  seed  of  evil-doers  shall 
never  be  renowned. 

21  Prepare  slaughter  for  his  children  for  the  iniquity  of  their 
fathers;  that  they  do  not  rise,  nor  possess  the  land,  nor  fill  the  face 
of  the  world  with  cities. 

22  For  I  will  rise  up  against  them,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  and 
cut  off  from  Babylon  the  name,  and  remnant,  and  son,  and  nephew, 
saith  the  Lord, 

23  I  will  also  make  it  a  possession  for  the  bittern,  and  pools  of 
water  :  and  i  will  sweep  it  with  the  besom  of  destruction,  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts. 

24  H  The  Lord  of  hosts  hath  sworn,  saying.  Surely  as  I  have 
thought,  so  shall  it  come  to  pass  ;  and  as  I  have  proposed,  so  shall  it 
stand  ; 

25  That  I  will  break  the  Assyrian  in  my  land,  and  upon  ray 
mountains  tread  him  under  foot :  then  shall  his  yoke  depart  from  off 
them,  and  his  burden  depart  from  off  their  shoulders. 

26  This  is  the  purpose  that  is  purposed  upon  the  whole  earth  ; 
and  this  is  the  hand  that  is  stretched  out  upon  all  the  nations. 

27  For  the  Lord  of  hosts  hath  purposed,  and  who  shall  dis- 
annul it  ?  and  his  hand  is  stretched  out,  and  who  shall  turn  it 
back? 

28  In  the  year  that  king  Ahaz  died  was  this  burden. 

29  IT  Rejoice  not  thou,  whole  Palestina,  because  the  rod  of  him 
that  smote  thee  is  broken  :  for  out  of  the  serpent's  root  shall  come 
forth  a  cockatrice,  and  his  fruit  shall  be  a  fiery  flying  serpent. 

30  And  the  first  born  of  the  poor  shall  feed,  and  the  needy  shall  lie 
down  in  safety ;  and  I  will  kill  thy  root  with  famine,  and  he  shall 
slay  thy  remnant. 

31  Howl,  0  gate;  cry,  O  city;  thou,  whole  Palestina  art  dissolved: 
for  there  shall  come  from  the  north  a  smoke,  and  none  shall  be  alone 
in  his  appointed  times. 

32  What  shall  one  then  answer  the  messengers  of  the  nation  ? 
That  the  Lord  hath  founded  Zion,  and  the  poor  of  his  people  shall 
trust  in  it. 

B.  C.  73L^  2  Ki>GS,  XVII. 

1  In  the  twelfth  year  of  Ahaz  king  of  Judah,  began  Hoshea,  the 
son  of  Elah,  to  reign  in  Samaria  over  Israel  nine  years. 

2  And  he  did  that  which  teas  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  but 
not  as  the  kings  of  Israel  that  were  before  him. 

3  TI  Against  him  came  up  Shalmaneser  king  of  Assyria ;  and 
Hoshea  became  his  servant,  and  gave  him  presents. 

2    CHRONICLES,  XXVIII. 

27  And  Ahaz  slept  with  his  fathers,  and   they  buried  him  in  the 
*  Townsend,  730. 


Hezekiali.  115 

city,  even  in  Jerusalem;  but  they  brought  him  not  into  the 
sepulchres  of  the  kings  of  Israel :  and  Hezekiah  his  son  reigned  in 
his  stead. 

2   CHRONICLES,  XXIX.  B.  C.  728.* 

HezekiaKs  good  reign  :  he  restoreth  religion.     The  house  of  God 
cleansed. 

1  Hezekiah  began  to  reign  wheyi  he  was  fiv^e  and  twenty  years 
old  ;  and  he  reigned  nine  and  twenty  years  in  Jerusalem :  and  his 
mother's  name  was  Abijah,  the  daughter  of  Zechariah. 

2  And  he  did  that  ivhich  ivas  right  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord, 
according  to  all  that  David  his  father  had  done. 

3  IT  He,  in  the  first  year  of  his  reign,  in  the  first  month,  opened  the 
doors  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  repaired  them. 

4  And  he  brought  in  the  priests  and  the  Levites,  and  gathered  them 
together  into  the  east  street, 

•  5  And  said  unto  them.  Hear  me,  ye  Levites ;  Sanctify  now  your- 
selves, and  sanctify  the  house  of  the  Lord  God  of  your  fathers,  and 
carry  forth  the  filthiness  out  of  the  holy  j^lace. 

6  For  our  fathers  have  trespassed,  and  done  that  which  was  evil 
in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord  our  God,  and  have  forsaken  him,  and  have 
turned  away  their  faces  from  the  habitation  of  the  Lord,  and  turned 
their  backs. 

7  Also  they  have  shut  up  the  doors  of  the  porch,  and  put  out  the 
lamps,  and  have  not  burnt  incense,  nor  offered  bvirnt-offerings  in  the 
holy  place,  unto  the  God  of  Israel. 

8  Wherefore  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  was  upon  Judah  and  Jerusa- 
lem, and  he  hath  delivered  them  to  trouble,  to  astonishment,  and  to 
hissing,  as  ye  see  with  your  eyes. 

9  For,  lo,  our  fathers  have  fallen  by  the  sword,  and  our  sons  and 
our  daughters,  and  our  wives,  are  in  captivity  for  this. 

10  Now  it  is  in  mine  heart  to  make  a  covenant  with  the  Lord  God 
of  Israel,  that  his  fierce  wrath  may  turn  away  from  us. 

11  My  sons,  be  not  now  negligent :  for  the  Lord  hnth  chosen  you 
to  stand  before  him,  to  serve  him,  and  that  ye  siiould  minister  unto 
him.,  and  burn  incense. 

12  U  Then  the  Levites  arose,  Mahath,  the  son  of  Amasai,  and  Joel, 
the  son  of  Azariah,  of  the  sons  of  the  Kohathites  :  aud  of  the  ?ons  of 
Merari ;  Kish,  the  son  of  Abdi,  and  Azariah,  the  son  of  Jehalelel :  and 
of  the  Gershonites;  Joah,  the  son  of  Zimmah,  and  Eden,  the  son  of 
Joah  : 

13  And  of  the  sons  of  Elizaphan ;  Shimri,  and  Jeiel :  and  of  the 
sons  of  Asaph  ;  Zechariah,  and  Mattaniah  : 

14  And  of  the  sons  of  Heman  ;  Jehiel,  and  Shimei:  and  of  the 
sons  of  Jeduthun  ;  Shemaiah,  and  Uzziel. 

15  And  they  gathered  their  brethren,  and  sanctified  themselves, 
and  came,  according  to  the  commandment  of  the  king,  by  the  words 
of  the  Lord,  to  cleanse  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

16  And  the  priests  went  into  the  inner  part  of  the  house  of  the 
Lord  to  cleanse  it,   and  brought  out  all  the  uncleanness  that  they 

♦  Townsead,  726. 


116  HezcJdali. 

found  in  the  temple  of  the  Lord  into  the  court  of  the  house  of  the 
Lord.  And  the  Levites  took  it,  to  carry  it  out  abroad  into  the  brook 
Kidron. 

17  Now  they  beijan  on  the  first  day  of  the  first  month  to  sanctify, 
and  on  the  eighth  day  of  the  month  came  they  to  the  porch  of  the 
Lord  :  so  they  sanctified  the  house  of  the  Lord  in  eight  days  ;  and 
in  the  sixteenth  day  of  the  first  month  they  made  an  end. 

IS  Then  they  went  in  to  Hezekiah  the  king,  and  said,  We  have 
cleansed  all  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  the  altar  of  burnt-offering, 
with  all  the  vessels  thereof,  and  the  shew-bread  table,  with  all  the 
vessels  thereof. 

19  Moreover,  all  the  vessels  which  king  Ahaz  in  his  reign  did  cast 
away  in  his  transgression  have  we  prepared  and  sanctified,  and, 
behold,  they  are  before  (he  altar  of  the  Lord. 

20  TI  Then  Hezekiah  the  king  rose  early,  and  gathered  the  rulers 
of  the  city,  and  went  up  to  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

21  And  they  brought  seven  bullocks,  and  seven  rams,  and  seven 
lambs,  and  seven  he-goats,  for  a  sin-offering  for  the  kingdom,  and  for 
the  sanctuary,  and  for  Judah  :  and  he  conamanded  the  priests,  the 
sons  of  Aaron,  to  offer  them  on  the  altar  of  the  Lord. 

22  So  they  killed  the  bullocks,  and  the  priests  received  the  blood, 
and  sprinkled  it  on  the  altar :  likewise,  when  th&y  had  killed  the 
rams,  they  sprinkled  the  blood  upon  the  altar :  they  killed  also  the 
Iambs,  and  they  sprinkled  the  blood  upon  the  altar. 

23  And  they  brought  forth  the  he -goats  for  the  sin-ofFering  before 
the  king  and  the  congregation ;  and  they  laid  their  hands  upon 
them: 

24  And  the  priests  killed  them,  and  they  made  reconciliation  with 
their  blood  upon  the  altar,  to  make  an  atonement  for  all  Israel :  for 
the  king  commanded,  that  the  burnt-offering  and  the  sin-offering 
should  be  made  for  all  Israel. 

25  And  he  set  the  Levites  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  with  cymbals, 
with  psalteries,  and  with  harps,  according  to  the  commandment  of 
David,  and  of  Gad  the  king's  seer,  and  Nathan  the  prophet :  for  so 
was  the  commandment  of  the  Lord  by  his  prophets. 

26  And  the  Levites  stood  with  the  instruments  of  David,  and  the 
priests  with  the  trumpets. 

27  And  Hezekiah  commanded  to  offer  the  "burnt-offering  upon  the 
altar  :  and  when  the  burnt-offering  began,  the  song  of  the  Lord 
began  also  with  the  trumpets,  and  with  the  instruments  ordained  by 
David  king  of  Israel. 

28  And  all  the  congregation  worshipped,  and  the  singers  sang,  and 
the  trumpeters  sounded  :  and  all  this  continued  until  the  burnt- 
offering  was  finished. 

29  And  when  they  had  -made  an  end  of  offering,  the  king  and 
all  that  icere  present  with  him  bowed  themselves,  and  worshipped. 

30  Moreover,  Hezekiah  the  king,  and  the  princes,  commanded 
the  Levites  to  sing  praise  unto  the  Lord  with  the  words  of  David, 
and  of  Asaph  the  seer  :  and  they  sang  praises  with  gladness,  and 
they  bowed  their  heads  and  worshipped. 

31  Then  Hezekiah  answered  and  said.  Now  ye  have  consecrated 
yourselves  unto  the  Lord,  come  near,  and  bring  sacrifices  and 
thank-offerings  into  the  house  of  the  Lord.     And  the  congregation 


Hezekiah.  117 

brought  in  sacrifices  and  thank-offerings  ;  and,  as  many  as  were  of  a 
free  heart,  burnt-ofterings, 

32  And  the  number  of  the  burnt-offerings,  which  the  congregation 
brought,  was  threescore  and  ten  bullocks,  an  hundred  rams,  ancitwo 
hundred  lambs :  all  these  were  for  a  burnt-offering  to  the  Lord. 

33  And  the  consecrated  things  were  six  hundred  oxen,  and  three 
thousand  sheep. 

34  But  the  priests  were  too  few,  so  that  they  could  not  slay  all  the 
burnt-offerings :  wherefore  their  brethren  the  Levites  did  help  them 
till  the  work  was  ended,  and  until  the  other  priests  had  sanctified 
themselves  ;  for  the  Levites  were  more  upright  in  heart  to  sanctify 
themselves  than  the  priests. 

35  And  also  the  burnt-offerings  were  in  abundance,  with  the  fat  of 
the  peace-offerings,  and  the  drink-offerings  for  every  burnt-offering. 
So  the  service  of  the  house  of  the  Lord  was  set  in  order. 

36  And  Hezekiah  rejoiced,  and  all  the  people,  that  God  had  pre- 
pared the  people  :  for  the  thing  was  done  suddenly. 

2    CHROXICLES,    XXX. 

Hezekiah  prodaimeth  a  passover.     The  assembly  destroy  the  altars 
of  idolatry. 

1  And  Hezekiah  sent  to  all  Israel  and  Judah,  and  wrote  letters 
also  to  Ephraim  and  Manasseh,  that  they  should  come  to  the  house 
of  the  Lord  at  Jerusalem,  to  keep  the  passover  unto  the  Lord  God 
of  Israel. 

2  For  the  king  had  taken  counsel,  and  his  princes,  and  all  the 
congregation  in  Jerusalem,  to  keep  the  passover  in  the  second 
month. 

3  For  they  could  not  keep  it  at  that  time,  because  the  priests  had 
not  sanctified  themselves  sufficiently,  neither  had  the  people  gathered 
themselves  together  to  Jerusalem. 

4  And  the  thing  pleased  the  king  and  all  the  congregation, 

5  So  they  established  a  decree,  to  make  proclamation  throughout 
all  Israel,  from  Beer-sheba  even  to  Dan,  that  they  should  come  to 
keep  the  passover  unto  the  Lord  God  of  Israel  at  Jerusalem  ;  for 
they  had  not  done  it  of  a  long  time  in  such  sort  as  it  was  written. 

6  So  the  posts  went  with  the  letters  from  the  king  and  his  princes 
throughout  all  Israel  and  Judah,  and  according  to  the  commandment 
of  the  king,  saying.  Ye  children  of  Israel,  turn  again  unto  the  Lord 
God  of  Abraham,  Isaac,  and  Israel,  and  he  will  return  to  the 
remnant  of  you  that  are  escaped  out  of  the  hand  of  the  kings  of 
Assyria. 

7  And  be  not  ye  like  your  falhers,  and  like  your  brethren,  wiiich 
trespassed  against  the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers,  who,  therefore, 
gave  them  up  to  desolation,  as  ye  see. 

8  Now,  be  ye  not  stiff-necked  as  your  fathers  were,  but  yield 
yourselves  unto  the  Lord,  and  enter  into  his  sanctuary,  which  he 
hath  sanctified  for  ever  ;  and  serve  the  Lord  your  God,  that  the 
fierceness  of  his  wrath  may  turn  away  from  you. 

9  For  if  ye  turn  again  unto  the  Lord,  your  brethren  and  your 
children  shall  find  compassion  before  them  that  lead  them  captive,  so 
that  they  shall  come  again  into  this  land  :    for  the  Lord  your  God  is 

10 


118  Hezekiah, 

gracious  and  merciful,  and  will  not  turn  away  his  face  from  you,  if 
ye  return  unto  him. 

10  So  the  posts  passed  from  city  to  city,  through  the  country  of 
Ephraim  and  Manasseh,  even  unto  Zebulun  :  -but  they  laughed  them 
to  scorn,  and  mocked  them. 

11  Nevertheless,  divers  of  Asher,  and  Manasseh,  and  of  Zebulun, 
humbled  themselves,  and  came  to  Jerusalem. 

12  Also  in  Judah,  the  hand  of  God  was  to  give  them  one  heart  to 
do  the  commandment  of  the  king  and  of  the  princes,  by  the  word  of 
the  Lord. 

13  U  And  there  assembled  at  Jerusalem  much  people  to  keep  the  - 
feast  of  unleavened  bread  in  the  second  month,  a  very  great  congre- 
gation. 

14  And  they  arose,  and  took  away  the  altars  that  were  in  Jerusalem, 
and  all  the  altars  for  incense  took  they  away,  and  cast  them  into  the 
brook  Kid r on. 

15  Then  they  killed  the  passover  on  the  fourteenth  day  of  the 
second  month:  and  the  priests  and  the  Levites  were  ashamed,  and 
sanctified  themselves,  and  brought  in  the  burnt-offerings  into  the 
house  of  the  Lord. 

16  And  they  stood  in  their  place,  after  their  manner,  according  to 
the  law  of  Moses,  the  man  of  God :  the  priests  sprinkled  the  blood, 
which  they  received  of  the  hand  of  the  Levites  ; 

17  For  there  were  many  in  the  congregation  that  were  not  sanc- 
tified ;  therefore  the  Levites  had  the  charge  of  the  killing  of  the 
passovers  for  every  one  that  icas  not  clean,  to  sanctify  them  unto  the 
Lord. 

18  For  a  multitude  of  the  people,  even  many  of  Ephraim,  and 
Manasseh,  Issachar,  and  Zebulun,  had  not  cleansed  themselves, 
yet  did  they  eat  the  passover  otherwise  than  it  was  written :  but 
Hezekiah  prayed  for  them,  saying.  The  good  Lord  pardon  every 
one 

19  That  prepareth  his  heart  to  seek  God,  the  Lord  God  of  his 
fathers,  though  he  be  not  cleansed  according  to  the  purification  of  the 
sanctuary. 

20  And  the  Lord  hearkened  to  Hezekiah,  and  healed  the  people. 

21  And  the  children  of  Israel,  that  were  present  at  Jerusalem, 
kept  the  feast  of  unleavened  bread  seven  days  with  great  gladness : 
and  the  Levites  and  the  priests  praised  the  Lord  day  by  day,  singing 
with  loud  instruments  unto  the  Lord. 

22  And  Hezekiah  spake  comfortably  unto  all  the  Levites  that 
taught  the  knowledge  of  the  Lord  :  and  they  did  eat  throughout  the 
feast  seven  days,  offering  peace-ofierings,  and  making  confession  to 
the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers. 

23  And  the  whole  assenibly  took  counsel  to  keep  other  seven  days: 
and  they  kept  other  seven  days  with  gladness. 

24  For  Hezekiah  king  of  Judah  did  give  to  the  congregation  a 
thousand  bullocks,  and  seven  thousand  sheep  ;  and  the  princes  gave 
to  the  congregation  a  thousand  bullocks,  and  ten  thousand  sheep  : 
and  a  great  number  of  priests  sanctified  themselves. 

25  And  all  the  congregation  of  Judah,  with  the  priests  and  the 
Levites,  and  all  the  congregation  that  came  out  of  Israel,  and  the 


Hezekiah.  119 

strangers  that  came  out  of  the  land  of  Israel,  and  that  dwelt  in  Judah, 
rejoiced. 

26  So  there  was  great  joy  in  Jerusalem :  for  since  the  time  of 
Solomon,  the  son  of  David  king  of  Israel,  there  was  not  the  like  in 
Jerusalem. 

27  IF  Then  the  priests  the  Levites  arose,  and  blessed  the  people  : 
and  their  voice  was  heard,  and  their  prayer  came  up  to  his  holy 
dwelling-place,  even  unto  heaven. 

2    CHRONICLES,   XXXI. 

The  people  forward  in  destroying  idolatry.     Hezekiah  appointeih 
officers  to  dispose  of  the  tithes:  his  sincerity . 

1  Now,  when  all  this  was  finished,  all  Israel  that  were  present 
went  out  to  the  cities  of  Judah,  and  brake  the  images  in  pieces,  and 
cut  down  the  groves,  and  threw  down  the  high  places  and  the  altars 
out  of  all  Judah  and  Benjamin,  in  Ephraim  also  and  Manasseh, 
until  they  had  utterly  destroyed  them  all.  Then  all  the  children 
of  Israel  returned  every  man  to  his  possession  into  their  own 
cities. 

2  TT  And  Hezekiah  appointed  the  cnnrsfis  of  the  priests,  and  the 
Levites  after  their  courses,  every  man  according  to  his  service,  the 
priests  and  Levites  for  burnt-offerings,  and  for  peace-offerings,  to 
minister,  and  to  give  thanks,  and  to  praise  in  the  gates  of  the  tents 
of  the  Lord. 

3  He  appointed  also  the  king's  portion  of  his  substance  for  the 
burnt-offerings,  to  wit,  for  the  morning  and  evening  burnt- 
offerings,  and  the  burnt -offerings  for  the  sabbaths,  and  for  the  new 
moons,  and  for  the  set  feasts,  as  it  is  written  in  the  law  of  the 
Lord. 

4  Moreover,  he  commanded  the  people  that  dwelt  in  Jerusalem  to 
give  the  portion  of  the  priests  and  the  Levites,  that  they  might  be 
encouraged  in  the  law  of  the  Lord. 

5  IT  And  as  soon  as  the  commandment  came  abroad,  the  children  of 
Israel  brought  in  abundance  the  first  fruits  of  corn,  wine,  and  oil, 
and  honey,  and  of  all  the  increase  of  the  field  ;  and  the  tithe  of  all 
things  brought  they  in  abundantly. 

6  And  concerning  the  children  of  Israel  and  Judah,  that  dwelt  in 
the  cities  of  Judah,  they  also  brought  in  the  tithe  of  oxen  and  sheep, 
and  the  tithe  of  holy  things,  which  were  consecrated  unto  the  Lord 
their  God,  and  laid  them  by  heaps. 

7  In  the  third  month  they  began  to  lay  the  foundation  of  the  heaps, 
and  finished  them  in  the  seventh  month. 

8  And  when  Hezekiah  and  the  princes  came  and  saw  the  heaps, 
they  blessed  the  Lord  and  his  people  Israel. 

9  Then  Hezekiah  questioned  with  the  priests  and  the  Levites 
concerning  the  heaps. 

10  And  Azariah  the  chief  priest,  of  the  house  of  Zadok,  answered 
him,  and  said.  Since  the  people  began  to  bring  the  offerings  into  the 
house  of  the  Lord  we  have  had  enough  to  eat,  and  have  left  plenty: 
for  the  Lord  hath  blessed  his  people  ;  and  that  which  is  left  is  this 
great  store. 


120  Hezelciah.     Hosea, 

11  U  Then  Hezekiah  commanded  to  prepare  chambers  in  the  house 
of  the  Lord  :  and  they  prepared  them  ; 

12  And  brought  in  the  offerings,  and  the  tithes,  and  the  dedicated 
things,  faithfuHy :  over  which  Cononiah  the  Levite  was  ruler,  and 
Shimei  his  brother  was  the  next. 

13  And  Jehiel,  and  Azaziah,  and  Nahath,  and  Asahel,  and  Jerimoth, 
and  Jozabad,  and  EHel,  and  Ismachiah,  and  Mahath,  and  Benaiab, 
weie  overseers,  under  the  hand  of  Cononiah  and  Shimei  his  brother, 
at  the  commandment  of  Hezekiah  the  king,  and  Azariah  the  ruler  of 
the  house  of  God. 

14  And  Kore,  the  son  of  Iranah  the  Levite,  the  porter  toward  the 
east,  icas  over  the  free  will  offerings  of  God,  to  distribute  the  oblations 
of  the  Lord,  and  the  most  holy  things. 

15  And  next  him  icere  Eden,  and  Miniamin,  and  Jeshua,  and 
Shemaiah,  Amariah,  and  Shechaniah,  in  the  cities  of  the  priests,  in 
their  set  office,  to  give  to  their  brethren  by  courses,  as  well  to  the 
great  as  to  tlie  small ; 

16  Beside  their  genealogy  of  males,  from  three  years  old  and 
upward,  even  unto  every  one  that  entereth  into  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  his  daily  portion  for  their  service  in  their  charges,  according 
to  their  courses ; 

17  Both  to  the  genealogy  of  the  priests  bv  the  house  of  their 
fathers,  and  the  Levites,  from  twenty  years  old  and  upward,  in  their 
charges,  by  their  courses  ; 

18  And  to  the  genealogy  of  all  their  little  ones,  their  wives,  and 
their  sons,  and  their  daughters,  through  all  the  congregation  :  for  in 
their  set  office  they  sanctified  themselves  in  holiness  : 

19  Also  of  the  sons  of  Aaron  the  priests,  nihich  loere  in  the  fields  of 
he  suburbs  of  their  cities,  in  every  several  city,  the  men  that  were 

expressed  by  name,  to  give  portions  to  all  the  males  among  the 
priests,  and  to  all  that  were  reckoned  by  genealogies  among  the 
Levites. 

20  \\  And  thus  did  Hezekiah  throughout  all  Judah,  and  wrought 
that  which  was  good,  and  right,  and  truth,  before  the  Lord  his 
God. 

21  And  in  every  work  that  he  began  in  the  service  of  the  house  of 
God,  and  in  the  law,  and  in  the  conmiandments,  to  seek  his  God,  he 
did  it  with  all  his  heart,  and  prospered. 

B.  C.  726.*  HOSEA,  XI. 

The  ingratitude  of  Israel  unto  God  for  his  benefits  :    their  judg- 
ment. 

1  When  Israel  loas  a  child,  then  I  loved  him,  and  called  my  son 
out  of  Egypt. 

2  Jls  they  called  them,  so  they  went  from  them  :  they  sacrificed 
unto  Baalim,  and  burned  incense  to  graven  images. 

3  I  taught  Ephraim  also  to  go,  taking  them  by  their  arms  ;  but 
they  knew  not  that  I  healed  them. 

4  I  drew  them  with  cords  of  a  man,  with  bands  of  love  ;  and  I  was 

*  Townsend,  725. 


Ho  sea.  121 

to  them  as  they  that  take  off  the  yoke  on  their  jaws,  and  I  laid  meat 
unto  them. 

5  TI  He  shall  not  return  into  the  land  of  Egypt,  but  the  Assyrian 
shall  be  his  king,  because  they  refused  to  return. 

6  And  the  sword  shall  abide  on  his  cities,  and  shall  consume  his 
branches,  and  devour  them,  because  of  their  own  counsels. 

7  And  my  people  are  bent  to  backsliding  from  me  :  though  they 
called  them  to  the  Most  High,  none  at  all  would  exalt  him. 

8  How  shall  I  give  thee  up,  Ephraim  ?  how  shall  I  deliver  thee, 
Israel  ?  how  shall  I  make  thee  as  Admah  ?  how  shall  I  set  thee  as 
Zeboim  ?  Mine  heart  is  turned  within  me,  my  repentings  are  kindled 
together. 

9  I  will  not  execute  the  fierceness  of  mine  anger,  I  will  not  return 
to  destroy  Ephraim  :  for  I  am  God,  and  not  man ;  the  Holy  One  in  the 
midst  of  thee  :  and  I  will  not  enter  into  the  city. 

10  They  shall  walk  after  the  Lord  :  he  shall  roar  like  a  lion  : 
when  he  shall  roar,  then  the  children  shall  tremble  from  the 
west. 

11  They  shall  tremble  as  a  bird  out  of  Egypt,  and  as  a  dove  out  of 
the  land  of  Assyria:  and  I  will  place  them  in  their  houses,  saith  the 
Lord. 

12  Ephraim  compasseth  me  about -with  lies,  and  the  house  of  Israel 
with  deceit :  but  Judah  yet  ruleth  with  God,  and  is  faithful  with  the 
saints. 

HOSEA,  XII. 

A  reproof  of  Ephraim,  Judah,  and  Jacob.    Jin  exhortation  to 
repentance^ 

1  Ephraim  feedeth  on  wind,  and  followeth  after  the  east  wind:  he 
daily  increaseth  lies  and  desolation  ;  and  they  do  make  a  covenant 
with  the  xissyrians,  and  oil  is  carried  into  Egypt. 

2  The  Lord  hath  also  a  controversy  with  Judah,  and  will  punish 
Jacob  according  to  his  ways  ;  according  to  his  doings  will  he  recom- 
pense him. 

3  11  He  took  his  brother  by  the  heel  in  the  womb,  and  by  his 
strength  he  had  power  with  God  : 

4  Yea,  he  had  power  over  the  angel,  and  prevailed;  he  wept  and 
made  supplication  unto  him  :  he  found  him  in  Beth-el,  and  there  he 
spake  with  us  ; 

5  Even  the  Lord  God  of  hosts ;  the  Lord  is  his  memorial. 

6  Therefore  turn  thou  to  thy  God  :  keep  mercy  and  judgment, 
and  wait  on  thy  God  continually. 

7  H  iJe  is  a  merchant,  the  balances  of  deceit  are  in  his  hand  :  he 
loveth  to  oppress. 

8  And  Ephraim  said,  Yet  I  am  become  rich,  I  hav^e  found  me  out 
substance  :  in  all  my  labors  they  shall  find  none  iniquity  in  me  that 
ivere  sin. 

9  And  I,  that  am  the  Lord  thy  God  from  the  land  of  Egypt,  will 
yet  make  thee  to  dwell  in  tabernacles,  as  in  the  days  of  the  solemn 
feast. 

10  I  have  also  spoken  by  the  prophets,  and  I  have  multiplied 
visions,  and  used  similitudes,  by  the  ministry  of  the  prophets. 

10* 


122  Hosea.     MicaJi. 

\l  Is  there  iniquity  in  Gilead  ?  surely  they  are  vanity :  they 
sacrifice  bullocks  in  Gilgal ;  yea,  their  altars  are  as  heaps  in  the 
furrows  of  the  fields. 

12  And  Jacob  fled  into  the  country  of  Syria,  and  Israel  served  for 
a  wife,  and  for  a  wife  he  kept  sheep. 

13  And  by  a  prophet  the  Lord  brought  Israel  out  of  Egypt,  and 
by  a  prophet  was  he  preserved. 

14  Ephraiin  provoked  him  to  anger  most  bitterly  :  therefore  shall 
he  leave  his  blood  upon  him,  and  his  reproach  shall  his  Lord  return 
unto  him. 

B.  C.  726*  MicAH,  III. 

1  And  I  said,  Hear,  I  pray  you,  O  heads  of  Jacob,  and  ye  princes 
of  the  house  of  Israel  :  is  it  not  for  you  to  know  judgment  ? 

2  Who  hate  the  good,  and  love  the  evil ;  who  pluck  off  their  skin 
from  ofi  them,  and  their  flesh  from  off  their  bones  ; 

8  Who  also  eat  the  flesh  of  my  people,  and  slay  their  skin  from  off" 
them,  and  they  break  their  bones,  and  chop  them  in  pieces,  as  for  the 
pot,  and  as  flesh  within  the  caldron. 

4  Then  shall  they  cry  unto  the  Lord,  but  he  will  not  hear  them  ; 
he  will  even  hiile  his  face  from  them  at  that  time,  as  they  have 
behaved  themselves  ill  in  their  doings. 

5  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lord  concerning  the  prophets  that  make  my 
people  err,  that  bite  with  their  teeth,  and  cry.  Peace  ;  and  he  that 
putteth  not  into  their  mouths,  they  even  prepare  war  against  him  : 

6  Therefore  night  shall  he  unto  you,  that  ye  shall  not  have  a  vision  ; 
and  it  shall  be  dark  unto  you,  that  ye  shall  not  divine  ;  and  the 
sun  shall  go  down  over  the  prophets,  and  the  day  shall  be  dark  over 
them . 

7  Then  shall  the  seers  be  ashamed,  and  the  diviners  confounded  ; 
yea,  they  shall  all  cover  their  lips  :  for  there  is  no  answer  of 
God. 

8  IT  But  truly  I  am  full  of  power  by  the  spirit  of  the  Lord,  and  of 
judgment,  and  of  might,  to  declai-e  unto  Jacob  his  transgression,  and 
to  Israel  his  sin. 

9  Hear  this,  I  pray  you,  ye  heads  of  the  house  of  Jacob,  and 
princesof  the  house  of  Israel,  that  abhor  judgment,  and  pervert  all 
equity. 

10  They  build  up  Zion  with  blood,  and  Jerusalem  with  iniquit5\ 

11  The  heads  thereof  judge  for  reward,  and  the  priests  thereof 
teach  for  hire,  and  the  prophets  thereof  divine  for  money  :  yet  will 
they  lean  upon  the  Lord,  and  say,  7s  not  the  Lord  among  us  .'  none 
evil  can  come  upon  us. 

12  Therefore  shall  Zion  for  your  sake  be  ploughed  as  a  field,  and 
Jerusalem  shall  become  heaps,  and  the  mountain  of  the  house  as  the 
high  places  of  the  forest. 

MICAH,     IV. 

The  glory,  peace,  kingdom,  and  victory  of  the  church. 
1  But  in  the  last  days  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  the  mountain  of 

*  Townsend,  7iK. 


Micah.     Isaiah,  123 

the  house  of  the  Lord  shall  be  established  in  the  top  of  the  moun- 
tains, and  it  shall  be  exalted  above  the  hills  ;  and  people  shall  flow 
unto  it. 

2  And  many  nations  shall  come,  and  say,  Come,  and  let  us  go  up 
to  the  mountain  of  the  Lord,  and  to  the  house  of  the  God  of  Jacob  ; 
and  he  will  teach  us  of  his  ways,  and  we  will  walk  in  his  paths  :  for 
the  law  shall  go  forth  of  Zion,  and  the  word  of  the  Lord  from  Jeru- 
salem. 

3  TI  And  he  shall  judge  among  many  people,  and  rebuke  strong 
nations  afar  off;  and  they  shall  beat  their  swords  into  plowshares, 
and  their  spears  into  pruning  hooks  :  nation  shall  not  lift  up  a  sword 
against  nation,  neither  shall  they  learn  war  any  more. 

4  But  they  shall  sit  every  man  under  his  vine  and  under  his  fig- 
tree  ;  and  none  shall  make  them  afraid  :  for  the  mouth  of  the  Lord  of 
hosts  hath  spoken  it. 

5  For  all  people  will  walk  every  one  in  the  name  of  his  god,  and 
we  will  walk  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  our  God  for  ever  and  ever. 

6  IT  In  that  day,  saith  the  Lord,  will  I  assemble  her  that  halteth, 
and  I  will  gather  her  that  is  driven  out,  and  her  that  I  have 
afflicted  : 

7  And  I  will  make  her  that  halted  a  remnant,  and  her  that  was 
cast  far  off  a  strong  nation :  and  the  Lord  shall  reign  over  them  in 
mount  Zion  from  henceforth,  even  for  ever. 

8  And  thou,  O  tower  of  the  flock,  the  strong  hold  of  the  daughter 
of  Zion,  unto  thee  shall  it  come,  even  the  first  dominion  ;  the  king- 
dom shall  come  to  the  daughter  of  Jerusalem. 

9  Now,  why  dost  thou  cry  out  aloud  ?  is  there  no  king  in  thee  ?  is 
thy  counsellor  perished  ?  for  pangs  have  taken  thee  as  a  woman  in 
travail. 

10  Be  in  pain,  and  labor  to  bring  forth,  O  daughter  of  Zion,  hke  a 
woman  in  travail ;  for  now  shalt  thou  go  forth  out  of  the  city,  and 
thou  shalt  dwell  in  the  field,  and  thou  shalt  go  even  to  Babylon  ;  there 
shalt  thou  be  delivered  :  there  the  Lord  shall  redeem  thee  from  the 
hand  of  thine  enemies. 

11  H  Now  also  many  nations  are  gathered  against  thee,  that  say, 
Let  her  be  defiled,  and  let  our  eye  look  upon  Zion. 

12  But  they  know  not  the  thoughts  of  the  Lord,  neither  under- 
stand they  his  counsel :  for  he  shall  gather  them  as  the  sheaves  into 
the  floor. 

13  Arise  and  thresh,  O  daughter  of  Zion  :  for  I  will  make  thine 
horn  iron,  and  I  will  make  thy  hoofs  brass ;  and  thou  shalt  beat  in 
pieces  many  people  :  and  I  will  consecrate  their  gain  unto  the  Lord, 
and  their  substance  unto  the  Lord  of  the  whole  earth. 

ISAIAH,    XV. 

The  lamentable  state  of  Moat. 

1  The  burden  of  Moab.  Because  in  the  night  Ar  of  Moab  is  laid 
waste,  and  brought  to  silence  ;  because  in  the  night  Kir  of  Moab  is 
laid  waste,  and  brought  to  silence  : 

2  He  is  gone  up  to  Bajith,  and  to  Dibon,  the  high  places,  to  weep  : 
Moab  shall  howl  over  Nebo,  and  over  Medeba ;  on  all  their  heads 
shall  he  baldness,  and  every  beard  cut  off. 


124  Isaiah. 

3  In  their  streets  they  shall  gird  themselves  with  sackcloth  :  on 
the  tops  of  their  houses,  and  in  their  streets,  every  one  shall  howl, 
weeping  abundantly. 

4  And  Heshbon  shall  cry,  and  Elealeh  ;  their  voice  shall  be  heard 
even  unto  Jahaz:  therefore  the  armed  soldiers  of  Moab  shall  cry  out; 
his  life  shall  be  grievous  unto  him. 

5  My  heart  shall  cry  out  for  Moab ;  his  fugitives  shaU  flee  unto 
Zoar,  an  heifer  of  three  years  old :  for  by  the  mounting  up  of  Luhith 
with  weeping  shall  they  go  it  up  ;  for  in  the  way  of  Horonaim  they 
shall  raise  up  a  cry  of  destruction. 

6  For  the  waters  of  Nimrim  shall  be  desolate  :  for  the  hay  is  with- 
ei'ed  away,  the  grass  faileth,  there  is  no  green  thing. 

7  Therefore  the  abundance  they  have  gotten,  and  that  which  they 
have  laid  up,  shall  they  carry  away  to  the  brook  of  the  willows. 

8  For  the  cry  is  gone  round  about  the  borders  of  Moab :  the 
howling  thereof  unto  Eglaim,  and  the  howling  thereof  unto  Beer- 
elim. 

9  For  the  waters  of  Dimon  shall  be  full  of  blood  :  for  I  will  bring 
more  upon  Dimon,  lions  upon  him  that  escapeth  of  Moab,  and  upon 
the  remnant  of  the  land. 

ISAIAH,  XVI. 

1  Send  ye  the  Iamb  to  the  ruler  of  the  land  from  Sela  to  the 
wilderness,  unto  the  mount  of  the  daughter  of  Zion. 

2  For  it  shall  be,  thai  as  a  wandering  bird  cast  out  of  the  nest,  so 
the  daughters  of  Moab  shall  be  at  the  fords  of  Arnon. 

3  Take  counsel,  execute  judgment;  make  thy  shadow  as  the 
night  in  the  midst  of  the  noonday  :  hide  the  outcasts,  bewray  not 
him  that  wandereth. 

4  Let  mine  outcasts  dwell  with  thee,  Moah  :  be  thou  a  covert  to 
them  from  the  face  of  the  spoiler:  for  the  extortioner  is  at  an  end, 
the  spoiler  ceaseth,  the  oppressors  are  consumed  out  of  the  land. 

5  And  in  mercy  shall  the  throne  be  established :  and  he  shall  sit 
upon  it  in  truth  in  the  tabernacle  of  David,  judging,  and  seeking 
judgment,  and  hasting  righteousness. 

6  H  We  have  heard  of  the  pride  of  Moab  ;  he  is  very  proud  :  even 
of  his  haughtiness,  and  his  pride,  and  his  wrath  :  hut  his  lies  shall 
not  he  so. 

7  Therefore  shall  Moab  howl  for  Moab,  every  one  shall  howl :  for 
the  foundations  of  Kir-hareseth  shall  ye  mourn ;  surely  they  are 
stricken. 

8  For  the  fields  of  Heshbon  languish,  and  the  vine  of  Sibmah  ; 
the  lords  of  the  heathen  have  broken  down  the  principal  plants 
thereof,  they  aie  come  even  unto  Jazer,  they  wandered  through  the 
wilderness  :  her  branches  are  stretched  out,  they  are  gone  over  the 
sea. 

9  Therefore  I  will  bewail  with  the  weeping  of  Jazer  the  vine  of 
Sibmah  :  I  will  water  thee  with  my  tears,  O  Heshbon,  and  Elealeh : 
for  the  shouting  for  thy  summer-fruits  and  for  thy  harvest,  is  fallen. 

10  And  gladness  is  taken  away,  and  joy  out  of  the  plentiful  field ; 
and  in  the  vineyards  there  shall  be  no  singing,  neither  shall  there  be 


Isaiah.  125 

shouting  :  the  treaders  shall  tread  out  no  wine  in  their  presses  ;  I 
have  made  their  vintage  shouting  to  cease. 

11  Wherefore  my  bowels  shall  sound  like  an  harp  for  Moab,  and 
mine  inward  parts  for  Kir-haresh. 

12  IT  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  it  is  seen  that  Moab  is  weary- 
on  the  high  place,  that  he  shall  come  to  his  sanctuary  to  pray  ;  but 
he  shall  not  prevail. 

13  This  is  the  word  that  the  Lord  hath  spoken  concerning  Moab 
since  that  time. 

14  But  now  the  Lord  hath  spoken,  saying,  Within  three  years,  as 
the  years  of  an  hireling,  and  the  glory  of  Moab  shall  be  contemned, 
with  all  that  great  multitude  ;  and  the  remnant  shall  be  very  small 
and  feeble. 

ISAIAH,    XXXII. 

1  Behold,  a  king  shall  reign  in  righteousness,  and  princes  shall 
rule  in  judgment. 

2  And  a  man  shall  be  as  an  hiding  place  from  the  wind,  and  a 
covert  from  the  tempest ;  as  rivers  of  water  in  a  dry  place,  as  the 
shadow  of  a  great  rock  in  a  weary  land. 

3  And  the  eyes  of  them  that  see  shall  not  be  dim,  and  the  ears  of 
them  that  hear  shall  hearken. 

4  The  heart  also  of  the  rash  shall  understand  knowledge,  and  the 
tongue  of  the  stammerers  shall  be  ready  to  speak  plainly. 

5  The  vile  person  shall  be  no  more  called  liberal,  nor  the  churl 
said  to  be  bountiful. 

6  For  the  vile  person  will  speak  villany,  and  his  heart  will  work 
iniquity,  to  practise  hypocrisy,  and  to  utter  error  against  the  Lord, 
to  make  empty  the  soul  of  the  hungry,  and  he  will  cause  the  drink 
of  the  thirsty  to  fail. 

7  The  instruments  also  of  the  churl  are  evil :  he  deviseth  wicked 
devices  to  destroy  the  poor  with  lying  words,  even  when  the  needy 
speaketh  right. 

8  But  the  liberal  deviseth  liberal  things ;  and  by  liberal  things 
shall  he  stand. 

9  TI  Rise  up,  ye  women  that  are  at  ease  ;  hear  my  voice,  ye  care- 
less daughters  ;  give  ear  unto  my  speech. 

10  Many  days  and  years  shall  ye  be  troubled,  ye  careless  women: 
for  the  vintage  shall  fail ;  the  gathering  shall  not  come. 

11  Tremble,  ye  women  that  are  at  ease  :  be  troubled,  ye  careless 
ones :  strip  ye,  and  make  ye  bare,  and  gird  sackcloth  upon  your 
loins. 

12  They  shall  lament  for  the  tears,  for  the  pleasant  fields,  for  the 
fruitful  vine. 

13  Upon  the  land  of  my  people  shall  come  up  thorns  and  briers  ; 
yea,  upon  all  the  houses  of  joy  in  the  joyous  city : 

14  Because  the  palaces  shall  be  forsaken  :  the  multitude  of  the 
city  shall  be  left ;  the  forts  and  towers  shall  be  for  dens  for  ever,  a 
joy  of  wild  asses,  a  pasture  of  flocks  : 

15  IT  Until  the  Spirit  be  poured  upon  us  from  on  high,  and  the 
wilderness  be  a  fruitful  field,  and  the  fruitful  field  be  counted  for  a 
forest. 


126  Isaiah. 

16  Then  judgment  shall  dwell  in  the  wilderness,  and  righteousness 
remain  in  the  fruitful  field. 

17  And  the  work  of  righteousness  shall  be  peace  ;  and  the  effect 
of  righteousness,  quietness  and  assurance  for  ever. 

18  And  my  people  shall  dwell  in  a  peaceable  habitation,  and  in 
sure  dwellings,  and  in  quiet  resting-places; 

19  V/hen  it  shall  hail,  coming  down  on  the  forest;  and  the  city 
shall  be  low  in  a  low  place. 

20  Blessed  are  ye  that  sow  beside  all  waters,  that  send  forth  thither 
the  feet  of  the  ox  and  the  ass. 

ISAIAH,  XXVIII.  B.  C.  726.* 

1  Woe  to  the  crown  of  pride,  to  the  drunkards  of  Ephraim,  whose 
glorious  beauty  is  a  fiiding  flower,  which  are  on  the  head  of  the  fat 
valleys  of  them  that  are  overcome  with  wine  ! 

2  Behold,  the  Lord  hath  a  mighty  and  strong  one,  which  as  a 
tempest  of  hail  and  a  destroying  storm,  as  a  flood  of  mighty  waters 
overflowing,  shall  cast  down  to  the  earth  with  the  hand. 

3  The  crown  of  pride,  the  drunkards  of  Ephraim,  shall  be  trodden 
under  feet : 

4  And  the  glorious  beauty,  which  is  on  the  head  of  the  fat  valley, 
shall  be  a  fading  flower,  and  as  the  hasty  fruit  before  the  summer ; 
which  when  he  that  looketh  upon  it  seeth,  while  it  is  yet  in  his  hand 
he  eateth  it  up. 

5  H  In  that  day  shall  the  Lord  of  hosts  be  for  a  crown  of  glory, 
and  for  a  diadem  of  beauty,  unto  the  residue  of  his  people  ; 

6  And  for  a  spirit  of  judgment  to  him  that  sitteth  in  judgment,  and 
for  strength  to  them  that  turn  the  battle  to  the  gate. 

7  IT  But  they  also  have  erred  through  wine,  and  through  strong 
drink  are  out  of  the  way ;  the  priest  and  the  prophet  have  erred 
through  strong  drink,  they  are  swallowed  up  of  wine,  they  are  out  of 
the  way  through  strong  drink,  they  err  in  vision,  they  stumble  in 
judgment. 

8  For  all  tables  are  full  of  vomit  and  filthiness,  so  that  there  is  no 
place  clean. 

9  \\  Whom  shall  he  teach  knowledge  .''  and  whom  shall  he  make  to 
understand  doctrine  ?  them  that  are  weaned  from  the  milk,  and  drawn 
from  the  breasts. 

10  For  precept  mxist  he  upon  precept,  precept  upon  precept ;  line 
upon  line,  line  upon  line  ;  here  a  little,  and  there  a  little  : 

11  For  with  stammering  lips  and  another  tongue  will  he  speak  to 
this  people. 

12  To  whom  he  said.  This  is  the  rest  wherewithye  may  cause  the 
weary  to  rest ;  and  this  is  the  refreshing :  yet  they  would  not 
hear. 

13  But  the  word  of  the  Lord  was  unto  them  precept  upon  precept, 
precept  upon  precept ;  line  upon  line,  line  upon  line  ;  here  a  little, 
and  there  a  little  ;  that  they  might  go,  and  fall  backward,  and  be 
broken,  and  snared  and  taken. 

*  Townsend,  740. 


Isaiah.  127 

14  IF  Wherefore  hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  ye  scornful  men,  that 
rule  this  people  which  is  in  Jerusalem : 

15  Because  ye  have  said,  We  have  made  a  covenant  with  death, 
and  with  hell  are  we  at  agreement ;  when  the  overflowing  scourge 
shall  pass  through,  it  shall  not  come  unto  us:  for  we  have  made  lies 
our  refuge,  and  under  falsehood  have  we  hid  ourselves  : 

16  IT  therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Behold,  I  lay  in  Zion  for 
a  foundation  a  stone,  a  tried  stone,  a  precious  corner  stone,  a  sure 
foundation  :  he  that  believeth  shall  not  make  haste. 

17  Judgment  also  will  I  lay  to  the  line,  and  righteousness  to  the 
plummet :  and  the  hail  shall  sweep  away  the  refuge  of  lies,  and  the 
waters  shall  overflow  the  hiding-place. 

18  ^  And  your  covenant  with  death  shall  be  disannulled,  and  your 
agreement  with  hell  shall  not  stand ;  when  the  overflowing  scourge 
shall  pass  through,  then  ye  shall  be  trodden  down  by  it. 

19  B'rom  the  time  that  it  goeth  forth  it  shall  take  you :  for  morning 
by  morning  shall  it  pass  over,  by  day  and  by  night ;  and  it  shall  be  a 
vexation  only  to  understand  the  report. 

20  For  the  bed  is  shorter  than  that  a  man  can  stretch  himself  on 
it :  and  the  covering  narrower  than  that  he  can  w^ap  himself  m  it. 

21  For  the  Lord  shall  rise  up  as  in  mount  Perazim,  he  shall  be 
wroth  as  in  the  valley  of  Gibeon,  that  he  may  do  his  work,  his 
strange  work  ;  and  bring  to  pass  his  act,  his  strange  act. 

22  Now  therefore  be  ye  not  mockers,  lest  your  bands  be  made 
strong  :  for  I  have  heard  from  the  Lord  God  of  hosts  a  consumption, 
even  determined  upon  the  whole  earth. 

23  IT  Give  ye  ear,  and  hear  my  voice ;  hearken,  and  hear  my 
speech. 

24  Doth  the  plowman  plow  all  day  to  sow  ?  doth  he  open  and 
break  the  clods  of  his  ground  ? 

25  When  he  hath  made  plain  the  face  thereof,  doth  he  not  cast 
abroad  the  titches,  and  scatter  the  cummin,  and  cast  in  the  principal 
wheat  and  the  appointed  barley  and  the  rye,  in  their  place  ? 

26  For  his  God  doth  instruct  him  to  discretion,  and  doth  teach 
him. 

27  For  the  fitches  are  not  threshed  with  a  threshing  instrument, 
neither  is  a  cart-wheel  turned  about  upon  the  cummin;  but  the 
fitches  are  beaten  out  with  a  staff,  and  the  cummin  with  a  rod. 

28  Bread  corn  is  bruised  ;  because  he  will  not  ever  be  threshing 
it,  nor  break  it  with  the  wheel  of  his  cart,  nor  bruise  it  with  his 
horsemen. 

29  This  also  cometh  forth  from  the  Lord  of  hosts  which  is  won- 
derful in  counsel,  and  excellent  in  working. 

ISAIAH,    XXIX. 

God's  judgment  on  Jerusalem :  their  senselessness,  and  deep  hy- 
pocrisy.   A  promise  of  sanctijication. 

1  Woe  to  Ariel,  to  Ariel,  the  city  ivhere  David  dwelt !  add  ye  year 
to  year ;  let  them  kill  sacrifices. 

2  Yet  I  will  distress  Ariel,  and  there  shall  be  heaviness  and  sorrow 
and  it  shall  be  unto  me  as  Ariel. 


128  Isaiak 

3  And  I  will  camp  against  thee  round  about,  and  will  lay  siege 
against  thee  with  a  mount,  and  I  will  raise  forts  against  thee. 

4  And  thou  shall  be  brought  down,  atid  shalt  speak  out  of  the 
ground,  and  thy  speech  shall  be  low  out  of  the  dust,  and  thy  voice 
shall  be,  as  of  one  that  hath  a  familiar  spirit  out  of  the  ground,  and 
thy  speech  shall  whisper  out  of  the  dust. 

5  Moreover  the  multitude  of  thy  strangers  shall  be  like  small  dust, 
and  the  multitude  of  the  terrible  ones  shall  be  as  chaff  that  passeth 
away  :  yea,  it  shall  be  at  an  instant  suddenly. 

6  Thou  shalt  be  visited  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  with  thunder,  and 
with  earthquake,  and  great  noise,  with  storm  and  tempest,  and  the 
flame  of  devouring  fire. 

7  And  the  multitude  of  all  the  nations  that  fight  against  Ariel,  even 
all  that  fight  against  her  and  her  munition,  and  that  distress  her,  shall 
be  as  a  dream  of  a  night  vision, 

8  It  shall  even  be  as  when  an  hungry  man  dreameth,  and,  behold, 
he  eateth ;  but  he  awaketh,  and  his  soul  is  empty  :  or  as  when  a 
thirsty  ?nan  dreameth,  and,  behold,  he  drinketh  ;  but  he  awaketh, 
and,  behold,  he  is  faint,  and  his  soul  hath  appetite  :  so  shall  the  mul- 
titude of  all  the  nations  be  that  fight  against  mount  Zion. 

9  11  Stay  yourselves  and  wonder ;  cry  ye  out,  and  cry :  they  are 
drunken,  but  not  with  wine ;  they  stagger,  but  not  with  strong 
drink. 

10  For  the  Lord  hath  poured  out  upon  you  the  spirit  of  deep  sleep, 
and  hath  closed  your  eyes  :  the  prophets  and  your  rulers,  the  seers, 
hath  he  covered. 

11  And  the  vision  of  all  is  become  unto  you  as  the  words  of  a  book 
that  is  sealed,  which  7nen  deliver  to  one  that  is  learned,  saying,  Read 
this,  I  pray  thee  :  and  he  saith,  I  cannot ;  for  it  is  sealed  : 

12  And  the  book  is  delivered  to  him  that  is  not  learned,  saying. 
Read  this,  I  pray  thee  :  and  he  saith,  I  am  not  learned. 

13  IT  Wherefore  the  Lord  said,  Forasmuch  as  this  people  draw 
near  me  with  their  mouth,  and  with  their  lips  do  honor  me,  but  have 
removed  their  heart  far  from  me,  and  their  fear  toward  me  is  taught 
by  the  precept  of  men  : 

14  Therefore,  behold,  I  will  proceed  to  do  a  marvellous  work 
among  this  people,  even  a  marvellous  work  and  a  wonder  :  for  the 
wisdom  of  their  wise  meii  shall  perish,  and  the  understanding  of  their 
prudent  tnen  shall  be  hid. 

15  Woe  unto  them  that  seek  deep  to  hide  their  counsel  from  the 
Lord,  and  their  works  are  in  the  dark,  and  they  say.  Who  seeth  us? 
and  who  knoweth  us  .' 

16  Surely  your  turning  of  things  upside  down  shall  be  esteemed  as 
the  potter's  clay :  for  shall  the  work  say  of  him  that  made  it.  He 
made  me  not  ?  or  shall  the  thing  framed  say  of  him  that  framed  it. 
He  had  no  understanding  ? 

17  Is  it  not  yet  a  very  little  while,  and  Lebanon  shall  be  turned 
into  a  fruitful  field,  and  the  fruitful  field  shall  be  esteemed  as  a 
forest  ?  V 

18  II  And  in  that  day  shall  the  deaf  hear  the  words  of  the  book,  and 
the  eyes  of  the  blind  shall  see  out  of  obscurity,  and  out  of  dark- 
ness. 


Hoshea.     Hosea.  129 

19  The  meek  also  shall  increase  their  joy  in  the  Lord,  and  the 
poor  among;  men  shall  rejoice  in  the  Holy  One  of  Israel. 

20  For  the  terrible  one  is  broii£;ht  to  nought,  and  the  scorner  is 
consumed,  and  all  that  watch  for  iniquity  arc  cut  off: 

21  That  make  a  man  an  offender  for  a  word,  and  lay  a  snare  for 
him  that  reproveth  in  the  gate,  and  turn  aside  the  just  for  a  thing  of 
nought. 

22  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord,  who  redeemed  Abraham,  con- 
cerning the  house  of  Jacob.  Jacob  shall  not  now  be  ashamed,  neither 
shall  his  face  now  wax  pale. 

23  But  when  he  seeth  his  children,  the  work  of  mine  hands,  in  the 
midst  of  him,  they  shall  sanctify  my  name,  and  sanctify  the  Holy 
One  of  Jacob,  and  shall  fear  the  God  of  Israel. 

24  They  also  that  erred  in  spirit  shall  come  to  understanding,  and 
they  that  murmured  shall  learn  doctrine. 

2  KINGS,  XVII.  B.  C.  725. 

4  And  the  king  of  Assja-ia  found  conspiracy  in  Hoshea :  for  he  had 
sent  messengers  to  So  king  of  Egypt,  and  brought  no  present  to  the 
king  of  Assyria,  as  he  had  done  year  by  year ;  therefore  the  king  of 
Assyria  shut  him  up,  and  bound  him  in  prison, 

5  ^  Then  the  king  of  Assyria  came  up  throughout  all  the  land,  and 
went  up  to  Samaria,  and  besieged  it  three  years. 

HOSEA,  XIII.  B.  C.  724. 

1  When  Ephraim  spake  tremblins:,  he  exalted  himself  in  Israel ; 
but  when  he  offended  in  Baal,  he  died. 

2  And  now  they  sin  more  and  more,  and  have  made  them  molten 
images  of  tlieir  silver,  and  idols  according  to  their  own  understanding, 
all  of  it  the  work  of  the  craftsmen  :  they  say  of  them.  Let  the  men 
that  sacrifice  kiss  the  calves. 

3  Therefore  they  shall  be  as  the  morning  cloud,  and  as  the  early 
dew  that  passeth  away;  as  the  chaff  that  is  driven  wnth  the  whirl- 
wind out  of  the  floor,  and  as  the  smoke  out  of  the  chimney. 

4  Yet  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God  from  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  thou 
shalt^know  no  god  but  me  :  for  there  is  no  saviour  besides  me. 

5  IT  I  did  not  know  thee  in  the  wilderness,  in  the  land  of  great 
drought. 

6  According  to  their  pasture,  so  were  they  filled ;  they  were 
filled,  and  their  heart  was  exalted  ;  therefore  have  they  forgotten 
me. 

t  Therefore  I  will  be  unto  them  as  a  lion ;  as  a  leopard  by  the 
way  will  I  observe  thetn. 

8  I  will  meet  them  as  a  bear  that  is  bereaved  of  her  itheJps,  and 
will  rend  the  caul  of  their  heart,  and  there  will  1  devour  them  like 
a  lion  :  the  wild  beast  shall  tear  them. 

9  IT  0  Israel,  thou  hast  destroyed  thyself;  but  in  me  is  thine 
help. 

10  I  will  be  thy  king  :  where  is  any  other  that  may  save  thee  in 
all  thy  cities  ?  and  thy'judges,  of  whom  thou  saidst,  Give  me  a  king 
and  princes  ? 

11 


130  Hosea.     Ho  shea. 

Ill  gave  thee  a  king  in  mine  anger,  and  took  him  away  in  my 
wrath. 

12  The  iniquity  of  Ephraim  is  bound  up ;  his  sin  is  hid. 

13  The  sorrows  of  a  travailing  woman  shall  come  upon  him  :  he  is 
an  unwise  son  ;  for  he  should  not  stay  long  in  the  place  o/the  break- 
ing forth  of  children. 

14  I  will  ransom  them  from  the  power  of  the  grave ;  I  will 
redeem  them  from  death  :  O  death,  I  will  be  thy  plagues ;  O  grave, 
I  will  be  thy  destruction  :  repentance  shall  be  hid  from  mine  eyes. 

15  IT  Though  he  be  fruitful  among  his  brethren,  an  east  wind  shall 
come,  the  wind  of  the  Lord  shall  come  up  from  the  wilderness,  and 
his  spring  shall  become  dry,  and  his  fountain  shall  be  dried  up  :  he 
shall  spoil  the  treasure  of  all  pleasant  vessels. 

16  Samaria  shall  become  desolate  ;  for  she  hath  rebelled  against 
her  God:  they  shall  fall  by  the  sword  ;  their  infants  shall  be  dashed 
in  pieces,  and  their  women  with  child  shall  be  ripped  up. 

B.  C.  723.*  HOSEA,  XIV. 

An  exhortation  to  repentance.    A  promise  of  God's  blessing. 

1  O  Israel,  return  unto  the  Lord  thy  God  ;  for  thou  hast  fallen  by 
thine  iniquity. 

2  Take  with  you  words,  and  turn  to  the  Lord  :  say  unto  him, 
Take  away  all  iniquity,  and  receive  us  graciously  :  so  will  we  render 
the  calves  of  our  lips. 

3  Asshur  shall  not  save  us  ;  we  will  not  ride  upon  horses  ;  neither 
will  W' e  say  any  more  to  the  work  of  our  hands,  Ye  are  our  gods  : 
for  in  thee  the  fatherless  findeth  mercy. 

4  TF  I  will  heal  their  backsliding,  I  will  love  them  freely  :  for  mine' 
anger  is  turned  away  from  him. 

5  I  will  be  as  the  dew  unto  Israel :  he  shall  grow  as  the  lily,  and 
cast  forth  his  roots  as  Lebanon. 

6  His  branches  shall  spread,  and  his  beauty  shall  be  as  the  olive- 
tree,  and  his  smell  as  Lebanon. 

7  They  that  dwell  under  his  shadow  shall  return,  they  shall  revive 
as  the  corn,  and  grow  as  the  vine  :  the  scent  thereof  shall  be  as  the 
wine  of  Lebanon. 

8  Ephraim  shall  say,  What  have  I  to  do  any  more  with  idols .'  I 
have  heard  hi?n,  and  observed  him  :  I  am  like  a  green  fir-tree  :  from 
me  is  thy  fruit  found. 

9  Who  is  wise,  and  he  shall  understand  these  things  ?  prudent, 
and  he  shall  know  them  ?  for  the  ways  of  the  Lord  are  right,  and 
the  just  shall  walk  in  them  :  but  the  transgressors  shall  fall  therein. 

B.  C.  721.  2  KINGS,  XVII. 

6  ^  In  the  ninth  year  of  Hoshea  the  king  of  Assyria  took  Samaria, 
and  carried  Israel  away  into  Assyria,  and  placed  them  in  Halah,  and 
in  Habor  by  the  river  of  Gozan,  and  in  the  cities  of  the  Medes. 

7  For  so  it  was,  that  the  children  of  Israel  had  sinned  against  the 
Lord   their   God,    which  had  brought  them  up  out  of  the  land  of 

*  Townsend,  725. 


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Israel  carried  captive.  131 

Egypt,  from  under  the  hand  of  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt,  and  had 
feared  other  gods, 

8  And  walked  in  the  statutes  of  the  heathen,  (whom  the  Lord 
cast  out  from  before  the  children  of  Israel,)  and  of  the  kings  of 
Israel,  which  they  had  made. 

9  And  the  children  of  Israel  did  secretly  those  things  that  were  not 
right  against  the  Lord  their  God,  and  they  built  them  high  places  in 
all  their  cities,  from  the  tower  of  the  watchmen  to  the  fenced  city. 

10  And  they  set  them  up  images  and  groves  in  every  high  hill, 
and  under  every  green  tree  : 

11  And  there  they  burnt  incense  in  all  the  high  places,  as  did  the 
heathen  whom  the  Lord  carried  away  before  them  ;  and  wrought 
wicked  things  to  provoke  the  Lord  to  anger. 

12  For  they  served  idols,  whereof  the  Lord  had  said  unto  them, 
Ye  shall  not  do  this  thing. 

13  Yet  the  Lord  testified  against  Israel,  and  against  Judah,  by  all 
the  prophets,  and  by  all  the  seers,  saying.  Turn  ye  from  your  evil 
ways,  and  keep  my  commandments  and  my  statutes,  according  to  all 
the  law  which  I  commanded  your  fathers,  and  which  I  sent  to  you 
by  my  servants  the  prophets. 

14  Notwithstanding  they  would  not  hear,  but  hardened  their  necks, 
like  to  the  neck  of  their  fathers,  that  did  not  believe  in  the  Lord 
their  God. 

15  And  they  rejected  his  statutes,  and  his  covenant  that  he  made 
with  their  fathers,  and  his  testimonies  which  he  testified  against 
them;  and  they  followed  vanity,  and  became  vain,  and  went  after 
the  heathen  that  were  round  about  them,  concerning  whom  the 
Lord  had  charged  them,  that  they  should  not  do  like  them. 

16  And  they  left  all  the  commandments  of  the  Lord  their  God, 
and  made  them  molten  images,  even  two  calves,  and  made  a  grove, 
and  worshipped  all  the  host  of  heaven,  and  served  Baal. 

17  And  they  caused  their  sons  and  their  daughters  to  pass  through 
the  fire,  and  used  divination  and  inchantments,  and  sold  themselves 
to  do  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  to  provoke  him  to  anger. 

18  Therefore  the  Lord  was  very  angry  with  Israel,  and  removed 
them  out  of  his  sight:  there  was  none  left  but  the  tribe  of  Judah 
only. 

19  Also  Judah  kept  not  the  commandments  of  the  Lord  their  God, 
but  walked  in  the  statutes  of  Israel  which  they  made. 

20  And  the  Lord  rejected  all  the  seed  of  Israel,  and  afflicted 
them,  and  delivered  them  into  the  hand  of  spoilers,  until  he  had  cast 
them  out  of  his  sight. 

21  For  he  rent  Israel  from  the  house  of  David ;  and  they  made 
Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat  king  :  and  Jeroboam  drave  Israel  from 
following  the  Lord,  and  made  them  sin  a  great  sin. 

22  For  the  childi-en  of  Israel  walked  in  all  the  sins  of  Jeroboam 
which  he  did ;  they  departed  not  from  them  ; 

23  Until  the  Lord  removed  Israel  out  of  his  sight,  as  he  had  said 
by  all  his  servants  the  prophets.  So  was  Israel  carried  away  out  of 
their  own  land  to  Assyria  unto  this  day. 

24  IT  And  the  king  of  Assyria  brought  men  from  Babylon,  and  from 
Cuthah,  and  from  Ava,  and  from  Hamath,  and  from  Sepharvaim,  and 


132  Israel  in  captivity. 

placed  them  in  the  cities  of  Samaria,  instead  of  the  children  of  Israel : 
and  they  possessed  Samaria,  and  dwelt  in  the  cities  thereof. 

25  And  so  it  was,  at  the  beginning  of  their  dwelling  there,  that 
they  feared  not  the  Lord  ;  therefore  the  Lord  sent  lions  among 
them,  which  slew  some  of  them. 

26  Wherefore  they  spake  to  the  king  of  Assyria,  saying.  The 
nations  which  thou  hast  removed,  and  placed  in  the  cities  of  Samaria, 
know  not  the  manner  of  the  God  of  the  land  :  therefore  he  hath  sent 
lions  among  them,  and  behold,  they  slay  them,  because  they  know 
not  the   manner  of  the  God  of  the  land. 

27  Then  the  king  of  Assyria  commanded,  saying.  Carry  thither 
one  of  the  priests  whom  ye  brought  from  thence,  and  let  them  go 
and  dwell  there,  and  let  him  teach  them  the  manner  of  the  God  of 
the  land. 

28  Then  one  of  the  priests,  whom  they  had  carried  away  from 
Samaria,  came  and  dwelt  in  Beth-el,  and  taught  them  how  they 
should  fear  the  Lord. 

29  Hcwbeit,  every  nation  made  gods  of  their  own,  and  put  them 
in  the  houses  of  the  high  places  which  the  Samaritans  had  made, 
every  nation  in  their  cities  wherein  they  dw'elt. 

30  And  the  men  of  Babylon  made  Succoth-benoth,  and  the  men  of 
Cuth  made  Neigal,  and  the  men  of  Haraath  made  Ashima, 

31  And  the  Avites  made  Nibhaz  and  Tartak,  and  the  Sepharvites 
burnt  their  children  in  fire  to  Adrammelech  and  Anammelech  the 
gods  of  Sepharvaim. 

32  So  tliey  feared  the  Lord,  and  made  unto  themselves  of  the 
lowest  of  (hem  priests  of  the  high  places,  which  sacriticed  for  them 
in  the  houses  of  the  high  places. 

S3  They  feared  the  Lord,  and  served  their  own  gods,  after  the 
manner  of  the  nations  whom  they  carried  away  from  thence. 

34  L'nto  this  day  they  do  after  the  former  manners:  they  fear  not 
the  Lord,  neither  do  they  after  their  statutes,  or  after  their  oi'di- 
nances,  or  after  the  law  and  commandment  which  the  Lord  com- 
manded the  children  of  Jacob,  whom  he  named  Israel : 

35  With  whom  the  Lord  had  made  a  covenant,  and  charged  them, 
saying.  Ye  shall  not  fear  other  gods,  nor  bow  yourselves  to  them,  nor 
serve  them,  nor  sacdnce  tothem  : 

36  But  the  Lord,  who  brought  you  up  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt 
with  great  power  and  a  stretched-out  arm,  him  shall  ye  fear  and  him 
shall  ye  worship,  and  to  him  shall  ye  do  sacrifice. 

37  And  the  statutes,  and  the  ordinances,  and  the  law,  and  the 
commandment,  which  he  wrote  for  you,  ye  shall  observe  to  do  for 
evermore  :  and  ye  shall  not  fear  other  gods. 

38  And  the  covenant  that  I  have  made  with  you  ye  shall  not  forget, 
neither  shall  ye  fear  other  gods. 

39  But  the  Lord  your  God  ye  shall  fear;  and  he  shall  deliver  you 
out  of  the  hand  of  all  your  enemies. 

40  Howbeit  they  did  not  hearken,  but  they  did  after  their  former 
manner. 

41  So  these  nations  feared  the  Lord,  and  served  their  graven 
images,  both  their  children  and  their  children's  children  :  as  did  their 
fathers,  so  do  they  unto  this  day. 


Joel  133 

JOEL,  I.  B.  C.  720  * 

Joel^  declaring  sundry  judgments  of  God,  exhort eth  to  observe  them, 
and  to  mourn:  he  prescribeth  a  fast  and  prayer. 

1  The  word  of  the  Lord  that  came  to  Joel,  the  son  of  Pethuel. 

2  Hear  this,  ye  old  men,  and  give  ear  all  ye  inhabitants  of  the 
land.  Hath  this  been  in  your  days,  or  even  in  the  days  of  your 
fathers  ? 

3  Tell  ye  your  children  of  it,  and  let  your  children  tell  their 
children,  and  their  children  another  generation  : 

4  That  which  the  palmer-worm  hath  left  hath  the  locust  eaten  ; 
and  that  which  the  locust  hath  left  hath  the  canker-worm  eaten ;  and 
that  which  the  canker-worm  hath  left  hath  the  caterpillar  eaten. 

5  Awake,  ye  drunkards,  and  weep ;  and  howl,  all  ye  drinkers  of 
wine,  because  of  the  new  wine  :  for  it  is  cut  off  from  your  mouth. 

6  For  a  nation  is  come  up  upon  my  land,  strong,  and  without 
number,  whose  teeth  are  the  teeth  of  a  lion,  and  he  hath  the  cheek- 
teeth of  a  great  lion. 

7  He  hath  laid  my  vine  waste,  and  barked  my  fig-tree  :  he  hath 
made  it  clean  bare,  and  cast  it  away  ;  the  branches  thereof  are  made 
white. 

8  IT  Lament  like  a  virgin  girded  with  sackcloth  for  the  husband  of 
her  youth. 

9  The  meat-offering  and  the  drink-offering  is  cut  off  from  the 
house  of  the  Lord  ;  the  priests,  the  Lord's  ministers,  mourn. 

10  The  field  is  wasted,  the  land  mourneth  ;  for  the  corn  is  wasted: 
the  new  wine  is  dried  up,  the  oil  languisheth. 

11  Be  ye  ashamed,  O  ye  husbandmen  ;  howl,  O  ye  vine-dressers, 
for  the  wheat  and  for  the  barley ;  because  the  hiy-vest  of  the  field  is 
perished. 

12  The  vine  is  dried  up,  and  the  fig-tree  languisheth  ;  the  pome- 
granite-tree,  the  palm-tree  also,  and  the  apple-tree,  even  all  the  trees 
of  the  field,  are  withered  :  because  joy  is  withered  away  from  the 
sons  of  men. 

13  Gird  yourselves  and  lament,  ye  priests  :  howl,  ye  ministers  of 
the  altar:  come  lie,  all  night  in  sackcloth,  ye  ministers  of  mj'^  God  : 
for  the  meat-offering  and  tlie  di  ink-offering  is  withholden  from  the 
house  of  your  God. 

14  ^  Sanctify  ye  a  fast,  call  a  solemn  assembly,  gather  the  elders, 
an/l  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  land,  into  the  house  of  the  Lord  your 
God,  and  cry  unto  the  Lord. 

15  Alas  for  the  day  !  for  the  day  of  the  Lord  is  at  hand,  and  as  a 
destruction  fiom  the  Almightj''  shall  it  come. 

16  Is  not  the  meat  cut  off  before  our  eyes,  yea,  joy  and  gladness 
from  the  house  of  our  God  ? 

17  The  seed  is  rotten  under  their  clods,  the  garners  are  laid 
desolate,  the  l>arns  are  broken  down  ;  for  the  corn  is  withered. 

*  Chronolojjori?  differ  consiilerabl^'  in  their  date  of  tliis  pro|)hecy.  In  tlie  date 
above  I  follow  Scott.  Jahn  dates  it  98  years  later,  tliat  is,  B.  C.  69-2;  whilst  others 
have  dated  it  as  early  as  B.C.  800:  but  all  a^ree  the  precise  date  is  uncertain. 
Townsend  dates  this  prophecy  B.  C.  787.  Thus  making  it  synchronise  with  Amos 
and  the  former  part  of  Hoaea. 

11* 


134  Joel 

IS  How  do  the  beasts  groan ;  the  herds  of  cattle  are  perplexed 
because  they  have  no  pasture  ;  yea,  the  flocks  of  sheep  are  made 
desolate. 

19  O  Lord,  to  thee  will  I  cry  :  for  the  fire  hath  devoured  the 
pastures  of  the  wilderness,  and  the  flame  hath  burned  all  the  trees  of 
the  field. 

20  The  beasts  of  the  field  cry  also  unto  thee :  for  the  rivers  of 
waters  are  dried  up,  and  the  fire  hath  devoured  the  pastures  of  the 
wilderness. 


The  terribleness  of  God's  judgments :  he  exhorteth  to  repentance^ 
prescribeth  a  fast,  and  promiseth  a  blessing  thereon. 

1  Blow  ye  the  trumpet  in  Zion,  and  sound  an  alarm  in  my  holy 
mountain  :  let  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  land  tremble  :  for  the  day  of 
the  Lord  cometh,  for  it  is  nigh  at  hand  ; 

2  A  day  of  darkness  and  of  gloominess,  a  day  of  clouds  ami  of  thick 
darkness,  as  the  moining  spread  upon  the  mountains :  a  great  people 
and  a  strong  ;  there  hath  not  been  ever  the  like,  neither  shall  be  any 
more  after  it,  even  to  the  years  of  many  generations. 

3  A  fire  devoureth  before  them  ;  and  behind  them  a  flame  burnetii : 
the  land  ts  as  the  garden  of  Eden  before  them,  and  behind  them  a 
desolate  wilderness  ;  yea,  and  nothing  shall  escape  them. 

4  The  appearance  of  them  is  as  the  appearance  of  horses;  and  as 
horsemen,  so  shall  they  run. 

5  Like  the  noise  of  chariots  on  the  tops  of  mountains  shall  they 
leap,  like  the  noise  of  a  flame  of  fire  that  devoureth  the  stubble,  as  a 
strong  pei)ple  set  in  battle  array. 

6  Before  their  face  the  people  shall  be  much  pained :  all  faces 
shall  gather  blackness. 

7  They  shall  run  like  mighty  men  ;  they  shall  climb  the  wall  like 
men  of  war  ;  and  they  shall  march  every  one  on  his  ways,  and  they 
shall  not  break  their  ranks: 

8  Neither  shall  one  thrust  another :  they  shall  walk  every  one  in 
his  path  :  and  ivhen  they  fall  upon  the  sword  they  shall  not  be 
Avounded. 

9  They  shall  run  to  and  fro  in  the  city  ;  they  shall  run  upon  the 
wall,  they  shall  climb  up  upon  the  houses  ;  they  shall  enter  in  at  the 
windows  like  a  thief. 

10  The  earth  shall  quake  before  them  ;  the  heavens  shall  tremble  : 
the  sun  and  the  moon  shall  be  dark,  and  the  stars  shall  withdraw  their 
shining : 

11  And  the  Lord  shall  utter  his  voice  before  his  army:  for  his 
camp  is  very  great :  for  he  is  strong  that  executeth  his  word  :  for  the 
day  of  the  Lord  is  great  and  very  terrible  ;  and  who  can  abide 
it? 

12  Therefore  also  now,  saith  the  Lord,  turn  ye  even  to  me  with  all 
your  heart,  and  with  fasting,  and  with  weeping,  and  with  mourn- 
ing: 

13  And  rend  your  heart,  and  not  your  garments,  and  turn  unto  the 
Lord  your  God  :  for  he  is  gracious  and  merciful,  slow  to  anger,  and 
of  great  kindness,  and  repenteth  him  of  the  evil. 


Joel  135 

14  "NATio  knoweth  if  he  will  return  and  repent,  and  leave  a 
blessing  behind  him  ;  even  a  meat-offering  and  a  drink-offering  unto 
the  Lord  your  God  ? 

15  IT  Blow  the  trumpet  in  Zion,  sanctify  a  fast,  call  a  solemn 
assembly  : 

16  Gather  the  people,  sanctify  the  congregation,  assemble  the 
elders,  gather  the  children,  and  those  that  suck  the  breasts  :  let  the 
bridegroom  go  forth  of  his  chamber,  and  the  bride  out  of  her  closet. 

17  Let  the  priests,  the  ministers  of  the  Lord,  weep  between  the 
porch  and  the  altar,  and  let  them  say.  Spare  thy  people,  O  Lord, 
and  give  not  thine  heritage  to  reproach,  that  the  heathen  should  rule 
over  them  :  wherefore  should  they  say  among  the  people,  Where  is 
their  God  ? 

18  IT  Then  will  the  Lord  be  jealous  for  his  land,  and  pity  his 
people. 

19  Yea,  the  Lord  will  answer  and  say  unto  his  people.  Behold,  I 
will  send  you  corn,  and  wine,  and  oil,  and  ye  shall  be  satisfied 
therewith  :  and  I  will  no  more  make  you  a  reproach  amono-  the 
heathen  : 

20  But  I  will  remove  far  of!" from  you  the  northern  army,  and  will 
drive  him  into  a  land  barren  and  desolate,  with  his  face  toward  the 
east  sea  ;  and  his  hinder  part  toward  the  utmost  sea,  and  his  stink 
shall  come  up,  and  his  ill  savor  shall  come  up,  because  he  hath  done 
great  things. 

21  IF  Fear  not,  O  land :  be  glad  and  rejoice :  for  the  Lord  will  do 
great  things. 

22  Be  not  afraid,  ye  beasts  of  the  field  :  for  the  pastures  of  the 
wilderness  do  spring,  for  the  tree  beareth  her  fruit,  the  fig-tree  and 
the  vine  do  yield  their  strength. 

23  Be  glad  then,  ye  children  of  Zion,  and  rejoice  in  the  Lord  your 
God  :  for  he  hath  given  you  the  former  rain  moderately,  and  he  will 
cause  to  come  down  for  you  the  rain,  the  former  rain,  and  the  latter 
rain  in  the  first  month. 

24  And  the  floors  shall  be  full  of  wheat,  and  the  fats  shall  overflow 
with  wine  and  oil. 

25  And  I  will  restore  to  you  the  years  that  the  locust  hath  eaten, 
the  canker-worm,  and  the  caterpillar,  and  the  palmer-worm,  my  great 
army  which  I  sent  among  you. 

26  And  ye  shall  eat  in  plenty,  and  be  satisfied,  and  praise  the  name 
of  the  Lord  your  God,  that  hath  dealt  wondrously  with  you  :  and 
my  people  shall  never  be  ashamed. 

27  And  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  in  the  midst  of  Israel,  and  that  I 
am  the  Lord  your  God,  and  none  else  :  and  my  people  shall  never 
be  ashamed. 

28  II  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  afterward,  that  I  will  pour  out  my 
spirit  upon  all  flesh ;  and  your  sons  and  your  daughters  shall 
prophesy,  your  old  men  shall  dream  dreams,  your  young  men  shall 
see  visions  : 

29  And  also  upon  the  servants  and  upon  the  handmaids  in  those 
days  will  I  pour  out  my  Spirit. 

30  And  I  will  shew  wonders  in  the  heavens  and  in  the  earth,  blood, 
and  fire,  and  pillars  of  smoke. 


130  Joel. 

31  The  sun  shall  be  turned  into  darkness,  and  the  moon  into  blood, 
before  the  g;reat  and  the  terrible  day  of  the  Lord  come. 

32  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  whosoever  shall  call  on  the 
name  of  the  Lord  shall  be  delivered  :  for  in  mount  Zion  and  in  Jeru- 
salem shall  be  deliverance,  as  the  Lord  hath  said,  and  in  the  remnant 
whom  the  Lord  shall  call. 

JOEL,    III. 

GoiVs  judgments  against  the  enemies  of  his  people :  his  blessing 
upon  the  church. 

1  For,  behold,  in  those  days,  and  in  that  time,  when  I  shall  bring 
again  the  captivity  of  Judah  and  Jerusalem, 

2  I  will  also  gather  all  nations,  and  will  bring  them  down  into  the 
valley  of  Jehoshaphat,  and  will  plead  with  them  there  for  my  people 
and  for  my  heritage  Israel,  whom  they  have  scattered  among  the 
nations,  and  parted  my  land. 

3  And  they  have  cast  lots  for  my  people  ;  and  have  given  a  boy 
for  an  harlot,  and  sold  a  girl  for  wine,  that  they  might  drink. 

4  Yea,  and  what  have  ye  to  do  with  me,  O  Tyre  and  Zidon,  and 
all  the  coasts  of  Palestine  ?  will  ye  render  me  a  recompense  ?  and  if 
ye  recompense  me,  swiftly  and  speedily  will  I  return  your  recom- 
pense upon  your  own  head  : 

5  Because  ye  have  taken  my  silver  and  my  gold,  and  have  carried 
into  your  temples  my  goodly  pleasant  things: 

6  The  children  also  of  Judah,  and  the  children  of  Jerusalem  have 
ye  sold  unto  the  Grecians,  that  ye  might  remove  them  far  from  their 
border. 

7  Behold,  I  will  raise  them  out  of  the  place  whither  ye  have  sold 
them,  and  will  return  your  recompense  upon  your  own  head  : 

8  And  I  will  sell  your  sons  and  your  daughters  into  the  hand  of  the 
children  of  Judah,  and  they  shall  sell  them  to  the  Sabeans,  to  a  people 
far  off:  for  the  Lord  hath  spoken  it. 

9  Proclaim  ye  this  among  the  Gentiles;  prepare  war,  wake  up 
the  mighty  men,  let  all  the  men  of  war  draw  near ;  let  them  come 
up: 

10  Beat  your  plowshares  into  swords,  and  your  pruninghooks  into 
spears  :  let  the  weak  say,  I  am  strong. 

11  Assemble  yourselves,  and  come,  all  ye  heathen,  and  gather 
yourselves  together  round  about :  thither  cause  thy  mighty  ones  to 
come  down,  O  Lord. 

12  Let  the  heathen  be  wakened,  and  come^  up  to  the  valley  of 
Jehoshaphat;  for  there  will  I  sit  to  judge  all  the  heathen  round 
about. 

13  Put  ye  in  the  sickle,  for  the  harvest  is  ripe  :  come  get  you 
down ;  forthe  press  is  full,  the  fats  overflow  ;  for  their  wickedness 
is  great. 

14  Multitudes,  multitudes  in  the  valley  of  decision  :  for  the  day  of 
the  Lord  is  near  in  the  valley  of  decision. 

15  The  sun  and  the  moon  shall  be  darkened,  and  the  stars  shall 
withdraw  their  shining. 

16  The  Lord  also  shall  roar  out  of  Zion,  and  utter  his  voice  from 


Joel.     Isaiah.  137 

Jerusalem  ;  and  the  heavens  and  the  earth  shall  shake  :  but  the 
Lord  icill  be  the  hope  of  his  people,  and  the  strength  of  the  children 
of  Israel. 

17  So  shall  ye  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  your  God  dwelling  in 
Zion,  my  holy  mountain:  then  shall  Jerusalem  be  holy,  and  there 
shall  no  strangers  pass  through  her  any  more. 

18  11  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  the  mountains  shall 
drop  down  new  wine,  and  the  hills  shall  flow  with  milk,  and  all  the 
rivers  of  Judah  shall  flow  with  waters,  and  a  fountain  shall  come 
forth  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  shall  water  the  valley  of 
Shittim. 

19  Egypt  shall  be  a  desolation,  and  Edom  shall  be  a  desolate 
wilderness,  for  the  violence  against  the  children  of  Judah,  because 
they  have  shed  innocent  blood  in  their  land, 

20  But  Judah  shall  dwell  for  ever,  and  Jerusalem  from  generation 
to  generation. 

21  For  J  will  cleanse  their  blood  that  I  have  not  cleansed  :  for  the 
Lord  dvvelleth  in  Zion. 

ISAIAH,    XXX. 

The  jyeojjJe  threatened  for  their  confidence  in  Egypt,  and  contempt 
of  God's  word. 

1  Woe  to  the  rebellious  children,  saith  the  Lord,  that  take  counsel, 
but  not  of  me  ;  and  that  cover  with  a  covering,  but  not  of  my  Spirit, 
that  they  may  add  sin  to  sin  : 

2  That  walk  to  go  down  into  Egypt,  and  have  not  asked  at  my 
mouth  ;  to  strengthen  themselves  in  the  strength  of  Pharaoh,  and  to 
ti'ust  in  the  shadow  of  Egypt ! 

3  Therefore  shall  the  strength  of  Pharaoh  be  your  shame,  and  the 
trust  in  the  shadow  of  Egypt  your  confusion. 

4  For  his  princes  were  at  Zoan,  and  his  ambassadors  came  to 
Hanes. 

5'  They  were  all  ashamed  of  a  people,  that  could  not  profit  them, 
nor  be  an  help  nor  profit,  but  a  shame,  and  also  a  reproach. 

6  The  burden  of  the  beasts  of  the  south  :  into  the  land  of  trouble 
and  anguish,  from  whence  come  the  young  and  old  lion,  the  viper, 
and  fiery  flying  serpent,  they  will  carry  their  riches  upon  the 
shoulders  of  young  asses,  and  their  treasures  upon  the  bunches  of 
camels,  to  a  people  that  shall  not  profit  them, 

7  For  the  Egyptians  shall  help  in  vain,  and  to  no  purpose  :  there- 
fore have  I  cried  concerning  this.  Their  strength  is  to  sit  still. 

8  1[  Now  go,  write  it  before  them  in  a  table,  and  note  it  in  a  book, 
that  it  may  be  for  the  time  to  come  for  ever  and  ever; 

9  That  this  is  a  rebellious  people,  lying  children,  children  that 
will  not  hear  the  law  of  the  Lord  : 

10  Which  say  to  the  seers.  See  not ;  and  to  the  prophets.  Prophesy 
not  unto  us  right  things ;  speak  unto  us  smooth  things,  prophesy 
deceits  : 

11  Get  ye  out  of  the  way,  turn  aside  out  of  the  path,  cause  the 
holy  One  of  Israel  to  cease  from  before  us. 

12  Wherefore,  thus   saith  the  holy  One  of  Israel,  Because  ye 


138  Isaiah. 

despise  this  word,  and  trust  in  oppression  and  perverseness,  and  stay- 
thereon  : 

13  Therefore  this  iniquity  shall  be  to  you  as  a  breach  ready  to  fall, 
swelling  out  in  a  high  wall,  whose  breaking  cometh  suddenly  at  an 
instant. 

14  And  he  shall  break  it  as  the  breaking  of  the  potter's  vessel  that 
is  broken  in  pieces  ;  he  shall  not  spare  :  so  that  there  shall  not  be 
found  in  the  bursting  of  it  a  sherd  to  take  fire  from  the  hearth,  or  to 
take  water  withal  out  of  the  pit. 

15  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  the  holy  One  of  Israel,  In 
returning  and  rest  shall  ye  be  saved  ;  in  quietness  and  in  confidence 
shall  be  your  strength  ;  and  ye  would  not. 

16  But  ye  said,  No  ;  for  we  will  flee  upon  horses  ;  therefore  shall 
ye  flee  :  and,  We  will  ride  upon  the  swift;  therefore  shall  they  that 
pursue  you  be  swift. 

17  One  thousand  shall  flee  at  the  rebuke  of  one ;  at  the  rebuke  of 
five  shall  ye  flee;  till  ye  be  left  as  a  beacon  upon  the  top  of  a  moun- 
tain, and  as  an  ensign  on  an  hill. 

18  H  And  therefore  will  the  Lord  wait,  that  he  may  be  gracious 
unto  3'ou  ;  and  therefore  will  he  be  exalted,  that  he  may  have  mercy 
upon  you  :  for  the  Lord  is  a  God  of  judgment:  blessed  are  all  they 
that  wait  for  him. 

19  For  the  people  shall  dwell  in  Zion  at  Jerusalem ;  thou  shalt 
weep  no  more  :  he  will  be  very  gracious  unto  thee  at  the  voice  of 
thy  cry  ;  when  he  shall  hear  it,  he  will  answer  thee. 

20  And  thousrJi  the  Lord  give  you  the  bread  of  adversity,  and  the 
water  of  affliction,  yet  shah  sot  thy  teachers  be  removed  into  a 
corner  any  more,  but  thine  eyes  shall  see  thy  teachers  : 

21  And  thine  ears  shall  hear  a  word  behind  thee,  saying,  This  is 
the  waj^  walk  ye  in  it,  when  ye  turn  to  the  right  hand,  and  when  ye 
turn  to  the  left. 

22  Ye  shall  defile  also  the  covering  of  thy  graven  images  of  silver, 
and  the  ornament  of  thy  molten  images  of  gold  :  thou  shalt  cast 
them  away  as  a  menstruous  cloth  ;  thou  shalt  say  unto  it,  Get  thee 
hence. 

23  Then  shall  he  give  the  rain  of  thy  seed,  that  thou  shalt  sow 
the  ground  withal ;  and  bread  of  the  increase  of  the  earth,  and  it 
shall  be  fat  and  plenteous  :  in  that  day  shall  thy  cattle  feed  in  large 
pastures. 

24  The  oxen  likewise  and  the  young  asses  that  ear  the  ground  shall 
eat  clean  provender,  which  hath  been  winnowed  with  the  shovel  and 
with  the  f^n. 

25  And  there  shall  be  upon  every  high  mountain,  and  upon  every 
high  hill,  rivers  and  streams  of  waters  in  the  day  of  the  great 
slaughter,  when  the  towers  fall. 

26  Moreover,  the  light  of  the  moon  shall  be  as  the  light  of  the  sun, 
and  the  light  of  the  sun  shall  be  sevenfold,  as  the  light  of  seven  days, 
in  the  day  that  the  Lord  bindeth  up  the  breach  of  his  people,  and 
healeth  the  stroke  of  their  wound. 

27  11  Behold,  (he  name  of  the  Lord  cometh  from  far,  burning  loith 
his  anger,  and  the  burden  thereof  is  heavy:  his  lips  are  full  of  indig- 
nation, and  his  tongvie  as  a  devouring  fire : 

28  And  his  breath,  as  an  overflowing  stream,  shall  reach  to  the 


Isaiah.  139 

midst  of  the  neck,  to  sift  the  nations  with  the  sieve  of  vanity  :  and 
there  shall  be  a  bridle  in  the  jaws  of  the  people,  causing  them  to 
err. 

29  Ye  shall  have  a  song,  as  in  the  night  ivhen  a  holy  solemnity  is 
kept ;  and  gladness  of  heart,  as  when  one  goeth  with  a  pipe  to  come 
into  the  mountain  of  the  Lord,  to  the  mighty  One  of  Israel. 

30  And  the  Lord  shall  cause  his  glorious  voice  to  be  heard,  and 
shall  shew  the  lighting  down  of  his  arm,  with  the  indignation  of  his 
anger,  and  with  the  flame  of  a  devouring  fire,  with  scattering,  and 
tempest,  and  hailstones. 

31  For  through  the  voice  of  the  Lord  shall  the  Assyrian  be  beaten 
down,  which  smote  with  a  rod. 

32  And  in  every  place  where  the  grounded  staff  shall  pass,  which 
the  Lord  shall  lay  upon  him,  it  shall  be  with  tabrets  and  harps,  and 
in  battles  of  shaking  will  he  fight  with  it. 

33  For  Tophet  is  ordained  of  old  ;  yea,  for  the  king  it  is  prepared  ; 
he  hath  made  it  deep  and  large  :  the  pile  thereof  is  fire  and  much 
wood  ;  the  breath  of  the  Lord,  like  a  stream  of  brimstone,  doth  kindle 
it. 

ISAIAH,    XXXI. 

The  prophet  sheweth  the  cursed  folly  in  trusting  to  Egypt,  and 
forsaking  God. 

1  Woe  to  them  that  go  down  to  Egypt  for  help  ;  and  stay  on 
horses,  and  trust  in  chariots,  because  they  are  many  ;  and  in  horse- 
men, because  they  are  very  strong ;  but  they  look  not  unto  the  Holy 
One  of  Israel,  neither  seek  the  Lord  ! 

2  Yet  he  also  is  wise,  and  will  bring  evil  and  will  not  call  back  his 
words  :  but  will  arise  against  the  house  of  the  evil  doers,  and  against 
the  help  of  them  that  work  iniquity. 

3  Now  the  Egyptians  are  men,  and  not  God  :  and  their  horses  flesh, 
and  not  spirit.  VV'hen  the  Lord  shall  stretch  out  his  hand,  both  he 
that  helpeth  shall  fall,  and  he  that  is  holpen  shall  fall  down,  and  they 
all  shall  fall  together. 

4  For  thus  hath  the  Lord  spoken  unto  me.  Like  as  the  lion  and 
the  young  lion  roaring  on  his  prey,  when  a  multitude  of  shepherds  is 
called  forth  against  him,  he  will  not  be  afraid  of  their  voice,  nor 
abase  himself  for  the  noise  of  them  :  so  shall  the  Lord  of  hosts  come 
down  to  fight  for  mount  Zion,  and  for  the  hill  thereof. 

5  As  birds  flying,  so  will  the  Lord  of  hosts  defend  Jerusalem ; 
defending  also  he  will  deliver  it ;  and  passing  over  he  will  preserve 
it. 

6  IT  Turn  ye  unto  hi?n  from  whom  the  children  of  Israel  have 
deeply  revolted. 

7  For  in  that  day  every  man  shall  cast  away  his  idols  of  silver,  and 
his  idols  of  gold,  which  your  own  hands  have  made  unto  you  for  a 
sin. 

8  H  Then  shall  the  Assyrian  fall  with  the  sword,  not  of  a  mighty 
man  ;  and  the  sword,  not  of  a  mean  man,  shall  devour  him  :  but  he 
shall  flee  from  the  sword,  and  his  young  men  shall  be  discom- 
fited. 


140  Isaiah. 

9  And  he  shall  pass  over  to  his  strong  hold  for  fear,  and  his  princes 
shall  be  afraid  of  the  ensign,  saith  the  Lord,  whose  fire  is  in  Zion, 
and  his  furnace  in  Jerusalem. 

ISAIAH,  XXXIV. 

The  judgments  wherewith  God  avengeth  his  church.     The  certainty 
of  the  prophecy. 

1  Come  near,  ye  nations,  to  hear  ;  and  hearken,  ye  people ;  let  the 
earth  hear,  and  all  that  is  therein  ;  the  world,  and  all  things  that 
come  forth  of  it. 

2  For  the  indignation  of  the  Lord  is  upon  all  nations,  and  his  fury 
upon  all  their  armies  :  he  hath  utterly  destroyed  them,  he  hath 
delivered  them  to  the  slaughter. 

3  Their  slain  also  shall  be  cast  out,  and  their  stink  shall  come  up 
out  of  their  carcasses,  and  the  mountains  shall  be  melted  with  their 
blood, 

4  And  all  the  host  of  heaven  shall  be  dissolved,  and  the  heavens 
shall  be  rolled  together  as  a  scroll :  and  all  their  host  shall  fall  down, 
as  the  leaf  falleth  off  from  the  vine,  and  as  a  falling ^ig-  from  the  fig- 
tree. 

5  For  my  sword  shall  be  bathed  in  heaven  :  behold,  it  shall  come 
down  upon  Idumea,  and  upon  the  people  of  my  curse,  to  judgment. 

6  The  sword  of  the  Lord  is  filled  with  blood  ;  it  is  made  fat  with 
fatness,  and  with  the  blood  of  lambs  and  goats,  with  the  fat  of  the 
kidneys  of  rams  :  for  the  Lord  hath  a  sacrifice  in  Bozrah,  and  a  great 
slaughter  in  the  land  of  Idumea. 

7  And  the  unicorn  shall  come  down  with  them,  and  the  bullocks 
with  the  bulls ;  and  their  land  shall  be  soaked  with  blood,  and  their 
dust  made  fat  with  fatness. 

8  For  it  is  the  day  of  the  Lord's  vengeance,  and  the  year  of 
recompenses  for  the  controversy  of  Zion. 

9  And  the  streams  thereof  shall  be  turned  into  pitch,  and  the  dust 
thereof  into  brimstone,  and  the  land  thereof  shall  become  burning 
pitch. 

10  It  shall  not  be  quenched  night  nor  day;  the  smoke  thereof 
shall  go  up  for  ever  :  from  generation  to  generation  it  shall  lie  waste  ; 
none  shall  pass  through  it  for  ever  and  ever  : 

11  But  the  cormorant  and  the  bittern  shall  possess  it ;  the  owl  also 
and  the  raven  shall  dwell  in  it :  and  he  shall  stretch  out  upofl  it  the 
line  of  confusion,  and  the  stones  of  emptiness. 

12  They  shall  call  the  nobles  thereof  to  the  kingdom,  but  none 
shall  be  there,  and  all  her  princes  shall  be  nothing. 

13  And  thorns  shall  come  up  in  her  palaces,  nettles  and  brambles 
in  the  fortresses  thereof;  and  it  shall  be  an  habitation  of  dragons,  and 
a  court  for  owls. 

14  The  wild  beasts  of  the  desert  shall  also  meet  with  the  wild 
beasts  of  the  island,  and  the  satyr  shall  cry  to  his  fellow ;  the 
screech-owl  also  shall  rest  there,  and  find  for  herself  a  place 
of  rest. 

15  There  shall  the  great  owl  make  her  nest,  and  lay,  and  hatch, 
and  gather  under  her  shadow ;  there  shall  the  vultures  also  be 
gathered,  every  one  with  her  mate  ; 


Isaiah.     Micah.  141 

16  IT  Seek  ye  out  of  the  book  of  the  Lord,  and  read  ;  no  one  of 
these  shall  fail,  none  shall  want  her  mate  :  for  my  mouth  it  hath 
commanded,  and  his  spirit  it  hath  gathered  them. 

17  And  he  hath  cast  the  lot  for  them,  and  his  hand  hath  divided  it 
unto  them  by  line  :  they  shall  possess  it  for  ever,  from  generation  to 
generation  shall  they  dwell  therein. 

ISAIAH,    XXXV. 

The  joyful  flourishing  of  Chrisfs  kingdom.     The  weak  are  en- 
couraged by  the  virtues  and  privileges  of  the  gospel. 

1  The  wilderness,  and  the  solitary  place,  shall  be  glad  for  them  ; 
and  the  desert  shall  rejoice,  and  blossom  as  the  rose. 

2  It  shall  blossom  abundantly,  and  rejoice  even  with  joy  and  sing- 
ing ;  the  glory  of  Lebanon  shall  be  given  unto  it,  the  excellency  of 
Carmel  and  Sharon ;  they  shall  see  the  glory  of  the  Lord,  and  the 
excellency  of  our  God. 

3  IT  Strengthen  ye  the  weak  hands,  and  confirm  the  feeble 
knees. 

4  Say  to  them  that  are  of  a  fearful  heart.  Be  strong,  fear  not ; 
behold,  your  God  will  come  with  vengeance,  even  God  with  a  recom- 
pense ;  he  will  come  and  save  you. 

5  Then  the  eyes  of  the  blind  shall  be  opened,  and  the  ears  of  the 
deaf  shall  be  unstopped  : 

6  Then  shall  the  lame  man  leap  as  an  hart,  and  the  tongue  of  the 
dumb  sing :  for  in  the  wilderness  shall  waters  break  out,  and  streams 
in  the  desert. 

7  And  the  parched  ground  shall  become  a  pool,  and  the  thirsty 
land  springs  of  water  :  in  the  habitation  of  dragons,  wliere  each  lay, 
shall  be  grass,  with  reeds  and  rushes. 

8  And  an  highway  shall  be  there,  and  a  way,  and  it  shall  be 
called.  The  way  of  holiness  ;  the  unclean  shall  not  pass  over  it ;  but 
it  shall  be  for  those  :  the  way-faring  men,  though  fool-,  shall  not  err 
therein. 

9  No  lion  shall  be  there,  nor  any  ravenous  beast  shall  go  up  thereon, 
it  shall  not  be  found  there:  but  the  redeemed  shall  walk  there. 

10  And  the  ransomed  of  the  Lord  shall  return,  and  come  to  Zion 
with  songs,  and  everlasting  joy  upon  their  heads :  they  shall  obtain  joy 
and  gladness,  and  sorrow  and  sighing  shall  flee  away. 

MICAH,    V. 

The  birth  of  Christ :  his  kingdom :  his  conquest. 

1  Now  gather  thyself  in  troops,  0  daughter  of  troops  :  he  hath  laid 
siege  against  us  ;  they  shall  smite  the  judge  of  Israel  with  a  rod  upon 
the  cheek. 

2  But  thou,  Beth-lehem,  Ephratah,  though  thou  be  little  among 
the  thousands  of  Judah,  yet  out  of  thee  shall  he  come  forth  unto  me 
that  is  to  be  ruler  in  Israel ;  whose  goings  forth  have  been  from  of 
old,  from  everlasting. 

3  Therefore  will  he  give  them  up,  until  the  time  that  she  which 
travaileth  hath  brought  forth  ;  then  the  remnant  of  his  brethren  shall 
return  unto  the  children  of  Israel. 

12 


142  Micah.     Isaiah. 

4  IT  And  he  shall  stand  and  feed  in  the  strength  of  the  Lord,  in 
the  majesty  of  the  name  of  the  Lord  his  God;  and  they  shall  abide  : 
for  now  shall  he  be  great  unto  the  ends  of  the  earth, 

5  And  this  man  shall  be  the  peace,  when  the  Assyrian  shall  come 
into  our  land  ;  and,  when  he  shall  tread  in  our  palaces,  then  shall  we 
raise  against  him  seven  shepherds,  and  eight  principal  men. 

6  And  they  shall  waste  the  land  of  Assyria  with  the  sword,  and  the 
land  of  Nim  rod  in  the  entrances  thereof:  thus  shall  he  deliver  us 
from  the  Assyrian,  when  he  cometh  into  our  land,  and  when  he 
treadeth  within  our  borders. 

7  And  the  remnant  of  Jacob  shall  be  in  the  midst  of  many  people, 
as  a  dew  from  the  Lord,  as  the  showers  upon  the  grass,  that  tarrieth 
not  for  man,  nor  waiteth  for  the  sons  of  men. 

8  *\\  And  the  remnant  of  Jacob  shall  be  among  the  Gentiles  in  the 
midst  of  many  people,  as  a  lion  among  the  beasts  of  the  forest,  as 
a  young  lion  among  the  flocks  of  sh&ep  ;  who,  if  he  go  through, 
both  treadeth  down  and  teareth  in  pieces,  and  none  can  deliver. 

9  Thine  hand  shall  be  lifted  up  upon  thine  adversaries,  and  all 
thine  enemies  shall  be  cut  off. 

10  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  saith  the  Lord,  that  I  will 
cut  off  thy  horses  out  of  the  midst  of  thee,  and  I  will  destroy  thy 
chariots  : 

11  And  I  will  cut  offlhe  cities  of  thy  land,  and  throw  down  all  thy 
strong  holds : 

12  And  I  will  cut  off  witchcrafts  out  of  thine  hand  ;  and  thou  shall 
have  no  more  soothsayers  : 

13  Thy  graven  images  also  will  I  cut  off,  and  thy  standing  images, 
out  of  the  midst  of  thee  ;  and  thou  shalt  no  more  worship  the  work  of 
thine  hands. 

14  And  I  will  pluck  up  thy  groves,  out  of  tlie  mit'st  of  thee  :  so 
will  I  destroy  thy  cities. 

15  And  I  will  execute  vengeance  in  anger  and  fury  upon  the 
heathen,  such  as  they  have  not  heard. 

^.  C.  718  *  ISAIAH,    XXTI. 

The  invasion  of  Jewry  by  the  Persians :    their  hiiraan    wisdom 
reproved. 

1  The  burden  of  the  valley  of  vision.  "What  aileth  thee  now,  that 
thou  art  wholly  gone  up  to  the  house-tops  .' 

2  Thou  that  art  full  of  stirs,  a  tumultuous  city,  a  joyous  city  :  thy 
slain  ???eri  are  not  slain  with  the  sword,  nor  dead  in  battle. 

3  All  thy  rulers  are  fled  together,,  they  are  bound  by  the  archers  : 
all  that  are  found  in  thee  are  bound  together  ivhich  have  fled  from 
far. 

4  Therefore  said  I,  Look  away  from  me  :  I  will  weep  bitterly, 
labor  not  to  comfort  me,  because  of  the  spoiling  of  the  daughter  of  my 
people. 

5  For  it  is  a  day  of  trouble,  and  of  treading  down,  and  of  perplexity 
by  the  Lord  God  of  hosts  in  the  valley  of  vision,  breaking  down  the 
walls,  and  of  crying  to  the  mountains. 

*  Toxrnsend,  715. 


Isaiah.  143 

6  And  Elam  bare  the  quiver  with  chariots  of  men  and  horsemen, 
and  Kir  uncovered  the  shield. 

7  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  thy  choicest  valleys  shall  be^ull 
of  chariots,  and  the  horsemen  shall  set  themselves  in  array  at  the 
gate. 

8  IT  And  he  discovered  the  covering  of  Judah,  and  thou  didst  look 
in  that  day  to  the  armor  of  the  house  of  the  forest. 

9  Ye  have  seen  also  the  breaches  of  the  city  of  David,  that  they 
are  many  :  and  ye  gathered  together  the  waters  of  the  lower  pool. 

10  And  ye  have  numbered  the  houses  of  Jerusalem,  and  the 
houses  have  ye  broken  down  to  fortify  the  wall. 

11  Ye  made  also  a  ditch  between  the  two  walls  for  the  water  of 
the  old  pool :  but  ye  have  not  looked  unto  the  maker  thereof,  neither 
had  respect  unto  him  that  fashioned  it  long  ago. 

12  And  in  that  day  did  the  Lord  God  of  hosts  call  to  weeping,  and 
to  mourning,  and  to  baldness,  and  to  girding  with  sackcloth  : 

13  And  behold  joy  and  gladness,  slaying  oxen,  and  killing  sheep, 
eating  flesh,  and  drinking  wine  :  let  us  eat  and  drink  ;  for  to-morrow 
we  shall  die. 

14  And  it  was  revealed  in  mine  ears  by  the  Lord  of  hosts,  Surely 
this  iniquity  shall  not  be  purged  from  you  till  ye  die,  saith  the  Lord 
God  of  hosts, 

15  *  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  hosts,  Go,  get  thee  unto  this 
treasurer,  even  unto  Shebna,  which  is  over  the  house,  and  say, 

16  What  hast  thou  here  ?  and  whom  hast  thou  here,  that  thou 
hast  hewed  thee  out  a  sepulchre  here,  as  he  that  heweth  hiin  out  a 
sepulchre  on  high,  and  that  graveth  an  habitation  for  himself  in  a 
rock  ? 

17  Behold,  the  Lord  will  carry  thee  away  with  a  mighty  captivity, 
and  will  surely  cover  thee. 

18  He  will  surely  violently  turn  and  toss  thee  like  a  ball  into  a 
large  country  :  there  shalt  thou  die,  and  there  the  chariots  of  thy 
glory  shall  he  the  shame  of  thy  lord's  house. 

19  And  I  will  drive  thee  from  thy  station,  and  from  thy  state  shall 
he  pull  thee  down. 

20  H  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  I  will  call  my 
servant  Eliakim  the  son  of  Hilkiah  : 

21  And  I  will  clothe  him  with  thy  robe,  and  strengthen  him  with 
thy  girdle,  and  I  will  commit  thy  government  into  his  hand  :  and  he 
shall  be  a  father  to  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  and  to  the  house  of 
Judah. 

22  And  the  key  of  the  house  of  David  will  I  lay  upon  his  shoulder ; 
so  he  shall  open,  and  none  shall  shut ;  and  he  shall  shut,  and  none 
shall  open. 

2.3  And  I  will  fasten  him  as  a  nail  in  a  sure  place  ;  and  he  shall  be 
for  a  glorious  throne  to  his  father's  house. 

24  And  they  shall  hang  upon  him  all  the  glory  of  his  father's 
house,  the  offspring  and  the  issue,  all  vessels  of  small  quantity,  from 
the  vessels  of  cups,  even  to  all  the  vessels  of  flagons. 

*  B.  C.  713.  Townsend,  698.  He  places  this  at  the  end  of  the  prophecies  of 
Isaiah.  He  supposes  Shebna  was  put  into  office  by  Manasseh  and  was  the  prin- 
cipal agent  in  restoring  idolatry,  which  Hezekiah  had  put  down  ;  and  that  by  this 
reproof  he  was  so  enraged  as  to  procure  tbe  death  of  the  propiiet. 


144  Isaiah. 

25  In  that  day,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  shall  the  nail  that  is  fas- 
tened in  the  sure  place  be  removed  and  be  cut  down  and  fall ;  and 
the  burden  that  was  upon  it  shall  be  cut  off:  for  the  Lord  hath 
spoken  it. 

ISAIAH,  XXIII. 

The  miserable  ovei-fhroiv  of  Tyre  :  her  return  and  whoredoms. 

1  The  burden  of  Tyre.  Howl  ye  ships  of  Tarshish  ;  for  it  is  laid 
waste,  so  that  there  is  no  house,  no  entering  in  :  from  the  land  of 
Chittim  it  is  revealed  to  them. 

2  Be  still,  ye  inhabitants  of  the  isle  :  thou  whom  the  merchants  of 
Zidon,  that  pass  over  the  sea,  have  replenished. 

3  And  by  great  waters  the  seed  of  Sihor,  the  harvest  of  the  river, 
is  her  revenue  ;  and  she  is  a  mart  of  nations. 

4  Be  thou  ashamed,  O  Zidon  :  for  the  sea  hath  spoken,  even  the 
strength  of  the  sea,  saying,  I  travail  not,  nor  bring  forth  children, 
neither  do  I  nourish  up  young  men,  nor  bring  up  virgins. 

5  As  at  the  report  concerning  Egypt,  so  shall  they  be  sorely 
pained  at  the  report  of  Tyre. 

6  Pass  ye  over  to  Tarshish  ;  howl  ye  inhabitants  of  the.isle. 

7  Is  this  your  joyous  city,  whose  antiquity  is  of  ancient  days  ? 
her  own  feet  shall  carry  her  afar  off  to  sojourn. 

8  Vv'ho  hath  taken  this  counsel  against  Tyre,  the  crowning  city, 
whose  merchants  are  princes,  whose  traffickers  are  the  honorable  of 
the  earth  .' 

9  The  Lord  of  hosts  hath  purposed  it,  to  stain  the  pride  of  all 
glory,  ond  to  bring  into  contempt  all  the  honorable  of  the  earth. 

10  Pass  through  thy  land  as  a  river,  O  daughter  of  Tarshish  : 
there  is  no  more  strength. 

11  He  stretched  out  his  hand  over  the  sea,  he  shook  the  kingdoms : 
the  Lord  hath  given  a  commandment  against  the  merchant  city,  to 
destroy  the  strong  holds  thereof, 

12  And  he  said.  Thou  shalt  no  more  rejoice,  O  thou  oppressed 
virgin,  daughter  of  Zidon :  arise,  pass  over  to  Chittim ;  there  also 
shalt  thou  have  no  rest. 

13  Behold  the  land  of  the  Chaldeans;  this  people  was  not,  till  the 
Assyrian  founded  it  for  them  that  dwell  in  the  wilderness  :  they  setup 
the  towers  thereof,  they  raised  up  the  palaces  thereof;  and  he  brought 
it  to  ruin. 

14  Howl,  ye  ships  of  Tarshish  :  for  your  strength  is  laid  waste. 

15  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  Tyre  shall  be  forgotten 
seventy  yevirs,  according  to  the  days  of  one  king :  after  the  end  of 
seventy  years  shall  Tyre  sing  as  an  harlot. 

16  Take  an  harp,  go  about  the  city,  thou  harlot  that  hast  been 
forgotten  ;  make  sweet  melody,  sing  many  songs,  that  thou  mayest  be 
remembered. 

17  li  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  after  the  end  of  seventy  years,  that 
the  Lord  will  visit  Tyre,  and  she  shall  turn  to  her  hire,  and  shall 
commit  fornication  with  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  world  upon  the  face 
of  the  earth. 

18  And  her  merchandise  and  her  hire  shall  be  holiness  to  the 
Lord  :  it  shall  not  be  treasured  nor  laid  up  ;    for  her  merchandise 


Isaiah.  145 

shall  be  for  them  that  dwell  before  the  Lord,  to  eat  sufficiently,  and 
for  durable  clothing. 

ISAIAH,  XXIV. 

God's  judgment  upon  the  land.    A  remnant  shall  joyfully  praise 
him. 

1  Behold,  the  Lord  maketh  the  earth  empty,  and  maketh  it  waste, 
and  turneth  it  upside  down,  and  scattereth  abroad  the  inhabitants 
thereof. 

2  And  it  shall  be,  as  with  the  people,  so  with  the  priest ;  as  with 
the  servant,  so  with  his  master  ;  as  with  the  maid,  so  with  her  mis- 
tress ;  as  with  the  buyer,  so  with  the  seller ;  as  with  the  lender,  so 
with  the  borrower ;  as  with  the  taker  of  usury,  so  with  the  giver  of 
usury  to  him. 

3  The  land  shall  be  utterly  emptied,  and  utterly  spoiled :  for  the 
Lord  hath  spoken  this  word. 

4  The  earth  mourneth  and  fadeth  aw^ay ;  the  world  languisheth 
and  fadeth  away,  the  haughty  people  of  the  earth  do  languish. 

5  The  earth  also  is  defiled  under  the  inhabitants  thereof;  because 
they  have  transgressed  the  laws,  changed  the  ordinance,  broken  the 
everlasting  covenant. 

6  Therefore  hath  the  curse  devoured  the  earth,  and  they  that 
dwell  therein  are  desolate  :  therefore  the  inhabitants  of  the  earth  are 
burned,  and  few  men  left. 

7  The  new  wine  mourneth,  the  vine  languisheth,  all  the  merry- 
hearted  do  sigh. 

8  The  mirth  of  tabrets  ceaseth,  the  noise  of  them  that  rejoice 
endeth,  the  joy  of  the  harp  ceaseth. 

9  They  shall  not  drink  wine  with  a  song  ;  strong  drink  shall  be 
bitter  to  them  that  drink  it. 

10  The  city  of  confusion  is  broken  down  :  every  house  is  shut  up, 
that  no  man  may  come  in. 

11  There  is  a  crying  for  wine  in  the  streets  :  all  joy  is  darkened, 
the  mirth  of  the  land  is  gone. 

12  In  the  city  is  left  desolation,  and  the  gate  is  smitten  with  destruc- 
tion. 

13  IT  When  thus  it  shall  be  in  the  midst  of  the  land  among  the 
people,  there  shall  be  as  the  shaking  of  an  olive  tree,  and  as  the 
gleaning  grapv^s  when  the  vintage  is  done. 

14  They  shall  lift  up  their  voice,  they  shall  sing  for  the  majesty  of 
the  Lord,  they  shall  cry  aloud  from  the  sea. 

15  Wherefore  glorify  ye  the  Lord  in  the  fires,  even  the  name  of 
the  Lord  God  of  Israel  in  the  isles  of  the  sea. 

16  TI  From  the  uttermost  pai  t  of  the  earth  have  we  heard  songs, 
even  glory  to  the  righteous.  But  I  said,  My  leanness,  my  leanness, 
woe  unto  me  !  the  treacherous  dealers  have  dealt  treacherously,  yea, 
the  treacherous  dealers  have  dealt  very  treacherously. 

17  Fear,  and  the  pit,  and  the  snare,  are  upon  thee,  O  inhabitant 
of  the  earth. 

18  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  he  who  fleeth  from  the  noise 
of  the  fear  shall  fall  into  the  pit ;  and  he  that  cometh  up  out  of 
the  midst  of  the  pit  shall  be  taken  in  the  snare  :  for  the  windows 

12* 


146  Isaiah. 

from  on  high    are   open,    and    the   foundations  of   the   earth    io 
shake. 

19  The  earth  is  utterly  broken  down,  the  earth  is  clean  dissolved, 
tlie  earth  is  moved  exceedingly. 

20  The  earth  shall  reel  to  and  fro  like  a  drunkard,  and  shall  be 
removed  like  a  cottage  ;  and  the  transgression  thereof  shall  be  heavy 
upon  it ;  and  it  shall  fall,  and  not  rise  again. 

21  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  the  Lord  shall 
punish  the  host  of  the  high  ones  that  are  on  high,  and  the  kings  of 
the  earth  upon  the  earth. 

22  And  they  shall  be  gathered  together,  as  prisoners  are  gathered 
in  the  pit,  and  shall  be  shut  up  in  the  prison,  and  after  many  days 
shall  they  be  visited. 

23  Then  the  moon  shall  be  confounded,  and  the  sun  ashamed,  when 
the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  reign  in  mount  Zion,  and  in  Jerusalem,  and 
before  his  ancients  gloriously. 

ISAIAH,    XXV. 

The  projjhet  praiseth  God  for  his  judgments^  and  for  his  victorious 
salvation. 

1  0  Lord,  thou  art  my  God  ;  I  will  exalt  thee,  I  will  praise  thy 
name  ;  for  thou  hast  done  wonderful  things :  thy  counsels  of  old  are 
faithfulness  and  truth. 

2  For  thou  hast  made  of  a  city  an  heap ;  o/adefenced  city  a  ruin: 
a  palace  of  strangers  to  be  no  city  ;  it  shall  never  be  built. 

3  Therefore  shall  the  strong  people  glorify  thee,  the  city  of  the 
terrible  nations  shall  fear  thee. 

4  For  thou  hast  been  a  strength  to  the  poor,  a  strength  to  the 
needy  in  his  distress,  a  refuge  from  the  storm,  a  shadow  from  the 
heat,  v.iien  the  blast  of  the  terrible  ones  is  as  a  storm  against  the 
wall. 

5  Thou  shalt  bring  down  the  noise  of  strangers  as  the  heat  in  a  dry 
place  ;  even  the  heat  with  the  shadow  of  a  cloud :  the  branch  of 
the  terrible  ones  shall  be  brought  low. 

6  H  And  in  this  mountain  shall  the  Lord  of  hosts  make  unto  all 
people  a  feast  of  fat  things,  a  feast  of  wines  on  the  lees  ;  of  fat  things 
full  of  marrow,  of  wines  on  the  lees  well  refined. 

7  And  he  will  destroy  in  this  mountain  the  face  of  the  covering 
cast  over  all  people,  and  the  vail  that  is  spread  over  all  nations. 

8  He  will  swallow  up  death  in  victory ;  and  the  Lord  God  will 
wipe  away  tears  from  off  all  faces  ;  and  the  rebuke  of  his  people 
shall  he  take  away  from  off  all  the  earth  :  for  the  Lord  hath  spoken 
it. 

9  And  it  shall  be  said  in  that  day,  Lo,  this  is  our  God  ;  we  have 
waited  for  him,  and  he  will  save  us  :  this  is  the  Lord  ;  we  have 
waited  for  him,  we  will  be  glad  and  rejoice  in  his  salvation. 

10  For  in  this  mountain  shall  the  hand  of  the  Lord  rest,  and  Moab 
shall  be  trodden  down  under  him,  even  as  straw  is  trodden  down 
for  the  dunghill. 

11  And  he  shall  spread  forth  his  hands  in  the  midst  of  them,  as  he 
that  swimmeth  spreadeth  forth  his  hands  to  swim  :  and  he  shall 
bring  down  their  pride  together  with  the  spoils  of  their  hands. 


Isaiah.  147 

12  And  the  fortress  of  the  high  fort  of  thy  walls  shall  he  bring 
down,  lay  low,  and  bring  to  the  ground,  even  to  the  dust. 

ISAIAH,  XXVI.  B.  C.  718.* 

.5  song  inciting  to  confidence  in  God.    An  exhortation  to  wait  on 
him. 

1  In  that  day  shall  this  song  be  sung  in  the  land  of  Judah  ;  We  have 
a  strong  city  :  salvation  will  GotZ  appoint  /or  walls  and  bulwarks. 

2  Open  ye  the  gates,  that  the  righteous  nation  which  keepeth  the 
truth  may  enter  in. 

3  Thou  wilt  keep  him  in  perfect  peace,  ivhose  mind  is  stayed  on 
thee  ;  because  he  trusteth  in  thee. 

4  Trust  ye  in  the  Lord  for  ever:  for  in  the  Lord  JEHOVAH  is 
everlasting  strength. 

5  For  he  bringeth  down  them  that  dwell  on  high  ;  the  lofty  city 
he  layeth  it  low  :  he  layeth  it  low,  even  to  the  ground  ;  he  bringeth 
it  even  to  the  dust. 

6  The  foot  shall  tread  it  down,  even  the  feet  of  the  poor,  and  the 
steps  of  the  needy. 

7  The  way  of  the  just  is  uprightness :  thou,  most  upright,  dost 
weigh  the  path  of  the  just. 

8  Yea,  in  the  way  of  thy  judgments,  O  Lord,  have  we  waited 
for  thee  ;  the  desire  of  our  soul  is  to  thy  name,  and  to  the  remem- 
brance of  thee. 

9  With  my  soul  have  I  desired  thee  in  the  night ;  yea,  with  my 
spirit  within  me  will  I  seek  thee  early  :  for  when  thy  judgments  are 
in  the  earth,  the  inhabitants  of  the  world  will  learn  righteousness. 

10  Let  favor  be  shewed  to  the  wicked,  yet  will  he  not  learn 
righteousness:  in  the  land  of  uprightness  will  he  deal  unjustly,  and 
will  not  behold  the  majesty  of  the  Lord. 

11  Lord,  when  thy  hand  is  lifted  up  they  will  not  see  :  but  they 
shall  see,  and  be  ashamed  for  their  envy  at  the  people  ;  yea,  the  fire 
of  thine  enemies  shall  devour  them. 

12  IT  Lord,  thou  wilt  ordain  peace  for  us:  for  thou  also  hast 
wrought  all  our  works  in  us. 

13  0  Lord  our  God,  other  lords  besides  thee  have  had  dominion 
over  us  ;  hut  by  thee  only  will  we  make  mention  of  thy  name. 

14  They  are  dead,  they  shall  not  live  ;  they  are  deceased,  they 
shall  not  rise  :  therefore  hast  thou  visited  and  destroyed  them,  and 
made  all  their  memory  to  perish, 

15  Thou  hast  increased  the  nation,  O  Lord,  thou  hast  increased 
the  nation  :  thou  art  glorified  ;  thou  hadst  removed  it  far  unto  all  the 
ends  of  the  earth. 

16  Lord,  in  trouble  have  they  visited  thee  ;  they  poured  out  a 
prayer  ivhen  thy  chastening  was  upon  them. 

17  Like  as  a  woman  with  child,  that  draweth  near  the  time  of  her 
delivery,  is  in  pain,  and  crieth  out  in  her  pangs ;  so  have  we  been 
in  thy  sight,  0  Lord. 

18  We  have  been  with  child,  we  have  been  in  pain,  we  have  as  it 
were  brought  forth  wind  ;  we  have  not  wrought  any  deliverance  in 
the  earth,  neither  have  the  inhabitants  of  the  world  fallen. 

*  Townsend,  714. 


148  Isaiah. 

19  Thy  dead  men  shall  live,  together  with  my  dead  body  shall 
they  arise.  Awake  and  sing,  ye  that  dwell  in  dust:  for  thy  dew  is 
as  the  dew  of  herbs,  and  the  earth  shall  cast  out  the  dead. 

20  IT  Come,  my  people,  enter  thou  into  thy  chambers,  and  shut  thy 
doors  about  thee  :  hide  thyself  as  it  were  for  a  little  moment,  until 
the  indignation  be  overpast. 

21  For,  behold,  the  Lord  cometh  out  of  his  place  to  punish  the 
inhabitants  of  the  earth  for  their  iniquity  :  the  earth  also  shall  disclose 
her  blood,  and  shall  no  more  cover  her  slain. 

ISAIAH,   XXVII. 

The  ear e  of  God  over  his  vineyard :  his  chastisements  dij^er  from 
judgments.     The  church  of  Jews  and  Gentiles. 

1  In  that  day  the  Lord,  with  his  sore,  and  great,  and  strong  sword, 
shall  punish  leviathan  the  piercing  serpent,  even  leviathan  that 
crooked  serpent ;  and  he  shall  slay  the  dragon  that  is  in  the  sea. 

2  In  that  day  sing  ye  unto  her,  A  vineyard  of  red  wine. 

3  1  the  Lord  do  keep  it ;  I  will  water  it  every  moment;  lest  any 
hurt  it,  I  will  keep  it  night  and  day. 

4  Fury  is  not  in  me  :  who  would  set  the  briers  and  thorns  against 
me  in  battle  ?  I  would  go  through  them,  I  would  burn  them  to- 
gether. 

5  Or  let  him  take  hold  of  my  strength,  that  he  may  make  peace 
with  me  ;  and  he  shall  make  peace  witli  me. 

6  He  shall  cause  them  that  come  of  Jacob  to  take  root:  Israel 
shall  blossom  and  bud,  and  fill  the  face  of  the  world  with  fruit. 

7  IT  Hath  he  smitten  him,  as  he  smote  those  that  smote  him  .'  or  is 
he  slain  according  to  the  slaughter  of  them  that  are  slain  by  him  1 

8  In  measure,  when  it  sliooteth  forth,  thou  wilt  debate  with  it :  he 
stayeth  his  rough  wind  in  the  day  of  the  east  wind. 

9  By  this,  therefore,  shall  the  iniquity  of  Jacob  be  purged  ;  and 
this  is  all  the  fruit  to  take  away  his  sin ;  when  he  maketh  all  the 
stones  of  the  altar  as  chalk-stones  that  are  beaten  in  sunder,  the 
groves  and  images  shall  not  stand  up. 

10  Yet  the  defenced  city  shall  he  desolate,  and  the  habitation 
forsaken,  and  left  like  a  wilderness :  there  shall  the  calf  feed,  and 
there  shall  he  lie  down,  and  consume  the  branches  thereof. 

11  When  the  boughs  thereof  are  withered,  they  shall  be  broken 
off:  the  women  come  and  set  them  on  (ire;  for  it  is  a  people  of  no 
understanding  :  therefore  he  that  made  them  will  not  have  mercy  on 
them,  and  he  that  formed  them  will  shew  them  no  favor. 

12  !!  AuA  it  shall  come  lo  pass  in  that  day,  that  the  Lord  shall 
beat  off  fiom  the  channel  of  the  river  unto  the  stream  of  Egypt,  and 
ye  shall  be  gathered  one  by  one,  0  ye  children  of  Israel. 

13  And  it  si. all  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  the  great  trumpet 
shall  be  blown,  and  they  shall  come  which  were  ready  to  perish  in 
the  land  of  Assyria,  and  the  outcasts  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  shall 
worship  the  Lord  in  the  holy  mount  at  Jerusalem. 

B.  C.  714.  ISAIAH,    XXI. 

11  II  The  burden  of  Dumah.  He  calleth  to  me  out  of  Seir, 
Watchman,  what  of  the  night  ?  Watchman,  what  of  the  night  .' 


Isaiah.  149 

12  The  watchman  said,  The  morning  cometh,  and  also  the  night : 
if  ye  will  inquire,  inquire  ye  :  return,  come. 

13  II  The  burden  upon  Arabia.  In  the  forest  in  Arabia  shall  ye 
lodge,  O  ye  travelling  companies  of  Dedanim. 

14  The  inhabitants  of  the  land  of  Tema  brought  water  to  him  that 
was  thirsty,  they  prevented  with  their  bread  him  that  fled. 

15  For  they  fled  from  the  swords,  from  the  drawn  sword,  and  from 
the  bent  bow,  and  from  the  grievousness  of  war. 

16  For  thus  hath  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  Within  a  year,  according 
to  the  years  of  an  hireling,  and  all  the  glory  of  Kedar  shall  fail : 

17  And  the  residue  of  the  number  of  archers,  the  mighty  men  of 
the  children  of  Kedar,  shall  be  diminished  :  for  the  Lord  God  of 
Israel  hath  spoken  it. 

ISAIAH,  XX.  B.  C.  713. 

1  In  the  year  that  Tartan  came  unto  Ashdod,  (when  S argon  the 
king  of  Assyria  sent  him,)  and  fought  against  Ashdod,  and  took  it ; 

2  At  the  same  time  spake  the  Lord  by  Isaiah,  the  son  of  Amoz, 
saying,  Go,  and  loose  the  sackcloth  from  off  thy  loins,  and  put  off  thy 
shoe  from  thy  foot.     And  he  did  so,  walking  naked  and  barefoot. 

3  And  the  Lord  said.  Like  as  my  servant  Isaiah  hath  walked 
naked  and  barefoot  three  years  for  a  sign  and  wonder  upon  Egypt, 
and  upon  Ethiopia ; 

4  So  shall  the  king  of  Assyria  lead  away  the  Egyptians  prisoners, 
and  the  Ethiopians  captives,  young  and  old,  naked  and  barefoot,  even 
with  their  buttocks  uncovered,  to'the  shame  of  Egypt. 

5  And  they  shall  be  afraid  and  ashamed  of  Ethiopia  their  expecta- 
tion, and  of  Egypt  their  glory. 

6  And  the  inhabitant  of  this  isle  shall  say  in  that  day,  Behold,  such 
is  our  expectation  whither  we  flee  for  help  to  be  delivered  from  the 
king  of  Assyria  :  and  how  shall  we  escape  ? 

ISAIAH,  XXI. 

The  prophet  in  vision  seeih  the  fall  of  Babylon :  he  giveth  warning 
to  Edom.     The  set  time  of  Arabia's  calamity. 

1  The  burden  of  the  desert  of  the  sea.  As  whirlwinds  in  the 
south  pass  through  ;  so  it  cometh  from  the  desert,  from  a  terrible  land. 

2  A  grievous  vision  is  declared  unto  me  ;  The  treacherous  dealer 
dealeth  treacherously,  and  the  spoiler  spoileth.  Go  up,  0  Elam  : 
besiege,  O  Media  :   all  the  sighing  thereof  have  I  made  to  cease. 

3  Therefore  are  my  loins  filled  with  pain ;  pangs  have  taken  hold 
upon  me,  as  the  pangs  of  a  woman  that  travaileth  :  I  was  bowed 
down  at  the  hearing  of  it ;  I  was  dismayed  at  the  seeing  of  it. 

4  My  heart  panted,  fearful ness  affrighted  me  :  the  night  of  my 
pleasure  hath  he  turned  into  fear  unto  me. 

5  Prepare  the  table,  watch  in  the  watch-tower,  eat,  drink  :  arise, 
ye  princes,  and  anoint  the  shield. 

6  For  thus  hath  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  Go,  set  a  watchman,  let 
him  declare  what  he  seeth. 

7  And  he  saw  a  chariot  with  a  couple  of  horsemen,  a  chariot  of 


150  Isaiah.     Hezekiah. 

asses,  and  a  chariot  of  camels ;  and  he  hearkened  diligently  with 
much  heed. 

8  And  he  cried,  A  lion :  My  lord,  I  stand  continually  upon  the 
watch-tower  in  the  day  time,  and  I  am  set  in  my  ward  whole 
nights  ; 

9  And,  behold,  heie  cometh  a  chariot  of  men,  vnth  a  couple  of 
horsemen.  And  he  answered  and  said,  Babylon  is  fallen,  is  fallen  ; 
and  all  the  graven  images  of  her  gods  he  hath  broken  unto  the 
ground.  * 

10  0  my  threshing,  and  the  corn  of  my  floor  :  that  which  I  have 
heard  of  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  have  I  declared  unto 
5'ou. 

ISAIAH,    XXXVIII. 

1  In  those  days  was  Hezekiah  sick  unto  death.  And  Isaiah  the 
prophet  the  son  of  Amoz  came  unto  him,  and  said  unto  him,  Thus 
saith  the  Lord,  Set  thine  house  in  order :  for  thou  shalt  die,  and  not  live. 

2  Then  Hezekiah  turned  his  face  toward  the  wall,  and  prayed 
unto  the  Lord, 

3  And  said.  Remember  now,  O  Lord,  I  beseech  thee,  how  I  have 
walked  before  thee  in  truth,  and  with  a  perfect  heart,  and  have  done 
that  U'hich  is  good  in  thy  sight :  and  Hezekiah  wept  sore. 

4  1l  Then  came  the  word  of  the  Lord  to  Isaiah,  saying, 

5  Go  and  say  to  Hezekiah,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  David 
thy  father,  I  have  heard  thy  prayer,  I  have  seen  thy  tears :  behold, 
I  will  add  unto  thy  days  fifteen  years. 

6  And  I  will  deliver  thee  and  this  city  out  of  the  hand  of  the  king 
of  Assyria :  and  I  will  defend  this  city. 

7  And  this  shall  be  a  sign  unto  thee  from  the  Lord,  that  the  Lord 
will  do  this  thing  that  he  hath  spoken  ; 

8  Behold,  I  will  bring  again  the  shadow  of  the  degrees,  which  is 
gone  down  in  the  sun-dial  of  Ahaz,  ten  degrees  backward.  So  the 
sun  returned  ten  degrees,  by  which  degrees  it  was  gone  down. 

9  IT  The  writing  of  Hezekiah  king  of  Judah,  when  he  had  been 
sick,  and  was  recovered  of  his  sickness  : 

10  I  said,  in  the  cutting  off  of  my  days,  I  shall  go  to  the  gates  of 
the  grave  :  I  am  deprived  of  the  residue  of  my  years. 

11  I  said,  I  shall  not  see  the  Lord,  eveii  the  Lord,  in  the  land  of 
the  living  :  I  shall  behold  man  no  more  with  the  inhabitants  of  the 
world. 

12  Mine  age  is  departed,  and  is  removed  from  me  as  a  shepherd's 
tent :  I  have  cut  off  like  a  weaver  my  life  ;  he  will  cut  me  off  with 
pining  sickness :  from  day  even  to  night  wilt  thou  make  an  end  of 
me. 

13  I  reckoned  till  morning,  that  as  a  lion,  so  will  he  break  all  my 
bones :  from  day  even  to  night  wilt  thou  make  an  end  of  me. 

14  Like  a  crane,  or  a  swallow,  so  did  I  chatter  ;  I  did  mourn  as  a 
dove:  mine  eyes  fail  with  looking  upwards :  0  Lord,  I  am  oppressed, 
undertake  for  me. 

15  What  shall  I  say  ?  he  hath  both  spoken  unto  me,  and  himself 
hath  done  it :  I  shall  go  softly  all  ray  years  in  the  bitterness  of  my 
soul. 


Isaiah.     Hezekiah.  151 

16  O  Lord,  by  these  things  men  live,  and  in  all  these  things  is 
the  life  of  my  spirit :  so  wilt  thou  recover  me,  and  make  me  to 
live. 

17  Behold,  for  peace  I  had  great  bitterness  ;  but  thou  hast  in  love 
to  my  soul  delivered  it  from  the  pit  of  corruption  :  for  thoa  hast  cast 
all  my  sins  behind  thy  back. 

18  For  the  grave  cannot  praise  thee  ;  death  cannot  celebrate  thee: 
they  that  go  down  into  the  pit  cannot  hope  for  thy  truth. 

19  The  living,  the  living,  he  shall  praise  thee,  as  I  do  this  day  ; 
the  father  to  the  children  shall  make  known  thy  truth. 

20  The  Lord  was  ready  to  save  me :  therefore  we  will  sing  my 
songs  to  the  stringed  instruments,  all  the  daysof  our  life,  in  the  house 
of  the  Lord. 

21  For  Isaiah  had  said,  Let  them  take  a  lump  of  figs,  and  lay  ii 
for  a  plaster  upon  the  boil,  and  he  shall  recover. 

22  Hezekiah  also  had  said,  What  is  the  sign  that  I  shall  go  up  to 
the  house  of  the  Lord  ? 

ISAIAH,   XXXIX. 

Merodach-baladan,  sending  to  visit  Hezekiah,  hath  notice  of  his 
treasures.     Isaiah  foretelleth  the  Babylonian  captivity. 

1  At  that  time  Merodach-baladan,  the  son  of  Baladan  king  of 
Babylon,  sent  letters  and  a  present  to  Hezekiah  :  for  he  had  heard 
that  he  had  been  sick,  and  was  recovered. 

2  And  Hezekiah  was  glad  of  them,  and  shewed  them  the  house  of 
his  precious  things,  the  silver,  and  the  gold,  and  the  spices,  and  the 
precious  ointment,  and  all  the  house  of  his  armor,  and  all  that  was 
found  in  his  treasures  :  there  was  nothing  in  his  house,  nor  in  all  his 
dominion,  that  Hezekiah  shewed  them  not. 

3  "iT  Then  came  Isaiah  the  prophet  unto  king  Hezekiah,  and  said 
unto  him,  What  said  these  men  ?  and  from  whence  came  they  unto 
thee  ?  And  Hezekiah  said.  They  are  come  from  a  far  country  unto 
me,  ev€7i  from  Babylon. 

4  Then  said  he.  What  have  they  seen  in  thine  house  ?  And 
Hezekiah  answered,  All  that  is  in  mine  house  have  they  seen;  there 
is  nothing  among  my  treasures  that  I  have  not  shewed  them. 

5  Then  said  Isaiah  to  Hezekiah,  Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord  of 
hosts ; 

6.  Behold,  the  days  come,  that  all  that  is  in  thine  house,  and  that 
which  thy  flithers  have  laid  up  in  store  until  this  day,  shall  be  carried 
to  Babylon  :  nothing  shall  be  left,  saith  the  Lord, 

7  And  of  thy  sons  that  shall  issue  from  thee,  which  thou  shalt 
beget,  shall  they  take  away;  and  they  shall  be  eunuchs  in  the  palace 
of  the  king  of  Babylon. 

8  Then  said  Hezekiah  to  Isaiah,  Good  is  the  word  of  the  Lord 
which  thou  hast  spoken.  He  said,  moreover.  For  there  shall  be  peace 
and  truth  in  my  days. 

2    CHRONICLES,    XXXII. 

25  But  Hezekiah  rendered  not  again,  according  to  the  benefit  done 


152  Isaiah.     Hezeklah.  Sennacherib. 

unto  him  ;  for  his  heart  was  lifted  up  :  therefore  there  was  wrath 
upon  him,  and  upon  Judah  and  Jerusalem. 

26  Notwithstanding  Hezekiah  humbled  himself  for  the  pride  of 
his  heart,  {both  he  and  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,)  so  that  the 
wrath  of  the  Lord  came  not  upon  them  in  the  days  of  Hezekiah. 

27  IT  And  Hezekiah  had  exceeding  much  riches  and  honor  :  and 
be  made  himself  treasuries  for  silver,  and  for  gold,  and  for  precious 
stones,  and  for  spices,  and  for  shields,  and  for  all  manner  of  pleasant 
jewels ; 

28  Storehouses  also  for  the  increase  of  corn,  and  wine,  and  oil : 
and  stalls  for  all  manner  of  beasts,  and  cotes  for  flocks. 

29  Moreover,  he  provided  him  cities,  and  possessions  of  flocks  and 
herds  in  abundance;  for  God  had  given  him  substance  very  much. 

30  This  same  Hezekiah  also  stopped  the  upper  water-course  of 
Gihon,  and  brought  it  straight  down  to  the  west  side  of  the  city  of 
David.     And  Hezekiah  prospered  in  all  his  works. 

2    KINGS,    XVIII. 

13  II  Now  in  the  fourteenth  year  of  king  Hezekiah,  did  Senna- 
cherib, king  of  Assyria  come  up  against  all  the  fenced  cities  of  Judah, 
and  took  them. 

14  And  Hezekiah  king  of  Judah  sent  to  the  king  of  Assyria  to 
Lachish,  saying,  I  have  offended,  return  from  me:  that  which  thou 
puttest  on  me,  I  will  bear.  And  the  king  of  Assyria  appointed  unto 
Hezekiah  king  of  Judah,  three  hundred  talents  of  silver  and  thirty 
talents  of  gold. 

15  And  Hezekiah  gave  him  all  the  silver  that  was  found  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  and  in  the  treasures  of  the  king's  house. 

16  At  that  time  did  Hezekiah  cut  off  the  gold  from  the  doors  of 
the  temple  of  the  Lord,  and  from  the  pillars  which  Hezekiah  king 
of  Judah  had  overlaid,  and  gave  it  to  the  king  of  Assyria. 

2    CHRONICLES,    XXXII. 

Sennacherib  invadeth  Judah.  An  angel  destroyeth  the  Assyrians. 
Hezekiah's  sickness  and  recovery  :  he  dying,  Manasseh  succeed- 
eth  him. 

1  After  these  things,  and  the  establishment  thereof,  Sennacherib 
king  of  Assyria  came,  and  entered  into  Judah,  and  encamped  against 
the  fenced  cities,  and  thought  to  win  them  for  himself. 

2  And  when  Hezeliiah  saw  that  Sennacherib  was  come,  and  that 
he  was  purposed  to  fight  against  Jerusalem, 

3  He  took  counsel  with  his  princes  and  his  mighty  men,  to  stop  the 
waters  of  the  fountains  which  were  without  the  city;  and  they  did 
help  him. 

4  So  there  was  gathered  much  people  together,  who  stopped  all 
the  fountains,  and  the  brook  that  ran  through  the  midst  of  the  land, 
saying,  Why  should  the  kings  of  Assyria  come  and  find  much 
water  ? 

5  Also  he  strengthened  himself,  and  built  up  all  the  wall  that  was 
broken,  and  raised  it  up  to  the  towers,  and  another  wall  without,  and 


Hezekiah.     Isaiah.  15S 

repaired  Millo  in  the  city  of  David,   and  made  darts  and  shields  in 
abundance. 

6  And  he  set  captains  of  war  over  the  people,  and  gathered  them 
together  to  him  in  the  street  of  the  gate  of  the  city,  and  spake 
comfortably  to  them,  saying, 

7  Be  strong  and  courageous,  be  not  afraid  nor  dismayed  for  the 
king  of  Assyria,  nor  for  all  the  multitude  that  is  with  him  :  for  there 
he  more  with  us  than  with  him. 

8  With  him  is  an  arm  of  flesh  ;  but  with  as  is  the  Lord  our  God, 
to  help  us,  and  to  fight  our  battles.  And  the  people  rested  themselves 
upon  the  words  of  Hezekiah  king  of  Judah. 

ISAIAH,    XVIII.*  B.  C.  712.t 

1  Woe  to  the  land  shadowing  with  wings,  which  is  beyond  the 
rivers  of  Ethiopia  : 

2  That  sendeth  ambassadors  by  the  sea,  even  in  vessels  of  bul- 
rushes upon  the  w^aters,  saying,  Go,  ye  swift  messengers,  to  a  nation 
scattered  and  peeled,  to  a  people  terrible  from  their  beginning 
hitherto  ;  a  nation  meted  out  and  trodden  down,  whose  land  the  rivers 
have  spoiled  ! 

3  All  ye  inhabitants  of  the  world,  and  dwellers  on  the  earth,  see 
ye,  when  he  lifteth  up  an  ensign  on  the  mountains ;  and  when  he 
bloweth  a  trumpet,  hear  ye. 

4  For  so  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  I  will  take  my  rest,  and  I  will 
consider  in  my  dwelling-place  like  a  clear  heat  upon  herbs,  and  like 
a  cloud  of  dew  in  the  heat  of  harvest. 

5  For  afore  the  harvest,  when  the  bud  is  perfect,  and  the  sour 
grape  is  ripening  in  the  flower,  he  shall  both  cut  off  the  sprigs  with 
pruning-hooks,  and  take  away  and  cut  down  the  branches. 

6  They  shall  be  left  together  unto  the  fowls  of  the  mountains,  and 
to  the  beasts  of  the  earth  :  and  the  fowls  shall  summer  upon  them, 
and  all  the  beasts  of  the  earth  shall  winter  upon  them. 

7  ![  In  that  time  shall  the  present  be  brought  unto  the  Lord  of 
hosts  of  a  people  scattered  and  peeled,  and  from  a  people  terrible  from 
their  beginning  hitherto;  a  nation  meted  out  and  trodden  under  foot, 
whose  land  the  rivers  have  spoiled,  to  the  place  of  the  name  of  the 
Lord  of  hosts,  the  mount  Zion. 

ISAIAH,    XXXIII. 

God^s  judgments  against  the  enemies  of  the  church.     The  privi- 
leges of  the  godly. 
1  Woe  to  thee  that  spoilest,  and  thou  wast  not  spoiled;  and  dealest 
treacherously,  and  they  dealt  not  treacherously  wath  thee !  when  thou 
shalt  cease  to  spoil,  thou  shalt  be  spoiled;  and  when  thou  shaltmake 

*  Mr.  Scott,  after  B-ishop  Lowth,  supposes  this  chapter  to  be  a  prediction  of  the 
overthrow  of  Egypt.  But  Mr.  Townsend  embraces  Bishop  Horseley's  interpreta- 
tion; which  supposes  this  to  be  a  prediction  against  Antichrist,  and  of  the  con- 
version of  the  Jews.  But  as  this  work  is  not  designed  as  an  exposition,  it  will  be 
inconsistent  to  enter  into  the  arguments  for  or  against  any  interpretation,  I  have 
placed  it  here  on  the  authority  of  Scott,  who  had  the  arguments,  for  and  against, 
before  him. 

t  Townsend,  721. 

13 


154  Isaiah. 

an  end  to  deal  treacherously,  they  shall  deal  treacherously   with 
thee. 

2  0  Lord,  be  gracious  unto  us ;  we  have  waited  for  thee :  be 
thou  their  arm  every  morning,  our  salvation  also  in  the  time  of 
trouble. 

3  At  the  noise  of  the  tumult  the  people  fled  ;  at  the  lifting  up  of 
thyself  the  nations  were  scattered. 

4  And  your  spoil  shall  be  gathered  like  the  gathering  of  the 
caterpillar :  as  the  running  to  and  fro  of  locusts  shall  he  run  upon 
them. 

5  The  Lord  is  exalted ;  for  he  dwelleth  on  high  :  he  hath  filled 
Zion  with  judgment  and  righteousness. 

6  And  wisdom  and  knowledge  shall  be  the  stability  of  thy  times, 
and  strength  of  salvation:   the  fear  of  the  Lord  is  his  treasure. 

7  Behold,  their  vaUant  ones  shall  cry  Avithout ;  the  ambassadors  of 
peace  shall  weep  bitterly. 

8  The  high-ways  lie  waste,  the  way-faring  man  ceaseth  :  he  hath 
broken  the  covenant,  he  hath  despised  the  cities,  he  regardeth  no 
man. 

9  The  earth  mourneth  and  languisheth  ;  Lebanon  is  ashamed  and 
hewn  down ;  Sharon  is  like  a  wilderness  ;  and  Bashan  and  Carmel 
shake  off  their  fruits. 

10  Now  will  I  rise,  saith  the  Lord  ;  now  will  I  be  exalted ;  now 
will  I  lift  up  myself. 

11  Ye  shall  conceive  chaff;  ye  shall  bring  forth  stubble :  your 
breath  as  fire  shall  devour  you. 

12  And  the  people  shall  be  as  the  burnings  of  lime ;  as  thorns  cut 
up  shall  they  be  burned  in  the  fire. 

13  TI  Hear,  ye  that  are  far  off,  what  I  have  done  ;  and  ye  that  are 
near,  acknowledge  my  might. 

14  The  sinners  in  Zion  are  afraid ;  fearfulness  hath  surprised  the 
hypocrites  :  who  among  us  shall  dwell  with  the  devouring  fire  ?  who 
among  us  shall  dwell  with  everlasting  burnings  ? 

15  He  that  walketh  righteously,  and  speaketh  uprightly  ;  he  that 
despiseth  the  gain  of  oppressions,  that  shaketh  his  hands  from  holding 
of  bribes,  that  stoppeth  his  ears  from  hearing  of  blood,  and  shutteth 
his  eyes  from  seeing  evil ; 

16  He  shall  dwell  on  high  :  his  place  of  defence  shall  he  the 
munitions  of  rocks :  bread  shall  be  given  him,  his  waters  shall  be 
sure. 

17  Thine  eyes  shall  see  the  King  in  his  beauty  :  they  shall  behold 
the  land  that  is  very  far  off. 

18  Thine  heart  shall  meditate  terror.  Where  is  the  scribe  ?  where 
is  the  receiver  ?  where  is  he  that  counted  the  towers  ? 

19  Thou  shalt  not  see  a  fierce  people  ;  a  people  of  a  deeper  speech 
than  thou  canst  perceive  ;  of  a  stammering  tongue,  that  thou  canst 
not  understand. 

20  Look  upon  Zion,  the  city  of  our  solemnities :  thine  eyes  shall 
see  Jerusalem  a  quiet  habitation,  a  tabernacle  that  shall  not  be  taken 
down  ;  not  one  of  the  stakes  thereof  shall  ever  be  removed,  neither 
shall  any  of  the  cords  thereof  be  broken. 

21  But  there  the  glorious  Lord  will  he  unto  us  a  place  of  broad 


Hezekiah.     Isaiali.  155 

rivers  and  streams ;  wherein  shall  go  no  galley  with  oars,  neither 
shall  gallant  ship  pass  thereby. 

22  For  the  Lord  is  our  judge,  the  Lord  is  our  law-giver,  the 
Lord  is  our  king  ;  he  will  save  us. 

23  Thy  tacklings  are  loosed ;  they  could  not  well  strengthen  their 
mast;  they  could  not  spread  the  sail :  then  is  the  prey  of  a  great 
spoil  divided  ;  the  lame  take  the  prey. 

24  And  the  inhabitants  shall  not  say,  I  am  sick :  the  people  that 
dwell  therein  shall  he  forgiven  their  iniquity. 

ISAIAH,   XXXVI. 

Sennacherib  invadeth  Jiidah.     Babshakeh's  blasphemous  persua- 
sions to  the  people :  his  words  are  told  to  Hezekiah. 

1  Now  it  came  to  pass  in  the  fourteenth  year  of  king  Hezekiah, 
that  Sennacherib,  king  of  Assyria,  came  up  against  all  the  defenced 
cities  of  Judah,  and  took  them. 

2  And  the  king  of  Assyria  sent  Rabshakeh  from  Lachish  to  Jeru- 
salem unto  king  Hezekiah  with  a  great  army.  And  he  stood  by  the 
conduit  of  the  upper  pool  in  the  highway  of  the  fuller's  field. 

3  Then  came  forth  unto  him  Eliakim,  Hilkiah's  son,  which  was 
over  the  house,  and  Shebna  the  scribe,  and  Joah,  Asaph's  son,  the 
recorder. 

4  IF  And  Rabshakeh  said  unto  them.  Say  ye  now  to  Hezekiah, 
Thus  saith  the  great  king,  the  king  of  Assyria,  What  confidence  is 
this  wherein  thou  trustest  ? 

5  I  say,  say  est  thou,  (but  they  are  but  vain  words,)  /  have  counsel 
and  strength  for  war :  now  on  whom  dost  thou  trust,  that  thou 
rebellest  against  me  1 

6  Lo,  thou  trustest  in  the  staff  of  this  broken  reed,  on  Egypt ; 
whereon  if  a  man  lean,  it  will  go  into  his  hand,  and  pierce  it :  so  is 
Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt  to  all  that  trust  in  him. 

7  But  if  thou  say  to  me.  We  trust  in  the  Lord  our  God  :  is  it  not 
he  whose  high  places  and  whose  altars  Hezekiah  hath  taken  away, 
and  said  to  Judah  and  to  Jerusalem,  Ye  shall  worship  before  this 
altar  ? 

8  Now,  therefore,  give  pledges,  I  pray  thee,  to  my  master  the  king 
of  Assyria,  and  I  will  give  thee  two  thousand  horses,  if  thou  be  able 
on  thy  part  to  set  riders  upon  them. 

9  How  then  wilt  thou  turn  away  the  face  of  one  captain  of  the 
least  of  my  master's  servants,  and  put  thy  trust  on  Egypt  for  chariots 
and  for  horsemen  ? 

10  And  am  I  now  come  up  without  the  Lord  against  this  land  to 
destroy  it  ?  The  Lord  said  unto  me.  Go  up  against  this  land,  and 
destroy  it. 

2  KINGS,  XVIII.  26 — 37  ;  or  isaiah,  xxxvi.  11 — 22. 

11  Then  said  Eliakim  the  son  of  Hilkiah,  and  Shebna,  and  Joah, 
unto  Rabshakeh,  Speak,  I  pray  thee,  to  thy  servants  in  the  Syrian 
language  ;  (for  we  understand  it ;)  and  talk  not  with  us  in  the  Jews' 
language,  in  the  ears  of  the  people  that  are  on  the  wall. 

12  But  Rabshakeh   said  unto  them,  Hath  my  master  sent  me  to 


156  HezeMah.     Isaiah. 

thy  master,  and  to  thee,  to  speak  these  words  ?  hath  he  not  sent  me 
to  the  men  which  sit  on  the  wall,  that  they  may  eat  their  own  dung, 
and  drink  their  own  piss,  with  you  ? 

13  IT  Then  llabshakeh  stood,  and  cried  with  a  loud  voice  in  the 
Jews'  language,  and  spake,  saying.  Hear  the  word  of  the  great  king, 
the  king  of  Assyria  : 

14  Thus  saith  the  king.  Let  not  Hezekiah  deceive  you  ;  for  he 
shall  not  be  able  to  deliver  you  out  of  his  hand : 

15  Neither  let  Hezekiah  make  you  trust  in  the  Lord,  saying. 
The  Lord  will  surely  deliver  us,  and  this  city  shall  not  be  delivered 
into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Assyria. 

16  Hearken  not  unto  Hezekiah  :  for  thus  saith  the  king  of  Assyria, 
Make  an  agreement  with  me  by  a  present,  and  come  out  to  me,  and 
then  eat  ye  everj'  man  of  his  own  vine,  and  every  one  of  his  fig-tree, 
and  drink  ye  every  one  the  waters  of  his  cistern; 

17  Until  I  come,  and  take  you  away  to  a  land  like  your  own  land  : 
a  land  of  corn  and  wine,  a  land  of  bread  and  vineyard's,  a  land  of  oil- 
olive  and  of  honey,  that  ye  may  live  and  not  die  :  and  hearken  not 
unto  Hezekiah,  when  he  persuadeth  you,  saying,  The  Lord  will 
deliver  us. 

18  Hath  an)^  of  the  gods  of  the  nations  delivered  at  all  his  land  out 
of  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Assyria  ? 

19  Where  are  the  gods  of  Hamath,  and  of  Arphad  ?  where  are  the 
gods  of  Sepharvaim,  Henah,  and  Ivah  ?  have  they  delivered  Samaria 
out  of  mine  hand  .' 

20  Who  are  they,  among  all  the  gods  of  the  countries,  that  have 
delivered  their  country  out  of  mine  hand,  that  the  Lord  should 
deliver  Jerusalem  out  of  mine  hand  ? 

21  But  the  people  held  their  peace,  and  answered  him  not  a  word: 
for  the  king's  commandment  was,  saying.  Answer  him  not. 

22  Then  came  Eliakim  the  son  of  Hilkiah,  which  was  over  the 
household,  and  Shebna  the  scribe,  and  Joah  the  son  of  Asaph  the 
recorder,  to  Hezekiah,  with  their  clothes  rent,  and  told  him  the  words 
of  Rabshakeh. 

ISAIAH,    XXXVIT. 

Hezekiah,  mourning,  sendeth  to  Isaiah  to  pray  for  thetn.     Isaiah 
comfortelh  the  king.     The  angel  slayeth  the  Assyrians. 

1  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  king  Hezekiah  heard  it,  that  he  rent 
his  clothes,  and  covered  himself  with  sackcloth,  and  went  into  the 
house  of  the  Lord. 

2  And  he  sent  Eliakim,  who  was  over  the  household,  and  Shebna 
the  scribe,  and  the  elders  of  the  priests  covered  with  sackcloth,  unto 
Isaiah  the  prophet  the  son  of  Amoz. 

3  And  they  said  unto  him.  Thus  saith  Hezekiah,  This  day  is  a 
day  of  trouble,  and  of  rebuke,  and  of  blasphemy  :  for  the  children 
are  come  to  the  birth,  and  there  is  not  strength  to  bring  forth. 

4  It  may  be  the  Lord  thy  God  will  hear  the  words  of  Rabshakeh, 
whom  the  king  of  Assyria  his  master  hath  sent  to  reproach  the  living 
God,  and  will  reprove  the  words  which  the  Lord  thy  God  hath 
heard  :  wherefore  lift  up  thy  prayer  for  the  remnant  that  is  left. 

5  So  the  servants  of  kino;  Hezekiah  came  to  Isaiah. 


Hezekiah.     Isaiah.  157 

6  IT  And  Isaiah  said  unto  them,  Thus  shall  ye  say  unto  your  master, 
Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Be  not  afraid  of  the  words  that  thou  hast  heard, 
wherewith  the  servants  of  the  king  of  Assyria  have  blasphemed 
me. 

7  Behold,  I  will  send  a  blast  upon  him,  and  he  shall  hear  a  rumor, 
and  return  to  his  own  land  ;  and  1  will  cause  him  to  fall  by  the  sword 
in  his  own  land. 

8  U  So  Rabshakeh  returned,  and  found  the  king  of  Assyria  warring 
against  Libnah :  for  he  had  heard  that  he  was  departed  from  La- 
chish. 

9  And  he  heard  say  concerning  Tirhakah  king  of  Ethiopia,  He  is 
come  forth  to  make  war  with  thee.  And,  when  he  heard  if,  he  sent 
messengers  to  Hezekiah,  saying, 

10  Thus  shall  ye  speak  to  Hezekiah  king  of  Judah,  saying,  Let 
not  thy  God,  in  vvhom  thou  trustest,  deceive  thee,  saying,  Jerusalem 
shall  not  be  given  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Assyria. 

11  Behold,  thou  hast  heard  what  the  kings  of  Assyria  have  done  to 
all  lands  by  destroying  them  utterly  ;  and  shalt  thou  be  delivered  ? 

12  Have  the  gods  of  the  nations  delivered  them  which  my  fathers 
have  destroyed,  as  Gozan,  and  Haran,  and  Rezeph,  and  the  children 
of  Eden  which  were  in  Telassar  ? 

13  Where  is  the  king  of  Hamath,  and  the  king  of  Arphad,  and  the 
king  of  the  city  of  Sepharvaim,  Henah,  and  Ivah  ? 

14  And  Hezekiah  received  the  letter  from  the  hand  of  the  mes- 
sengers, and  read  it :  and  Hezekiah  went  up  unto  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  and  spread  it  before  the  Lord. 

15  And  Hezekiah  prayed  unto  the  Lord,  saying, 

16  O  Lord  of  hosts,  God  of  Israel,  that  dwellest  behveen  the 
cherubims,  thou  art  the  God,  eveii  thou  alone,  of  all  the  kingdoms  of 
the  earth  :  thou  hast  made  heaven  and  earth. 

17  Incline  thine  ear,  O  Lord,  and  hear ;  open  thine  eyes,  O 
Lord,  and  see  :  and  hear  all  the  words  of  Sennacherib,  which  hath 
sent  to  reproach  the  living  God. 

18  Of  a  truth,  Lord,  the  kings  of  Assyria  have  laid  waste  all  the 
nations,  and  their  countries, 

19  And  have  cast  their  gods  into  the  fire  ;  for  they  ivere  no  gods, 
but  the  work  of  men's  hands,  wood  and  stone  ;  therefore  they  have 
destroyed  them. 

20  Now,  therefore,  O  Lord  our  God,  save  us  from  his  hand,  that 
all  the  kingdoms  of  the  earth  may  know  that  thou  art  the  Lord,  even 
thou  only. 

21  1l  Then  Isaiah,  the  son  of  Amoz,  sent  unto  Hezekiah,  saying, 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  Whereas  thou  hasfprayed  tome 
against  Sennacherib  king  of  Assyria  : 

22  This  is  the  word  which  the  Lord  hath  spoken  concerning  him. 
The  virgin,  the  daughter  of  Zion,  hath  despised  thee,  and  laughed 
thee  to  scorn  ;  the  daughter  of  Jerusalem  hath  shaken  her  head  at 
thee. 

23  Whom  hast  thou  reproached  and  blasphemed  ?  and  against 
whom  hast  thou  exalted  thy  voice,  and  lifted  up  thine  eyes  on  high  ? 
even  against  the  Holy  One  of  Israel. 

24  By  thy  servants  hast  thou  reproached  the  Lord,  and  hast  said. 
By  the  multitude  of  my  chariots  am  I  come  up  to  the  height  of  the 

13* 


158  Hezekiah.     Isaiah. 

mountains,  to  the  sides  of  Lebanon ;  and  I  will  cut  down  the  tall 
cedars  thereof,  and  the  choice  fir-trees  thereof:  and  I  will  enter 
into  the  height  of  his  border,  and  the  forest  of  his  Carmel. 

25  I  have  digged,  and  drunk  water  ;  and  with  the  sole  of  my  feet 
have  I  dried  up  all  the  rivers  of  the  besieged  places. 

26  Hast  thou  not  heard  long  ago  how  I  have  done  it ;  and  of 
ancient  times  that  1  have  formed  it"?  now  have  I  brought  it  to  pass, 
tliat  thou  shouldest  be  to  lay  waste  defenced  cities  into  ruinous 
heaps. 

27  Therefore  their  inhabitants  were  of  small  power,  they  were 
dismayed  and  confounded:  they  were  as  the  grass  of  the  field,  and 
as  the  green  herb  ;  as  the  grass  on  the  house-tops,  and  as  corn 
blasted  before  it  be  grown  up. 

28  But  I  know  thy  abode,  and  thy  going  out,  and  thy  coming  in, 
and  thy  rage  against  me. 

29  Because  thy  rage  against  me,  and  thy  tumult,  is  come  up  into 
mine  ears  ;  therefore  will  I  put  my  hook  in  thy  nose,  and  my  bridle 
in  thy  lips,  and  I  will  turn  thee  back  by  the  way  by  which  thou 
earnest. 

30  And  this  shall  he  a  sign  unto  thee.  Ye  shall  eat  this  year  such 
as  groweth  of  itself;  and  the  second  year  that  which  springeth  of 
ttie  same  ;  and  in  the  third  year  sow  ye,  and  reap,  and  plant  vine- 
yards, and  eat  the  fruit  thereof. 

31  And  the  renmant,  that  is  escaped  of  the  house  of  Judah  shall 
again  take  root  downward,  and  bear  fruit  upward. 

32  For  out  of  Jerusalem  shall  go  forth  a  remnant,  and  they  that 
escape  out  of  mount  Zion :  the  zeal  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  do 
this. 

33  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  concerning  the  king  of  Assyria, 
He  shall  not  come  into  this  city,  nor  shoot  an  arrow  there,  nor  come 
before  it  with  shields,  nor  cast  a  bank  against  it. 

34  By  the  way  that  he  came,  by  the  same  shall  he  return,  and 
shall  not  come  into  this  city,  saith  the  Lord. 

B.  C.  710.  2  KI^-Gs,  xix.  34 — 37;  or  isaiah,  xxxvii.  35 — 38. 

35  For  I  will  defend  this  city,  to  save  it  for  mine  own  sake,  and 
for  my  servant  David's  sake. 

36  !T  Then  the  angel  of  the  Lord  went  forth,  and  smote  in  the 
camp  of  the  Assyrians  an  hundred  and  foui'score  and  five  thousand  : 
and  when  they  arose  early  in  the  morning,  behold,  they  were  all 
dead  corpses. 

37  ^  So  Sennacherib  king  of  Ass5ria  departed,  and  went  and 
returned,  and  dwelt  at  Nineveh. 

38  And  it  come  to  pass,  as  he  was  worshipping  in  the  house  of 
Nisroch  his  god,  that  Adrammelech  and  Sharezer  his  sons  smote  him 
with  the  sword ;  and  they  escaped  into  the  land  of  Armenia  :  and 
Esar-haddon  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

B.  C.  710.*  ISAIAH,    XIX. 

1  The  burden  of  Egypt.     Behold,  the  Lord  rideth  upon  a  swift 
*  Townsend,  721. 


Isaiah.  159 

cloud,  and  shall  come  into  Egypt ;  and  the  idols  of  Egypt  shall  be 
moved  at  his  presence,  and  the  heart  of  Egypt  shall  melt' in  the  midst 
of  it. 

2  And  I  will  set  the  Egyptians  against  the  Egyptians  :  and  they 
shall  fight  every  one  against  his  brother,  and  every  one  against  his 
neighbor ;  city  against  city,  and  kingdom  against  kingdom. 

3  And  the  spirit  of  Egypt  shall  fail  in  the  midst  thereof;  and  I  will 
destroy  the  counsel  thereof:  and  they  shall  seek  to  the  idols,  and  to 
the  charmers,  and  to  them  that  have  familiar  spirits,  and  to  the 
wizards. 

4  And  the  Egyptians  will  I  give  over  into  the  hand  of  a  cruel  lord  ; 
and  a  fierce  king  shall  rule  over  them,  saith  the  Lord,  the  Lord  ok 
hosts." 

5  And  the  waters  shall  fail  from  the  sea,  and  the  river  shall  be 
wasted  and  dried  up. 

6  And  they  shall  turn  the  rivers  far  away,  and  the  brooks  of 
defence  shall  be  emptied  and  dried  up :  the  reeds  and  flags  shall 
wither. 

7  The  paper  reeds  by  the  brooks,  by  the  mouth  of  the  brooks,  and 
every  thing  sown  by  the  brooks,  shall  wither,  be  driven  away,  and 
be  no  more. 

8  The  fishers  also  shall  mourn,  and  all  they  that  cast  angle  into 
the  brooks  shall  lament,  and  they  that  spread  nets  upon  the  waters 
shall  languish. 

9  Moreover  they  that  work  in  fine  flax,  and  they  that  weave  net 
works,  shall  be  confounded. 

10  And  they  shall  be  broken  in  the  purposes  thereof,  all  that  make 
sluices  and  ponds  for  fish. 

11  IT  Surely  the  princes  of  Zoan  are  fools,  the  counsel  of*  the 
wise  counsellors  of  Pharaoh  is  become  brutish  :  how  say  ye  unto 
Pharaoh,  I  am  the  son  of  the  wise,  the  son  of  ancient  kings  .' 

12  Where  are  they  ?  where  are  thy  wise  men  ?  and  let  them  tell 
thee  now,  and  let  them  know  what  the  Lord  of  hosts  hath  purposed 
upon  Egypt. 

13  The  princes  of  Zoan  are  become  fools,  the  princes  of  Noph  are 
deceived  ;  they  have  also  seduced  Egypt,  even  they  that  ofi'e  the  stay 
of  the  tribes  thereof. 

14  The  Lord  hath  mingled  a  perverse  spirit  in  the  midst  thereof: 
and  they  have  caused  Egypt  to  err  in  every  work  thereof,  as  a 
drunken  man  staggereth  in  his  vomit. 

15  Neither  shall  there  be  any  work  for  Egypt,  which  the  head  or 
tail,  branch  or  rush,  may  do. 

16  In  that  day  shall  Egypt  be  like  unto  women  :  and  it  shall  be 
afraid  and  fear,  because  of  the  shaking  of  the  hand  of  the  Lord  of 
hosts,  which  he  shaketh  over  it. 

17  And  the  land  of  Judah  shall  be  a  terror  unto  Egypt;  everyone 
that  maketh  mention  thereof  shall  be  afraid  in  himself ;  because  of 
the  counsel  of  the  Lord  of  hosts,  which  he  hath  determined  against 
it. 

IS  !r  In  that  day  shall  five  cities  in  the  land  of  Egypt  speak  the 
.  language  of  Canaan,  and  swear  to  the  Lord  of  hosts :  one  shall  be 
called,  The  city  of  destruction. 


160  Isaiah.     Micali. 

19  In  that  day  shall  there  be  an  altar  to  the  Lord  in  the  midst  of 
the  land  of  Egypt,  and  a  pillar  at  the  border  thereof  to  the  Lord. 

20  And  it  shall  be  for  a  sign  and  for  a  witness  unto  the  Lord  of 
hosts  in  the  land  of  Egypt :  for  they  shall  cry  unto  the  Lord  because 
of  the  oppressors,  and  he  shall  send  them  a  saviour,  and  a  great  one, 
and  he  shall  deliver  them. 

21  And  the  Lord  shall  be  knovirn  to  Egypt,  and  the  Egyptians 
shall  know  the  Lord  in  that  day,  and  shall  do  sacrifice  and  obla- 
tion ;  yea,  they  shall  vow  a  vow  unto  the  Lord,  and  perform  it. 

22  And  the  Lord  shall  smite  Egypt;  he  shall  smite  and  heal  it: 
and  they  shall  return  even  to  the  Lord,  and  he  shall  be  entreated  of 
them,  and  shall  heal  them. 

23  IT  In  that  day  shall  there  be  an  highway  out  of  Egypt  to 
Assyria,  and  the  Assyrian  shall  come  into  Egypt,  and  the  Egyptian 
into  Assyria  ;  and  the  Egyptians  shall  serve  with  the  Assyrians. 

24  In  that  day  shall  Israel  be  the  third  with  Egypt  and  with 
Assyria,  even  a  blessing  in  the  midst  of  the  land  ; 

25  Whom  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  bless,  saying,  Blessed  he  Egypt 
my  people,  and  Assyria  the  work  of  my  hands,  and  Israel  mine 
inheritance. 

MICAH,    VI. 

God's  controversy  for  unkindness,for  ignorance,  for  injustice,  and 
for  idolatry. 

1  Hear  ye  now  what  the  Lord  saith ;  Arise,  contend  thou  before 
the  mountains,  and  let  the  hills  hear  thy  voice. 

2  Hear  ye,  O  mountains,  the  Lord's  controversy,  and  ye  strong 
foundations  of  the  earth  :  for  the  Lord  hath  a  controversy  with 
his  people,  and  he  will  plead  with  Israel. 

3  O  my  people,  what  have  I  done  unto  thee  ?  and  wherein  have 
I  wearied  thee  ?  testify  against  me. 

4  For  I  brought  thee  up  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  redeemed 
thee  out  of  the  house  of  servants ;  and  I  sent  before  thee  Moses, 
Aaron,  and  Miriam. 

5  O  my  people,  remember  now  what  Balak  king  of  Moab  con- 
sulted, and  what  Balaam,  the  son  of  Beor,  answered  him  from 
Shittim  unto  Gilgal ;  that  ye  may  know  the  righteousness  of  the 
Lord. 

6  TI  Wherewith  shall  I  come  before  the  Lord,  and  bow  myself 
before  the  high  God  ?  shall  I  come  before  him  with  burnt-offerings, 
with  calves  of  a  year  old  ? 

7  Will  the  Lord  be  pleased  with  thousands  of  rams,  or  with  ten 
thousands  of  livers  of  oil  ?  shall  I  give  my  first-born  for  my  trans- 
gression, the  fruit  of  my  body  for  the  sin  of  my  soul  ? 

8,  He  hath  shewed  thee,  0  man,  what  is  good  ;  and  what  doth  the 
Lord  require  of  thee,  but  to  do  justly,  and  to  love  mercy,  and  to 
W'alk  humbly  with  thy  God  ? 

9  The  Lord's  voice  crieth  unto  the  city,  and  the  man  q/' wisdom 
shall  see  thy  name  :  fear  ye  the  rod,  and  who  hath  appointed  it. 

10  \\  Are  there  yet  the  treasures  of  wickedness  in  the  house  of  the 
wicked,  and  the  scant  measure  that  is  abominable  .'' 


3Iica7i.     Nahum.  161 

11  Shall  I  count  thein  pure  with  the  wicked  balances,  and  with 
Uie  bag  of  deceitful  weights  ? 

12  For  the  rich  men  thereof  are  full  of  violence,  and  the  inhabit- 
ants thereof  have  spoken  lies,  and  their  tongue  is  deceitful  in  their 
mouth. 

13  Therefore  also  will  I  make  thee  sick  in  smiting  thee,  in  making 
thee  desolate  because  of  thy  sins. 

14  Thou  shalt  eat,  but  not  be  satisfied  ;  and  thy  casting  down  shall 
he  in  the  midst  of  thee  ;  and  thou  shalt  take  hold,  but  shalt  not 
deliver  ;  and  that  which  thou  deliverest  will  1  give  up  to  the  sword. 

15  Thou  shalt  sow,  but  thou  shalt  not  reap  ;  thou  shalt  tread  the 
olives,  but  thou  shalt  not  anoint  thee  with  oil ;  and  sweet  wine,  but 
shalt  not  drink  wine. 

16  IT  For  the  statutes  of  Omri  are  kept,  and  all  the  works  of  the 
house  of  Ahab,  and  ye  walk  in  their  counsels;  that  I  should  make  thee 
a  desolation,  and  the  inhabitants  thereof  an  hissing  :  therefore  ye  shall 
bear  the  reproach  of  my  people. 

NAHUM,  I.  B.  C.  710.^ 

The  majesty  of  God  in  goodness  to  his  people  and  severity  against 
his  enemies. 

1  The  burden  of  Nineveh.  The  book  of  the  vision  of  Nahum  the 
Elkoshite. 

2  God  is  jealous,  and  the  Lord  revengeth  ;  the  Lord  revengeth, 
and  is  furious  ;  the  Lord  will  take  vengeance  on  his  adversaries,  and 
he  reserveth  ivrath  for  his  enemies. 

3  The  Lord  is  slow  to  anger,  and  great  in  power,  and  will  not  at 
all  acquit  the  wicked :  the  Lord  hath  his  way  in  the  whirlwind  and 
in  the  storm,  and  the  clouds  are  the  dust  of  his  feet. 

4  He  rebuketh  the  sea,  and  maketh  it  dry,  and  drieth  up  all  the 
rivers  :  Bashan  languisheth,  and  Carmel,  and  the  flower  of  Lebanon 
languisheth. 

5  The  mountains  quake  at  him,  and  the  hills  melt,  and  the  earth 
is  burned  at  his  presence,  yea,  the  world,  and  all  that  dwell 
therein. 

6  Who  can  stand  before  his  indignation  ?  and  who  can  abide  in  the 
fierceness  of  his  anger  ?  his  fury  is  poured  out  like  fire,  and  the  rocks 
are  thrown  down  by  him. 

7  The  Lord  is  good,  a  strong  hold  in  the  day  of  trouble  ;  and  he 
knoweth  them  that  trust  in  him. 

8  But  with  an  over-running  flood  he  will  make  an  utter  end  of  the 
place  thereof,  and  darkness  shall  pursue  his  enemies. 

9  What  do  ye  imagine  against  the  Lord  ?  he  will  make  an  utter 
end  :  affliction  shall  not  rise  up  the  second  time. 

10  For  while  they  be  folden  together  as  thorns,  and  while  they  are 
drunken  as  drunkards,  they  shall  be  devoured  as  stubble  fully  dry. 

11  There  is  one  come  out  of  thee,  that  imagineth  evil  against  the 
Lord,  a  wicked  counsellor. 

*  This  prophecy  has  no  chronology  given.  Some  have  dated  it,  B.  C.  713. 
Scott,  B.  C.  710:  whilst  Jahn  dates  it  B.  C.  692.  As  Scott  is  the  medium  of  the 
extremes,  I  have  placed  it  according  to  his  date.    Townsend,  B.  C.  720. 


162  Nahum. 

12  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Though  they  he  quiet,  and  likewise 
many,  yet  thus  shall  they  be  cut  down,  when  he  shall  pass  through. 
Though  I  have  afflicted  thee,  I  will  afflict  thee  no  more. 

13  For  now  will  I  break  his  yoke  from  off  thee,  and  will  burst  thy 
bonds  in  sunder. 

14  And  the  Lord  hath  given  a  commandment  concerning  thee, 
that  no  more  of  thy  name  be  sown  :  out  of  the  house  of  thy  gods  will 
I  cut  off  the  graven  image  and  the  molten  image  :  I  wiirmake  thy 
grave  ;  for  thou  art  vile. 

15  Behold  upon  the  mountains  the  feet  of  him  that  bringeth  good 
tidings,  that  publisheth  peace  !  O  Judah,  keep  thy  solemn  feasts, 
perform  thy  vows  :  for  the  wicked  shall  no  more  pass  through  thee  ; 
he  is  utterly  cut  off. 

NAHUM,    II. 

1  He  that  dasheth  in  pieces  is  come  up  before  thy  face  :  keep  the 
munition,  watch  the  way,  make  thy  loins  strong,  fortify  thy  power 
mightily. 

2  For  the  Lord  hath  turned  away  the  excellency  of  Jacob,  as  the 
excellency  of  Israel :  for  the  emptiers  have  emptied  them  out,  and 
marred  their  vine  branches. 

3  The  shield  of  his  mighty  men  is  made  red,  the  valiant  men  are 
in  scarlet :  the  chariots  shall  be  with  flaming  torches  in  the  day  of 
his  preparation,  and  the  fir  trees  shall  be  terribly  shaken. 

4  The  chariots  shall  rage  in  the  streets,  they  shall  justle  one  against 
another  in  the  broad  ways :  they  shall  seem  like  torches,  they  shall 
run  hke  the  lightnings. 

5  He  shall  recount  his  worthies  :  they  shall  stumble  in  their  walk; 
they  shall  make  haste  to  the  wall  thereof,  and  the  defence  shall  be 
prepared. 

6  The  gates  of  the  rivers  shall  be  opened,  and  the  palace  shall  be 
dissolved. 

7  And  Huzzab  shall  be  led  away  captive,  she  shall  be  brought  up, 
and  her  maids  shall  lead  her  as  with  the  voice  of  doves,  tabering  upon 
their  breasts. 

8  But  Nineveh  is  of  old  like  a  pool  of  water  :  yet  they  shall  flee 
aw'ay.     Stand,  stand,  shall  they  cry  ;  but  none  shall  look  back. 

9  Take  ye  the  spoil  of  silver,  take  the  spoil  of  gold :  for  there  is 
none  end  of  the  store,  and  glory  out  of  all  the  pleasant  furniture. 

10  She  is  empty,  and  void,  and  waste :  and  the  heart  melteth,  and 
the  knees  smite  together,  and  much  pain  is  in  all  loins,  and  the  faces 
of  them  all  gather  blackness. 

11  Where  is  the  dw^elling  of  the  lions,  and  the  feeding-place  of 
the  young  lions,  where  (he  lion,  even  the  old  lion,  walked,  and  the 
lion's  whelp,  and  none  made  them  afraid  ? 

12  The  lion  did  tear  in  pieces  enough  for  his  whelps,  and  strangled 
for  his  lionesses,  and  filled  his  holes  with  prey,  and  his  dens  with 
ravin. 

13  Behold,  I  am  against  thee,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  and  I  will 
burn  her  chariots  in  the  smoke,  and  the  sword  shall  devour  thy  young 
lions  ;  and  I  will  cut  off  thy  prey  from  the  earth,  and  the  voice  of 
thy  messengers  shall  no  more  be  "heard. 


Nahim.  ~  163 

NAHUM,    III. 

The  miserable  ruin  of  JVineveh :   no  power  able  to  resist  God : 
their  sudden  destruction :  their  malice  and  ivickedness. 

1  Woe  to  the  bloody  city  !  it  is  all  full  of  lies  and  robbery  ;  the 
prey  departeth  not ; 

2  The  noise  of  a  whip,  and  the  noise  of  the  rattling  of  the 
wheels,  and  of  the  prancing  horses,  and  of  the  jumping  chariots. 

3  The  horseman  lifteth  up  both  the  bright  sword  and  the  glittering 
spear  :  and  there  is  a  multitude  of  slain,  and  a  great  number  of  car- 
casses ;  and  there  is  none  end  of  their  corpses ;  they  stumble  upon 
their  corpses  : 

4  Because  of  the  multitude  of  the  whoredoms  of  the  well-favored 
harlot,  the  mistress  of  witchcrafts,  that  selleth  nations  through  her 
whoredoms,  and  families  through  her  witchcrafts. 

5  Behold,  I  am  against  thee,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts ;  and  I  will 
discover  thy  skirts  upon  thy  face,  and  I  will  shew  the  nations  thy 
nakedness,  and  the  kingdoms  thy  shame. 

6  And  I  vi'ill  cast  abominable  filth  upon  thee,  and  make  thee  vile, 
and  will  set  thee  as  a  gazing  stock. 

7  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  all  they  that  look  upon  thee  shall 
flee  from  thee,  and  say,  Nineveh  is  laid  waste  :  who  will  bemoan 
her  ?  whence  shall  I  seek  comforters  for  thee  ? 

8  Art  thou  better  than  populous  No,  that  was  situate  among  the 
rivers,  that  had  the  waters  round  about  it,  whose  rampart  was  the 
sea,  and  her  wall  was  from  the  sea  ? 

9  Ethiopia  and  Egypt  were  her  strength,  and  it  was  infinite  ;  Put 
and  Lubim  were  thy  helpers. 

10  Yet  ivas  she  carried  away,  she  went  into  captivity  :  her  young 
children  also  were  dashed  in  pieces  at  the  top  of  all  the  streets  ;  and 
they  cast  lots  for  her  honorable  men,  and  all  her  great  men  were 
bound  in  chains, 

11  Thou  also  shalt  be  drunken:  thou  shalt  be  hid,  thou  also  shalt 
seek  strength  because  of  the  enemy. 

12  All  thy  strong  holds  shall  be  like  fig-trees  with  the  first  ripe 
figs  :  if  they  be  shaken,  they  shall  even  fall  into  the  mouth  of  the 
eater. 

13  Behold,  thy  people  in  the  midst  of  thee  are  women  :  the  gates 
of  thy  land  shall  be  set  wide  open  unto  thine  enemies  :  the  fire  shall 
devour  thy  bars. 

14  Draw  thee  waters  for  the  siege,  fortify  thy  strong  holds:  go 
into  clay,  and  tread  the  mortar,  make  strong  the  brick-kiln. 

15  There  shall  the  fire  devour  thee  :  the  sword  shall  cut  thee  off: 
it  shall  eat  thee  up  like  the  canker-worm  :  make  thyself  many  as  the 
canker-worm,  make  thyself  many  as  the  locusts. 

16  Thou  hast  multiplied  thy  merchants  above  the  stars  of  heaven: 
the  canker-worm  spoileth  and  flieth  away. 

17  Thy  crowned  are  as  the  locusts,  and  thy  captains  as  the  great 
grasshoppers,  which  camp  in  the  hedges  in  the  cold  day  ;  but  when 
the  sun  ariseth  they  flee  away,  and  their  place  is  not  known  where 
they  are. 

18  Thy  shepherds  slumber,  O  king  of  Assyria ;  thy  nobles  shall 


164  Nahum.     Isaiah. 

dwell  hi  the  dust :  thy  people  is  scattered  upon  the  mountains,  and 
no  man  gathereth  them. 

19  There  is  no  healing  of  thy  bruise  ;  thy  wound  is  grievous  :  all 
that  hear  the  bruit  of  thee  shall  clap  the  hands  over  thee  :  for  upon 
whom  hath  not  thy  wickedness  passed  continually  ? 

B.  C.  708.  ISAIAH,    XL.* 

The  promulgation  of  the  gospel.     The  j)reaching  of  John  the  Bap- 
tist.    The  preaching  of  the  apostles. 

1  Comfort  ye,  comfort  ye  my  people,  saith  your  God. 

2  Speak  ye  comfortably  to  Jerusalem,  and  cry  unto  her,  that  her 
warfare  is  accomplished,  that  her  iniquity  is  pardoned  :  for  she  hath 
received  of  the  Lord's  hand  double  for  all  her  sins. 

3  IT  The  voice  of  him  that  crieth  in  the  wilderness.  Prepare  ye  the 
way  of  the  Lord,  make  straioht  in  the  desert  a  high-way  for  our 
God. 

4  Every  valley  shall  be  exalted,  and  every  mountain  and  hill  shall 
be  made  low  :  and  the  crooked  shall  be  made  straight,  and  the  rough 
places  plain  : 

5  And  the  glory  of  the  Lord  shall  be  revealed,  and  all  flesh  shall 
see  it  together :  for  the  mouth  of  the  Lord  hath  spoken  it. 

6  The  voice  said.  Cry.  And  he  said,  What  shall  I  cry  ?  All  flesh 
is  grass,  and  all  the  goodliness  thereof  is  as  the  flower  of  the 
field: 

7  The  grass  withereth,  the  flower  fadeth :  because  the  Spirit  of 
the  Lord  bloweth  upon  it :  surely  the  people  is  grass. 

8  The  grass  withereth,  the  flower  fadeth  :  but  the  word  of  our 
God  shall  stand  for  ever. 

9  1l  O  Zion,  that  bringest  good  tidings,  get  thee  up  into  the  high 
mountain  ;  0  Jerusalem,  that  bringest  good  tidings,  lift  up  thy  voice 
with  strength  :  lift  it  up,  be  not  afraid ;  say  unto  the  cities  of  Judah, 
Behold  your  God ! 

10  Behold,  the  Lord  God  will  come  with  strong  i^antZ,  and  his  arm 
shall  rule  for  him  :  behold,  his  reward  is  with  him,  and  his  work 
before  him. 

11  He  shall  feed  his  flock  like  a  shepherd  :  he  shall  gather  the 
lambs  with  his  arm,  and  carry  them  in  his  bosom,  and  shall  gently 
lead  those  that  are  with  young. 

12  H  Who  hath  measured  the  waters  in  the  hollow  of  his  hand, 
and  meted  out  heaven  with  the  span,  and  comprehended  the  dust  of 

*  Of  the  following  chapter  of  Isaiah,  Home  has  given  an  index  hy  dividing  it 
into  19  discourses.  1.  A  promise  of  comfort  to  the  captive  Jews.  2.  The  coming 
of  Christ,  and  the  character  and  blessings  of  his  kingdom.  3.  Promises  of  redemp- 
tion, and  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  4.  The  captivity  of  the  idols  of  Babylon,  and  the  folly 
of  worshipping  tliem.  5.  A  reproof  of  the  idolatry  of  the  Jews,  and  a  prediction 
of  their  deliverance.  6.  Presents  Christ  in  person,  declaring  his  commission. 
7.  Foretells  the  rejection  of  the  Jews  for  their  rejection  of  Christ.  8.  Predicts  the 
person,  office,  and  sufferings  of  Christ  and  the  result.  9.  Foretells  the  calling 
and  conversion  of  the  Gentiles.  10.  Proclaims  the  fullness  and  freeness  and  glory 
of  the  gospel.  11.  Predicts  the  calamities  that  would  come  upon  the  Jews  for  their 
hypocrisy  and  unbelief.  12.  Predicts  the  future  conversion  of  the  Jews  with  the 
fullness  of  the  Gentiles. 


Isaiah.  165 

the  earth  in  a  measure,  and  weighed  the  mountains  in  scales,  and  the 
hills  in  a  balance  ? 

13  Who  hath  directed  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord,  or  being  his  coun- 
sellor, hath  taui^ht  him  ? 

14  With  whom  took  he  counsel,  and  who  instructed  him,  and 
taught  him  in  the  path  of  judgment,  and  taught  him  knowledge,  and 
shewed  to  him  the  way  of  un;!erstanding  ? 

15  Behold,  the  nations  are  as  a  drop  of  a  bucket,  and  are  counted 
as  the  small  dust  of  the  balance  :  behold,  he  taketh  up  the  isles  as  a 
very  little  thing. 

16  And  Lebanon  is  not  sufficient  to  burn,  nor  the  beasts  thereof 
sufficient  for  a  burnt-offering, 

17  All  nations  before  him  are  as  nothing  ;  and  they  are  counted  to 
him  less  than  nothing,  and  vanity. 

18  1i  To  whom  then  will  ye  liken  God  ?  or  what  likeness  will  ye 
compare  unto  him  ? 

19  The  workman  melteth  a  graven  image,  and  the  goldsmith 
spreadeth  it  over  with  gold,  and  casteth  silver  chains. 

20  He  that  is  so  impoverished  that  he  hath  no  oblation  chooseth  a 
tree  that  will  not  rot ;  he  seeketh  unto  him  a  cunning  workman  to 
prepare  a  graven  image  that  shall  not  be  moved. 

21  Have  ye  not  known  ?  have  ye  not  heard  ?  hath  it  not  been  told 
you  from  the  beginning  r  have  ye  not  understood  from  the  foundations 
of  the  earth? 

22  It  is  he  that  sitteth  upon  the  circle  of  the  earth,  and  the  inhab- 
itants thereof  are  as  grasshoppers  ;  that  stretcheth  out  the  heavens  as 
a  curtain,  and  spreadeth  them  out  as  a  tent  to  dwell  in : 

23  That  bringeth  the  princes  to  nothing  ;  he  maketh  the  judges  of 
the  earth  as  vanity. 

24  Yea,  they  shall  not  be  planted ;  yea,  they  shall  not  be  sown  : 
yea,  their  stock  shall  not  take  root  in  the  earth  :  and  he  shall  also 
blow  upon  them,  and  they  shall  wither,  and  the  whirlwind  shall  take 
them  away  as  stubble. 

25  To  whom  then  will  ye  liken  me,  or  shall  I  be  equal  ?  saith  the 
Holy  One. 

26  Lift  up  your  eyes  on  high;,  and  behold  who  hath  created 
these  things,  that  bringeth  out  their  hosts  by  number  :  he  calleth 
them  all  by  names,  by  the  greatness  of  his  might,  for  that  he  is  strong 
in  power  ;  not  one  faileth. 

27  Why  sayest  thou,  O  Jacob,  and  speakest,  0  Israel,  My  way  is 
hid  from  the  Lord,  and  my  judgment  is  passed  over  from  my 
God? 

28  H  Hast  thou  not  known  ?  hast  thou  not  heard,  that  the  ever- 
lasting God,  the  Lord,  the  Creator  of  the  ends  of  the  earth,  fainteth 
not,  neither  is  weary  ?  there  is  no  searching  of  his  understanding. 

29  He  giveth  power  to  the  faint ;  and  to  them  that  have  no  might 
he  increaseth  strength. 

30  Even  the  youths  shall  faint  and  be  weary,  and  the  young  men 
shall  utterly  fall : 

31  Bu-t  they  that  wait  upon  the  Lord  shall  renew  their  strength  ; 
they  shall  mount  up  with  wings  as  eagles  :  they  shall  run  and  not  be 
weary  ;  and  they  shall  walk  and  not  faint. 

14 


166  Isaiah. 


B.  C.  708.*  ISAIAH,  XLI. 


God  expostulateth  ivith  his  people  about  his  mercies  to  the  church, 
about  his  promises,  and  about  the  vanity  of  idols. 

1  Keep  silence  before  me,  O  islands  ;  and  let  the  people  renew 
their  strength  :  let  them  come  near  ;  then  let  them  speak :  let  us  come 
near  together  to  judgment. 

2  Who  raised  up  the  righteous  man  from  the  east,  called  him 
to  his  foot,  gave  the  nations  before  him,  and  made  him  rule  over 
kings  ?  he  gave  them  as  the  dust  to  his  sword,  and  as  driven  stubble 
to  his  bow. 

3  He  pursued  them,  and  passed  safely;  even  by  the  way  that  he 
had  not  gone  with  his  feet. 

4  Who  hath  wrought  and  done  it,  calling  the  generations  from 
the  beginning  ?  I  the  Lord,  the  first,  and  with  the  last ;  I  am  he. 

5  The  isles  saw  it,  and  feared  ;  the  ends  of  the  earth  were  afraid, 
drew  near  and  came. 

6  They  helped  every  one  his  neighbor ;  and  every  one  said  to  his 
brother.  Be  of  good  courage. 

7  So  the  carpenter  encouraged  the  goldsmith,  and  he  that 
smootheth  with  the  hammer  him  that  smote  the  anvil,  saying,  It  is 
ready  for  the  sodering :  and  he  fastened  it  with  nails,  that  it  should 
not  be  moved. 

8  But  thou,  Israel,  art  my  servant,  Jacob  whom  I  have  chosen, 
the  seed  of  Abraham  my  friend. 

9  Thou  whom  I  have  taken  from  the  ends  of  the  earth,  and 
called  thee  from  the  chief  men  thereof,  and  said  unto  thee,  Thou 
art  my  servant ;  I  have  chosen  thee,  and  not  cast  thee  away. 

10  il  Fear  thou  not ;  for  I  am  with  thee  :  be  not  dismayed  ;  for  I 
am  thy  God :  I  will  strengthen  thee  ;  yea,  I  will  help  thee  ;  yea,  I 
will  uphold  thee  with  the  right  hand  of  my  righteousness. 

11  Behold,  all  they  that  were  incensed  against  thee  shall  be 
ashamed  and  confounded  :  they  shall  be  as  nothing;  and  they  that 
strive  with  thee  shall  perish. 

12  Thou  shalt  seek  them,  and  shalt  not  find  them,  even  them  that 
contended  with  thee  :  they  that  war  against  thee  shall  be  as  nothing, 
and  as  a  thing  of  nought. 

13  For  I  the  Lord  thy  God  will  hold  thy  right  hand,  saying  unto 
thee,  Fear  not;  I  will  help  thee. 

14  Fear  not,  thou  worm  Jacob,  and  ye  men  of  Israel ;  I  will  help 
thee,  saith  the  Lord,  and  thy  redeemer,  the  Holy  One  of  Israel. 

15  Behold,  I  will  make  thee  a  new  sharp  threshing  instrument 
having  teeth  :  thou  shalt  thresh  the  mountains,  and  beat  the7n  small, 
and  shalt  make  the  hills  as  chaff. 

16  Thou  shalt  fan  them,  and  the  wind  shall  carry  them  away,  and 
the  whirlwind  shall  scatter  them  :  and  thou  shalt  rejoice  in  the  Lord, 
and  shalt  glory  in  the  Holy  One  of  Israel. 

17  When  the  poor  and  needy  seek  water,  and  there  is  none,  and 
their  tongue  faileth  for  thirst,  I  the  Lord  will  hear  them,  /  the  God 
of  Israel  will  not  forsake  them. 

18  I  will  open  rivers  in  high  places,  and  fountains  in  the  midst  of 

*  Townsend,  710  to  699.    From  the  fortieth  cliapter  to  the  end  of  the  sixty-sixth. 


Isaiah.  167 

the  valleys  :  I  will  make  the  wilderness  a  pool  of  water,  and  the  dry 
land  springs  of  water. 

19  I  will  plant  in  the  wilderness  the  cedar,  the  shittah  tree,  and 
the  myrtle,  and  the  oil  tree  :  I  will  set  in  the  desert  the  fir  tree,  and 
the  pine,  and  the  box  tree  together ; 

20  That  they  may  see,  and  know,  and  consider,  and  understand 
together,  that  the  hand  of  the  Lord  hath  done  this,  and  the  Holy 
One  of  Israel  hath  created  it. 

21  IT  Produce  your  cause,  saith  the  Lord,  bring  forth  your  strong 
reasons,  saith  the  king  of  Jacob. 

22  Let  them  bring  them  forth,  and  shew  us  what  shall  happen : 
let  them  shew  the  former  things,  what  they  he,  that  we  may  consider 
them,  and  know  the  latter  end  of  them ;  or  declare  us  things  for  to 
come. 

23  Shew  the  things  that  are  to  come  hereafter,  that  we  may  know 
that  ye  are  gods :  yea,  do  good,  or  do  evil,  that  we  may  be  dismayed 
and  behold  it  together. 

24  Behold,  ye  are  of  nothing,  and  your  work  of  nought :  an  abom_- 
ination  is  he  that  chooseth  you. 

25  I  have  raised  up  one  from  the  north,  and  he  shall  come  :  from 
the  rising  of  the  sun  shall  he  call  upon  my  name  ;  and  he  shall 
come  upon  princes  as  upon  mortar,  and  as  the  potter  treadeth  clay. 

26  Who  hath  declared  from  the  beginning,  that  we  may  know  ? 
and  before  time,  that  we  may  say.  He  is  righteous  ?  yea,  there  is 
none  that  sheweth  ;  yea,  there  is  none  that  declareth ;  yea,  there  is 
none  that  heareth  your  words. 

27  The  first  sJiall  say  to  Zion,  Behold,  behold  them :  and  I  will 
give  to  Jerusalem  one  that  bringeth  good  tidings. 

28  For  I  beheld,  and  there  was  no  man;  even  among  them,  and 
there  was  no  counsellor,  that,  when  I  asked  of  them,  could  answer 
a  word. 

29  Behold,  they  are  all  vanity ;  their  works  are  nothing :  their 
molten  images  are  wind  and  confusion. 


ISAIAH,  XLII. 

The  office  of  Christ :   God's  promise  to  him.    Jin  exhortation  to 

praise  God. 

-1  Behold  my  servant,  whom  I  uphold  ;  mine  elect,  in  whom  my 

soul  delighteth  :  I  have  put  my  Spirit  upon  him  ;  he  shall  bring  forth 

judgment  to  the  Gentiles. 

2  He  shall  not  cry,  nor  lift  up,  nor  cause  his  voice  to  be  heard  in 
the  street. 

3  A  bruised  reed  shall  he  not  break,  and  the  smoking  flax  shall  he 
not  quench  :  he  shall  bring  forth  judgment  unto  truth. 

4  He  shall  not  fail,  nor  be  discouraged,  till  he  have  set  judgment 
in  the  earth :  and  the  isles  shall  wait  for  his  law. 

5  IT  Thus  saith  God  the  Lord,  he  that  created  the  heavens,  and 
stretched  them  out ;  he  that  spread  forth  the  earth,  and  that  which 
Cometh  out  of  it ;  he  that  giveth  breath  unto  the  people  upon  it,  and 
spirit  to  them  that  walk  therein ; 

6  I  the  Lord  have  called  thee  in  righteousness,  and  will  hold 


168  •  Isaiah. 

thine  hand,  and  will  keep  thee,  and  give  thee  for  a  covenant  of  the 
people,  for  a  light  of  the  Gentiles ; 

7  To  open  the  blind  eyes,  to  bring  out  the  prisoners  from  the 
prison,  and  thern  that  sit  in  darkness  out  of  the  prison-house. 

8  I  ain  the  Lorp  ;  that  is  my  name  :  and  my  glory  will  I  not 
give  to  another,  neither  my  praise  to  graven  images. 

9  Behold,  the  former  things  are  come  to  pass,  and  new  things  do 
I  declare  :  before  they  spring  forth  I  tell  you  of  them. 

10  IT  Sing  unto  the  Lord  a  new  song,  and  his  praise  from  the  end 
of  the  earth  ;  ye  that  go  down  to  the  sea,  and  all  that  is  therein ;  the 
isles,  and  the  inhabitants  thereof. 

11  Let  the  wilderness  and  the  cities  thereof  lift  up  their  voice,  the 
villages  that  Kedar  doth  inhabit :  let  the  inhabitants  of  the  rock  sing, 
let  them  shout  from  the  top  of  the  mountains. 

12  Let  them  give  glory  unto  the  Lord,  and  declare  his  praise  in 
the  islands. 

13  The  Lord  shall  go  forth  as  a  mighty  man,  he  shall  stir  up 
jealousy  like  a  man  of  war  :  he  shall  cry  ;  yea,  roar  ;  he  shall  prevail 
against  his  enemies. 

14  I  have  long  time  holden  my  peace  ;  I  have  been  still,  and 
refrained  myself :  now  \\'\\\  1  cry  like  a  travailing  woman;  I  will 
destroy  and  devour  at  once. 

15  I  will  make  waste  mountains  and  hills,  and  dry  up  all  their 
herbs;  and -I  will  make  the  rivers  islands,  and  I  will  dry  up  the 
pools. 

16  And  I  will  bring  the  blind  by  a  way  that  they  knew  not ;  \ 
will  lead  them  in  paths  that  they  have  not  known  :  I  will  make  dark- 
ness light  before  them,  and  crooked  things  straight.  These  things 
will  I  do  unto  them,  and  not  forsake  them. 

17  They  shall  be  turned  back,  they  shall  be  greatly  ashamed,  that 
trust  in  graven  images,  that  say  to  the  molten  im.ages,  Ye  are  oiir 
gods. 

18  IT  Hear,  ye  deaf;  and  look,  ye  blind,  that  ye  may  see. 

19  Who  is  blind,  but  my  servant  ?  or  deaf,  as  my  messenger  that 
I  sent  ?  who  is  blind  as  he  that  is  perfect,  and  blind  as  the  Lord's 
servant  ? 

20  Seeing  many  things,  but  thou  observestnot ;  opening  the  ears, 
but  he  heareth  not. 

21  The  Lord  is  well  pleased  for  his  righteousness'  sake  ;  he  will 
magnify  the  law,  and  make  it  honorable. 

22  But  this  is  a  people  robbed  and  spoiled  ;  they  are  all  of  them 
snared  in  holes,  and  they  are  hid  in  prison-houses:  they  are  for  a 
prey,  and  none  delivereth ;  for  a  spoil,  and  none  saith,  Restore. 

23  AVho  among  you  will  give  ear  to  this  ?  lofio  will  hearken,  and 
hear  for  the  time  to  come  ? 

24  Who  gave  Jacob  for  a  spoil,  and  Israel  to  the  robbers  ?  did  not 
the  Lord,  he  against  whom  we  have  sinned  ?  for  they  would  not 
walk  in  his  ways,  neither  were  they  obedient  unto  his  law. 

25  Therefore  he  hath  poured  upon  him  the  fury  of  his  anger, 
and  the  strength  of  battles  and  it  hath  set  him  on  fire  round 
about,  yet  he  knew  not ;  and  it  burned  him,  yet  he  laid  it  not  to 
heart. 


Isaiah,  169 


ISAIAH,  XLIII. 

The  Lord  comforteth  the  church  with  his  promises  :  he  foretelleth 
Babylon^s  destruction,  and  his  people's  deliverance. 

1  But  now  thus  sailh  the  Lord  that  created  thee,  O  Jacob,  and  he 
that  formed  thee,  O  Israel,  Fear  not :  for  I  have  redeemed  thee,  I 
have  called  thee  by  thy  name  ;  thou  art  mine. 

2  When  thou  passest  through  the  veaters,  I  will  he  with  thee  ;  and 
through  the  rivers,  they  shall  not  overflow  thee  :  when  thou  walkest 
through  the  fire  thou  shalt  not  be  burnt ;  neither  shall  the  flame 
kindle  upon  thee. 

3  For  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God,  the  holy  One  of  Israel,  thy  Saviour: 
I  gave  Egypt /or  thy  ransom,  Ethiopia  and  Seba  for  thee. 

4  Since  thou  wast  precious  in  my  sight  thou  hast  been  honorable^ 
and  I  have  loved  thee  :  therefore  will  I  give  men  for  thee,  and  people 
for  thy  life. 

5  Fear  not ;  for  I  am  with  thee  :  I  will  bring  thy  seed  from  the 
east,  and  gather  thee  from  the  west ; 

6  I  wilt  say  to  the  north.  Give  up  ;  and  to  the  south.  Keep  not 
back  :  bring  my  sons  from  far,  and  my  daughters  from  the  ends  of  the 
earth  ; 

7  Even  every  one  that  is  called  by  my  name  :  for  I  have  created 
him  for  my  glory,  I  have  formed  him ;  yea,  I  have  made  him. 

8  11  Bring  forth  the  blind  people  that  have  eyes,  and  the  deaf  that 
have  ears. 

9  Let  all  the  nations  be  gathered  together,  and  let  the  people  be 
assembled :  who  among  them  can  declare  this,  and  shew  us  former 
things  ?  let  them  bring  forth  their  witnesses,  that  they  may  be 
justified  :  or  let  them  hear,  and  say.  It  is  truth. 

10  Ye  are  my  witnesses,  saith  the  Lord,  and  my  servant  whom  I 
have  chosen :  that  ye  may  know  and  believe  me,  and  understand 
that  I  am  he  :  before  me  there  was  no  God  formed,  neither  shall 
there  be  after  me. 

11  I,  even  I,  am  the  Lord,  and  beside  me  there  is  no  saviour. 

12  I  have  declared,  and  have  saved,  and  I  have  shewed,  when 
there  was  no  strange  god  among  you  :  therefore  ye  are  my  witnesses, 
saith  the  Lord,  that  I  am  God. 

13  Yea,  before  the  day  was,  I  am  he  :  and  thei'e  is  none  that  can 
deliver  out  of  my  hand  :  I  will  work,  and  who  shall  let  it  ? 

14  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  your  redeemer,  the  Holy  One  of 
Israel ;  for  your  sake  I  have  sent  to  Babylon,  and  have  brought  down 
all  their  nobles,  and  the  Chaldeans,  whose  cry  is  in  the  ships. 

15  I  am  the  Lord,  your  Holy  One,  the  creator  of  Israel,  your 
King. 

16  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  which  maketh  a  way  in  the  sea,  and  a 
path  in  the  mighty  waters; 

17  Which  bringeth  forth  the  chariot  and  horse,  the  army,  and  the 
power  ;  they  shall  lie  down  together,  they  shall  not  rise  :  they  are 
extinct,  they  are  quenched  as  tow. 

18  H  Remember  ye  not  the  former  things,  neither  consider  the 
things  of  old. 

19  Behold,  I  will  do  a  new  thing  ;  now  it  shall  spring  forth  ;  shall 


170  Isaiah. 

ye  not  know  it  ?  I  will  even  make  a  way  in  the  wilderness,  and  rivers 
in  the  desert. 

20  The  beast  of  the  field  shall  honor  me,  the  dragons  and  the 
owls :  because  I  give  waters  in  the  wilderness,  aiid  rivers  in  the 
desert,  to  give  drink  to  ray  people,  my  chosen. 

21  This  people  have  I  formed  for  myself;  they  sliall  shew  forUi  my 
praise. 

22  IT  But  thou  hast  not  called  upon  me,  O  Jacob;  but  thou  hast 
been  weary  of  me,  O  Israel. 

23  Thou  hast  not  brought  me  the  small  cattle  of  thy  burnt- 
offerings,  neither  hast  thou  honored  me  witli  thy  sacrifices.  I  have 
not  caused  thee  to  serve  with  an  offering,  nor  wearied  thee  with 
incense. 

24  Thou  hast  bought  me  no  sweet  cane  with  money,  nei^ther  hast 
thou  filled  me  with  the  fat  of  thy  sacrifices ;  but  thou  hast  made  me 
to  serve  with  thy  sins,  thou  hast  wearied  me  with  thine  iniquities. 

25  I,  eve7i  I,  am  he  that  blotteth  out  thy  transgressions  for  mine 
own  sake,  and  will  not  remember  thy  sins. 

26  Put  me  in  remembrance  :  let  us  plead  together :  declare  thou, 
that  thou  mayest  be  justified. 

27  Thy  first  father  hath  sinned,  and  thy  teachers  have  transgressed 
against  me. 

28  Therefore  I  have  profaned  the  princes  of  the  sanctuary,  and 
have  given  Jacob  to  the  curse,  and  Israel  to  reproaches. 

ISAIAH,    XLIV. 

God's  church  comforted.     The  vanity  of  idols,  and  folly  of  idol 
makers. 

1  Yet  now  hear,  0  Jacob  my  servant ;  and  Israsl,  whom  I  have 
chosen  : 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  that  made  thee,  and  formed  thee  from  the 
womb,  which  will  help  thee  ;  Fear  not,  0  Jacob  my  servant :  and 
thou,  Jesurun,  whom  I  have  chosen. 

3  For  I  will  pour  water  upon  him  that  is  thirsty,  and  floods  upon 
the  dry  ground  :  I  will  pour  my  Spirit  upon  thy  seed,  and  my  bles- 
sing upon  thuie  off-spring  : 

4  And  they  shall  spring  up  as  among  the  grass,  as  willows  by  the 
water  courses. 

5  One  shall  say,  I  am  the  Lord's;  and  another  shall  call  ^iVi- 
self  by  the  name  of  Jacob  ;  and  another  shall  subscribe  ivith  his 
hand  unto  the  Lord,  and  surname  himself  hy  the  name  of  Israel. 

6  Thus  saith  the  Lord  the  King  of  Israel,  and  his  redeemer  the 
Lord  of  hosts ;  I  am  the  first,  and  I  am  the  last ;  and  beside  me 
there  is  no  God. 

7  II  And  who,  as  I,  shall  call,  and  shall  declare  it,  and  set  it  in 
order  for  me,  since  I  appointed  the  ancient  people  ?  and  the  things 
that  are  coming,  and  shall  come,  let  them  shew  unto  them. 

8  Fear  ye  not,  neither  be  afraid  :  have  not  I  told  thee  from  that 
time,  and  have  declared  t7?  ye  are  even  my  witnesses.  Is  there  a 
god  beside  me  ?  yea,  there  is  no  god  ;  I  knew  not  a7iy. 

9  IT  They  that  make  a  graven  image  ai-e  all  of  them  vanity  ;  and 


Isaiah.  171 

their  delectable  things   shall   not  profit;  and   they  are  their  own 
witnesses  ;  they  see  not,  nor  know  ;  that  they  may  be  ashamed. 

10  Who  hath  formed  a  god,  or  molten  a  graven  image  that  is 
profitable  for  nothing  ? 

11  Behold,  all  his  fellows  shall  be  ashamed:  and  the  workmen, 
they  are  of  men  ;  let  them  all  be  gathered  together,  let  them  stand 
up  ;  yet  they  shall  fear,  andWiey  shall  be  ashamed  together. 

12  The  smith  with  the  tongs  both  worketh  in  the  coals,  and 
fashioneth  it  with  hammers :  and  worketh  it  with  the  strength  of  his 
arms :  yea,  he  is  hungry,  and  his  strength  faileth  ;  he  drlnketh  no 
water,  and  is  faint. 

13  The  carpenter  stretcheth  out  his  rule  ;  he  marketh  it  out  with 
a  line  ;  he  fitteth  it  with  planes,  and  he  marketh  it  out  with  the 
compass,  and  maketh  it  after  the  figure  of  a  man,  according  ta  the 
beauty  of  a  man  ;  that  it  may  remain  in  the  house. 

14  He  heweth  him  down  cedars,  and  taketh  the  cypress  and  the 
oak,  which  he  strengtheneth  for  himself  among  the  trees  of  the 
forest:  he  plantelh  an  ash,  and  the  rain  doth  nourish  it. 

15  Then  shall  it  be  for  a  man  to  burn  :  for  he  will  take  thereof 
and  warm  himself;  yea,  he  kindleth  it,  and  baketh  bread  ;  yea,  he 
maketh  a  god,  and  worshippeth  it  ;  he  maketh  it  a  graven  image, 
and  faileth  down  thereto. 

16  He  burneth  part  thereof  in  the  fire  :  with  part  thereof  he 
eateth  flesh  ;  he  roasteth  roast,  and  is  satisfied  :  yea,  he  warmeth 
himself,  and  saith,  Aha,  I  am  warm,  I  have  seen  the  fire  : 

17  And  the  residue  thereof  he  maketh  a  god,  even  his  graven 
image  :  he  faileth  down  unto  it,  and  worshippeth  it,  and  prayeth  unto 
it,  and  saith.  Deliver  me  ;  for  thou  art  my  god. 

18  They  have  not  known  nor  understood  :  for  he  hath  shut  their 
eyes,  that  they  cannot  see  ;  aiid  their  hearts,  that  they  cannot  under- 
stand. 

19  And  none  considereth  in  his  heart,  neither  is  there  knowledge 
nor  understanding  to  say,  I  have  burned  part  of  it  in  the  fire  ;  yea, 
also  I  have  baked  bread  upon  the  coals  thereof;  I  have  roasted  flesh, 
and  eaten  it ;  and  shall  I  make  the  residue  thereof  an  abomination  ? 
shall  I  fall  down  to  the  stock  of  a  tree  ? 

20  He  feedeth  on  ashes  :  a  deceived  heart  hath  turned  him  aside, 
that  he  cannot  deliver  his  soul,  nor  say.  Is  there  not  a  lie  in  my 
right  hand  ? 

21  IT  Remember  these,  O  Jacob  and  Israel ;  for  thou  art  my 
servant :  I  have  formed  thee  ;  thou  art  my  servant :  O  Israel,  thoiz 
shalt  not  be  forgotten  of  me. 

22  I  have  blotted  out,  as  a  thick  cloud,  thy  transgressions,,  and,  as 
a  cloud,  thy  sins ;  return  unto  me  ;  for  I  have  redeemed  thee. 

23  Sing,  0  ye  heavens ;  for  the  Lord  hath  done  it :  shout,  ye 
lower  parts  of  the  earth  :  break  forth  into  singing,  ye  mountains,  O 
forest,  and  every  tree  therein  :  for  the  Lord  hath  redeemed  Jacob, 
and  glorified  himself  in  Israel. 

24  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  thy  redeemer,  and  he  that  formed  thee 
from  the  womb,  I  am  the  Lord  that  maketh  all  things;  that  stretcheth 
forth  the  heavens  alone ;  that  spreadeth  abroad  the  earth  by  my- 
self; 

25  That  frustrateth  the  tokens  of  the  liars,  and  maketh  diviners 


173  Isaiah. 

mad  :  that  turneth  wise  men  backward,  and  maketh  their  knowledge 
foolish ; 

26  That  confirmeth  the  word  of  his  servant,  and  performeth  the 
counsel  of  his  messengers;  that  saith  to  Jerusalem,  Thou  shalt  be 
inhabited:  and  to  the  cities  of  Judah,  Ye  shall  be  built,  and  I  will 
raise  up  the  decayed  places  thereof: 

27  That  saith  to  the  deep,  Be  dry,  and  I  will  dry  up  thy  rivers : 

28  That  saith  of  Cyrus,  He  is  my  shepherd,  and  shall  perform  all 
my  pleasure  ;  even  saying  to  Jerusalem,  Thou  shalt  be  built ;  and  to 
the  temple,  Thy  foundation  shall  be  laid. 

ISAIAH,    XLV. 

God  calleth  Cyrus  for  his  churches  sake:  he  challengeth  ohedience: 
he  convinceth  the  idols  of  vanity. 

1  Thus  saith  the  Lord  to  his  anointed,  to  Cj^rus,  whose  right  hand 
I  have  holden,  to  subdue  nations  before  him ;  and  I  will  loose  the 
loins  of  kings,  to  open  before  him  the  two  leaved  gates;  and  the  gates 
shall  not  be  shut ; 

2  I  will  go  before  thee,  and  make  the  crooked  places  straight :  I 
will  break  in  pieces  the  gates  of  brass,  and  cut  in  sunder  the  bars  of 
iron : 

3  And  I  will  give  thee  the  treasures  of  darkness,  and  hidden  riches 
of  secret  places,  that  thou  mayest  know  that  I,  the  Lord,  which  call 
thee  by  thy  name,  am  the  God  of  Israel. 

4  For  Jacob  my  servant's  sake,  and  Israel  mine  elect,  I  have  even 
called  thee  by  thy  name :  I  have  surnamed  thee,  though  thou  hast 
not  known  me. 

5  11  I  am  the  Lord,  and  there  is  none  else,  there  is  no  god  beside 
me  ;  I  girded  thee,  though  thou  hast  not  known  me  : 

6  That  they  may  know  from  the  rising  of  the  sun,  and  from  the 
west,  that  there  is  none  beside  me  :  I  am  the  Lord,  and  there  is 
none  else. 

7  I  form  the  light,  and  create  darkness  :  I  make  peace,  and  create 
evil :  I  the  Lord  do  all  these  things. 

8  Drop  down,  ye  heavens,  from  above,  and  let  the  skies  pour 
down  righteousness :  let  the  earth  open,  and  let  them  bring  forth 
salvation,  and  let  righteousness  spring  up  together  :  I  the  Lord  have 
created  it. 

9  AVoe  unto  him  that  striveth  with  his  Maker  !  Let  the  potsherd 
strive  with  the  potsherds  of  the  earth.  Shall  the  clay  say  to  him  that 
fashioneth  it,  What  makest  thou  ?  or  thy  work,  He  hath  no  hands  ? 

10  AVoe  unto  him  that  saith  unto  his  father,  What  begettest  thou  ? 
or  to  the  woman,  What  hast  thou  brought  forth  ? 

11  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  Holy  One  of  Israel,  and  his  Maker, 
Ask  me  of  things  to  come  concerning  my  sons,  and  concerning  the 
work  of  my  hands  command  ye  me. 

12  I  have  made  the  earth,  and  created  man  upon  it :  I,  even  my 
hands,  have  stretched  out  the  heavens,  and  all  their  host  have  I 
commanded. 

13  I  have  raised  him  up  in  righteousness,  and  I  will  direct  all  his 
ways  :  he  shall  build  my  city,  and  he  shall  let  go  ray  captives,  not 
for  price  nor  reward,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 


Isaiah.  173 

14  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  labor  of  Egypt,  and  merchandise  of 
Ethiopia,  and  of  the  Sabeans,  men  of  stature,  shall  come  over  unto 
thee,  and  they  shall  be  thine  :  they  shall  come  after  thee  ;  in  chains 
they  shall  come  over,  and  they  shall  fall  down  unto  thee,  they  shall 
make  supplication  unto  thee,  saying,  Surely  God  is  in  thee ;  and 
thei'e  is  none  else,  there  is  no  god. 

15  Verily  thou  art  a  God  that  hidest  thyself,  0  God  of  Israel,  the 
Saviour. 

16  They  shall  be  ashamed,  and  also  confounded,  al!  of  them  :  they 
shall  go  to  confusion  together  that  are  makers  of  idols. 

17  But  Israel  shall  be  saved  in  the  Lord  with  an  everlasting 
salvation  :  ye  shall  not  be  ashamed  nor  confounded  world  without 
end. 

18  For  thus  saith  tlie  Lord  that  created  the  heavens ;  God  himself 
that  formed  the  earth  and  made  it ;  he  hath  established  it,  he  created 
it  not  in  vain,  he  formed  it  to  be  inhabited :  I  am  the  Lord  ;  and 
there  is  none  else. 

19  I  have  not  spoken  in  secret,  in  a  dark  place  of  the  earth  :  I 
said  not  unto  the  seed  of  Jacob,  Seek  ye  me  in  vain  :  I  the  Lord 
speak  righteousness,  I  declare  things  that  are  right. 

20  M  Assemble  yourselves  and  come  ;  draw  near  together,  ye  thai 
are  escaped  of  the  nations  :  they  have  no  knowledge  that  set  up  the 
wood  of  their  graven  image,  and  pray  unto  a  god  that  cannot  save. 

21  Tell  ye,  and  bring  them  near;  yea,  let  them  take  counsel 
together  :  who  halh  declared  this  from  ancient  time  ?  icho  hath  told 
it  from  that  time  ?  have  not  I  the  Lord  ?  and  there  is  no  god  else 
beside  me  :  a  just  God  and  a  Saviour :  there  is  none  beside  me. 

22  Look  unto  me,  and  be  ye  saved,  all  the  ends  of  the  earth :  for 
I  am  God,  and  there  is  none  else. 

23  I  have  sworn  by  myself,  the  word  is  gone  out  of  my  mouth  in 
righteousness,  and  shall  not  return,  That  unto  me  every  knee  shall 
bow,  every  tongue  shall  swear. 

24  Surely,  shall  07ie  say,  In  the  Lord  have  I  righteousness  and 
strength  :  even  to  him  shall  men  come  ;  and  all  that  are  incensed 
against  him  shall  be  ashamed. 

25  In  the  Lord  shall  all  the  seed  of  Israel  be  juslified,  and  shall 
glory. 

ISAIAH,    XLVI. 

The  idols  of  Babylon  could  not  save  themselves.     God  saveth  his  ^ 
people  to  the  end.     Idols  are  not  comparable  to  God. 

1  Bel  boweth  down,  Nebo  stoopeth,  their  idols  were  upon  the 
beasts,  and  upon  the  cattle  :  your  carriages  were  heavy  loaden ;  they 
are  a  burden  to  the  weary  beast. 

2  They  stoop,  they  bow  down  together  ;  they  could  not  deliver 
the  burden,  but  themselves  are  gone  into  captivity. 

3  IT  Hearken  unto  me,  0  house  of  Jacob,  and  all  the  remnant  of 
the  house  of  Israel,  which  are  borne  by  me  from  the  belly,  which 
are  carried  from  the  womb : 

4  And  even  to  your  old  age  I  am  he ;  and  even  to  hoar  hairs  will 
I  carry  you:  I  have  made,  and  I  will  bear  ;  even  I  will  carry,  and 
will  deliver  you. 


174  Isaiah. 

5  II  To  whom  will  ye  liken  me,  and  make  me  equal,  and  compare 
me,  that  we  may  be  like  ? 

6  They  lavish  gold  out  of  the  bag,  and  weigh  silver  in  the  balance, 
and  hire  a  goldsmith  ;  and  he  maketh  it  a  god  :  they  fall  down,  yea, 
they  worship. 

7  They  bear  him  upon  the  shoulder,  they  carry  him,  and  set  him 
in  his  place,  and  he  standeth  ;  from  his  place  shall  he  not  remove  : 
yea,  one  shall  cry  unto  him,  yet  can  he  not  answer,  nor  save  him  out 
of  his  trouble. 

8  Remember  this,  and  shew  yourselves  men ;  bring  it  again  to 
mind,  0  ye  transgressors. 

9  Remember  the  former  things  of  old  :  for  I  am  God,  and  there  is 
none  else  ;  I  am  God,  and  there  is  none  like  me  ; 

10  Declaring  the  end  from  the  beginning,  and  from  ancient  times 
the  things  that  are  not  yet  done,  saying.  My  counsel  shall  stand,  and 
I  will  do  all  my  pleasure  : 

11  Calling  a  ravenous  bird  from  the  east,  the  man  that  executeth 
my  counsel  from  a  far  country :  yea,  I  have  spoken  it,  I  will  also 
bring  it  to  pass ;  I  have  purposed  it,  I  will  also  do  it. 

12  T:  Hearken  unto  me,  ye  stout-hearted,  that  are  far  from  right- 
eousness : 

13  I  bring  near  my  righteousness ;  it  shall  not  be  far  off,  and  my 
salvation  shall  not  tarry :  and  I  will  place  salvation  in  Zion  for  Israel 
my  glory. 

ISAIAH,    XLVII. 

God^s  judgments  upon  Babylon  and  Chaldea,  for  their  unmerci- 
fulness,  pride,  and  over-boldness. 

1  Come  down,  and  sit  in  the  dust,  0  virgin  daughter  of  Babylon  ; 
sit  on  the  ground  :  there  is  no  throne,  0  daughter  of  the  Chaldeans  : 
for  thou  shalt  no  more  be  called  tender  and  delicate. 

2  Take  the  millstones,  and  grind  meal :  uncover  thy  locks,  make 
bare  the  leg,  uncover  the  thigh,  pass  over  the  rivers. 

3  Thy  nakedness  shall  be  uncovered,  yea,  thy  shame  shall  be 
seen  :  I  will  take  vengeance,  and  I  will  not  meet  thee  as  a  man. 

4  Jls  for  our  Redeemer,  the  Lord  of  hosts  is  his  name,  the  Holy 
One  of  Israel. 

5  Sit  thou  silent,  and  get  thee  into  darkness,  O  daughter  of  the 
Chaldeans  :  for  thou  shalt  no  more  be  called,  The  lady  of  kingdoms. 

6  H  I  w^as  wroth  with  my  people;  I  have  polluted  mine  inheritance, 
and  given  them  into  thine  hand  :  thou  didst  shew  them  no  mercy  ; 
upon  the  ancient  hast  thou  very  heavily  laid  thy  yoke. 

7  And  thou  saidst,  I  shall  be  a  lady  for  ever  :  so  that  thou  didst  not 
lay  these  things  to  thy  heart,  neither  didst  remember  the  latter  end 
of  it. 

8  Therefore  hear  now  this,  ihoii  that  aii  given  to  pleasures,  that 
dwellest  carelessly  ;  that  sayest  in  thine  heart,  I  am,  and  none  else 
besides  me  ;  I  shall  not  sit  as  a  widow,  neither  shall  I  know  the  loss 
of  children  : 

9  But  these  two  things  shall  come  to  thee  in  a  moment,  in  one 
day,  the  loss  of  children,  and  widowhood :  they  shall  come  upon  thee 


'  Isaiah.  175 

in  their  perfection  for  the  multitude  of  thy  sorceries,  and  for  the 
great  abundance  of  thine  inchantments. 

10  IT  For  thou  hast  trusted  in  thy  wickedness :  thou  hast  said^ 
None  seeth  me.  Thy  wisdom  and  thy  knowledge  it  hath  perverted 
thee ;  and  thou  hast  said  in  thine  heart,  I  am,  and  none  else  besides 
me. 

11  Therefore  shall  evil  come  upon  thee  ;  thou  shalt  not  know  from 
whence  it  riseth  :  and  mischief  shall  fall  upon  thee  ;  thou  shalt  not 
be  able  to  put  it  off:  and  desolation  shall  come  upon  thee  suddenly, 
which  thou  shalt  not  know. 

12  Stand  now  with  thine  inchantments,  and  with  the  multitude  of 
thy  sorceries,  wherein  thou  hast  labored  from  thy  youth  ;  if  so  be 
thou  shalt  be  able  to  profit,  if  so  be  thou  mayest  prevail. 

13  Thou  art  wearied  in  the  multitude  of  thy  counsels.  Let  now 
the  astrologers,  the  star-gazers,  the  monthly  prognosticators,  stand  up 
and  save  thee  from  these  things  that  shall  come  upon  thee. 

14  Behold,  they  shall  be  as  stubble ;  the  fire  shall  burn  them  ; 
they  shall  not  deliver  themselves  from  the  power  of  the  flame  :  there 
shall  not  be  a  coal  to  warm  at,  nor  fire  to  sit  before  it. 

15  Thus  shall  they  be  unto  thee  with  whom  thou  hast  labored, 
eve/i  thy  merchants,  from  thy  youth  :  they  shall  wander  every  one 
to  his  quarter ;  none  shall  save  thee. 

ISAIAH,    XLVIII. 

God,  to  convince  the  people  of  their  obstinacy,  revealeth  his  prophe- 
cies :  he  exhorteth  them  to  obedience. 

1  Hear  ye  this,  0  house  of  Jacob,  which  are  called  by  the  name 
of  Israel,  and  are  come  forth  out  of  the  waters  of  Judah  ;  Avhich 
swear  by  the  name  of  the  Lord,  and  make  mention  of  the  God  of 
Israel,  but  not  in  truth,  nor  in  righteousness. 

2  For  they  call  themselves  of  the  holy  city,  and  stay  themselves 
upon  the  God  of  Israel  ;  The  Lord  of  hosts  is  his  name. 

3  I  have  declared  the  former  things  from  the  beginning;  and  they 
went  forth  out  of  my  mouth,  and  I  shewed  them ;  I  did  them  sud- 
denly, and  they  came  to  pass. 

4  Because  1  knew  that  thou  art  obstinate,  and  thy  neck  is  an  iron 
sinew,  and  thy  brow  brass ; 

5  I  have  even  from  the  beginning  declared  it  to  thee ;  before  it 
came  to  pass  I  shewed  it  thee  :  lest  thou  shouldest  say.  Mine  idol 
hath  done  them  ;  and  my  graven  image,  and  my  molten  image,  hath 
commanded  them. 

6  Thou  hast  heard,  see  all  this;  and  will  not  ye  declare  it?  I  have 
shewed  thee  new  things  from  this  time,  even  hidden  things,  and  thou 
didst  not  know  them. 

7  They  are  created  now,  and  not  from  the  beginning  ;  even  before 
the  day  when  thou  heardest  them  not ;  lest  thou  shouldest  say. 
Behold,  I  know  them. 

8  Yea,  thou  heardest  not ;  yea,  thou  knewest  not ;  yea,  from  that 
time  that  thine  ear  was  not  opened  :  for  I  knew  that  thou  wouldest 
deal  very  treacherously^  and  wast  called  a  transgressor  from  the 
womb. 


176  Isaiah. 

9  11  For  my  name's  sake  will  I  defer  mine  anger,  and  for  my  praise 
will  I  refrain  for  thee,  that  I  cut  thee  not  off. 

10  Behold,  I  have  re  lined  thee,  but  not  with  silver  ;  Ihave  chosen 
thee  in  the  furnace  of  affliction. 

11  For  mine  own  sake,  even  for  mine  own  sake,  will  I  do  it:  for 
how  sliould  my  name  be  polluted?  and  I  will  not  give  my  glory  unto 
another. 

12  Ti  Hearken  unto  me,  O  Jacob  and  Israel,  my  called  ;  I  am  he  : 
I  am  the  first,  1  also  am.  the  last. 

13  Mine  hand  also  hath  laid  the  foundation  of  the  earth,  and  my 
right  hand  hath  spanned  the  heavens  :  when  I  call  unto  them,  they 
stand  up  together. 

14  All  ye  assemble  yourselves,  and  hear  ;  which  among  them  hath 
declared  these  f/imo-s  ?  The  Lord  hath  loved  him:  he  will  do  his 
pleasure  in  Babylon,  and  his  arm  shall  he  on  the  Chaldeans. 

15  I,  even  I,  have  spoken ;  yea,  I  have  called  him:  I  have  brought 
him,  and  he  shall  make  his  way  prosperous. 

16  \\  Come  ye  near  unto  me,  hear  ye  this  :  I  have  not  spoken  in 
secret  from  the  beginning  ;  from  the  time  that  it  was,  there  am  I : 
and  now  the  Lord  God  and  his  Spirit  hath  sent  me. 

17  Thus  so.ith  the  Lord,  thy  Redeemer,  the  Holy  One  of  Israel  ; 
I  am  the  Lord  thy  God  which  teacheth  thee  to  profit,  which  leadeth 
thee  by  the  way  that  thou  shouldest  go. 

18  O  that  thou  hadst  hearkened  to  my  commandments  !  then  had 
thy  peace  been  as  a  river,  and  thy  righteousness  as  the  wavesof  thesea: 

19  Thy  seed  also  had  been  as  the  sand,  and  the  offspring  of  thy 
bowels  like  the  gravel  thereof;  his  name  should  not  have  been  cut 
ofT  nor  destroyed  from  before  me. 

20  !T  Go  ye  forth  of  Babylon,  flee  ye  from  the  Chaldeans,  with  a 
voice  of  singing  declare  ye,  tell  this,  utter  it  even  to  the  end  of  the 
earth ;  say  ye.   The  Lord  hath  redeemed  his  servant  Jacob, 

21  And  they  thirsted  not  when  he  led  them  through  the  deserts  : 
he  caused  the  waters  to  flow  out  of  the  rock  for  them  ;  he  clave  the 
rock  also,  and  the  waters  gushed  out. 

22  There  is  no  peace,  saith  the  Lord,  unto  the  wicked. 

B.  C.  706.  ISAIAH,    XLIX. 

Christ  being  sent  to  the  Jews,  complaineth  of  them:  he  is  sent  to 
the  Gentiles.     God^s  love  to  the  church. 

1  Listen,  O  isles,  unto  me  ;  and  hearken,  ye  people,  from  far  ; 
The  Lord  hath  called  me  from  the  womb  ;  from  the  bowels  of  my 
mother  hath  he  made  mention  of  my  name. 

2  And  he  hath  made  my  mouth  like  a  sharp  sword ;  in  the  shadow 
of  his  hand  hath  he  hid  me,  and  made  me  a  polished  shaft ;  in  his 
quiver  hath  he  hid  me  ;  . 

3  And  said  unto  me.  Thou  art  my  servant,  0  Israel,  in  whom  I 
■will  be  glorified. 

4  Then  I  said,  I  have  labored  in  vain,  I  have  spent  my  strengtli 
for  nought,  and  in  vain ;  yet  surely  my  judgment  is  with  the  Lord, 
and  my  work  with  my  God. 

5  H  And  now,  saith  the  Lord  that  formed  me  from  the  womb  to 
he  his  servant,  to  bring  Jacob  again  to  him,  Though  Israel  be  not 


Isaiah.  177 

gathered,  yet  shaU  I  be  glorious  in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord,  and  my 
God  shall  be  my  strength. 

6  And  he  said,  It  is  alight  thing  that  thou  shouldest  be  my  servant, 
to  raise  up  the  tribes  of  Jacob,  and  to  restore  the  preserved  of  Israel; 
I  will  also  give  thee  for  a  light  to  the  Gentiles,  that  thou  mayest  be 
my  salvation  unto  the  end  of  the  earth. 

7  Thus  saitl)  the  Lord,  the  Redeemer  of  Israel,  and  his  Holy 
One,  To  him  whom  man  despiseth,  to  him  whom  the  nation  abhor* 
reth,  to  a  servant  of  rulers,  kings  shall  see  and  arise,  princes  also 
shall  worship,  because  of  the  Lord  that  is  faithful,  and  the  Holy 
One  of  Israel,  and  he  shall  choose  thee. 

8  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  In  an  acceptable  time  have  I  heard  thee, 
and  in  a  day  of  salvation  have  I  helped  thee  :  and  I  will  preserve 
thee,  and  give  thee  for  a  covenant  of  the  people,  to  establish  the  earth, 
to  cause  to  inherit  the  desolate  heritages  ; 

9  That  thou  mayest  say  to  the  prisoners.  Go  forth ;  to  them  that 
are  in  darkness.  Shew  yourselves  :  they  shall  feed  in  the  ways,  and 
their  pastures  shall  be  in  all  high  places. 

10  They  shall  not  hunger  nor  thirst ;  neither  shall  the  heat  nor 
sun  smite  them  :  for  he  that  hath  mercy  on  them  shall  lead  them, 
even  by  the  springs  of  water  shall  he  guide  them. 

11  And  I  will  make  all  my  mountains  a  way,  and  my  highways 
shall  be  exalted. 

12  Behold,  these  shall  come  from  far;  and,  lo,  these  from  the  north 
and  from  the  west;  and  these  from  the  land  of  Sinim. 

13  ^  Sing,  O  heavens;  and  be  joyful,  O  earth;  and  break  forth 
into  singing,  0  mountains  :  for  the  Lord  hath  comforted  his  people, 
and  will  have  mercy  upon  his  afflicted. 

14  But  Zion  said.  The  Lord  hath  forsaken  me,  and  my  Lord 
hath  forgotten  me. 

15  Can  a  woman  forget  her  sucking  child,  that  she  should  not  have 
compassion  on  the  son  of  her  womb  ?  yea,  they  may  forget,  yet  will 
I  not  forget  thee. 

16  Behold,  I  have  graven  thee  upon  the  palms  of  my  hands  ;  thy 
walls  are  continually  before  me. 

17  Thy  children  shall  make  haste  ;  thy  tlestroyers  and  they  that 
made  thee  waste,  shall  go  forth  of  theCi 

18  li  Lift  up  thine  eyes  round  about,  and  behold :  all  these  gather 
themselves  together,  and  come  to  thee.  As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord, 
thou  shalt  surely  clothe  thee  with  them  all  as  with  an  ornament,  and 
bind  them  on  thee,  as  a  bride  doeth. 

19  For  thy  waste  and  thy  desolate  places,  and  the  land  of  thy 
destruction,  shall  even  now  be  too  narrow  by  reason  of  the  inhabi- 
tants, and  they  that  swallowed  thee  up  shall  be  far  away. 

20  The  children  which  thou  shalt  have,  after  thou  hast  lost  the 
other,  shall  say  again  in  thine  ears,  The  place  is  too  strait  for  me  : 
give  place  to  me  that  I  may  dwell. 

21  Then  shalt  thou  say  in  thine  heart,  Who  hath  begotten  me 
these,  seeing  I  have  lost  my  children,  and  am  desolate,  a  captive,  and 
removing  to  and  fro?  and  who  hath  brought  up  these .'  Behold,  I  was 
left  alone  ;  these,  where  had  they  been? 

22  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Behold,  I  will  lift  up  mine  hand  to 
the  Gentiles,  and  set  up  my  standard  to  the  people  ;  and  they  shall 

15 


178  Isaiah, 

bring  thy  sons  in  their  arms,  and  tiiy  daughters  shall  be  carried  upon 
their  shoulders. 

23  And  kings  shall  be  thy  nursing  fathers,  and  their  queens  thy 
nursing  mothers  :  they  shall  bow  down  to  thee  with  their  face  toward 
the  earth,  and  lick  up  the  dust  of  thy  feet ;  and  thou  shalt  know  that 
I  am  the  Lord  :  for  they  shall  not  be  ashamed  that  wait  for  me. 

24  IT  Shall  the  prey  be  taken  from  the  mighty,  or  the  lawful  captive 
delivered  ? 

25  But  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Even  the  captives  of  the  mighty 
shall  be  taken  away,  and  the  prey  of  the  terrible  shall  be  delivered : 
for  I  will  contend  with  him  that  contendeth  with  thee,  and  I  will  save 
thy  children. 

26  And  I  will  feed  them  that  oppress  thee  with  their  own  flesh ; 
and  they  shall  be  drunken  with  their  own  blood  as  with  sweet  wine : 
and  all  flesh  shall  know  that  I  the  Lord  am  thy  Saviour  and  thy 
Redeemer,  the  mighty  One  of  Jacob. 

ISAIAH,    li. 

Christ  sheweth  the  cause  of  the  Jews  dereliction.    An  exhortation 
to  trust  in  God,  and  not  in  human  resources. 

1  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Where  is  the  bill  of  your  mother's 
divorcement,  whom  I  have  put  away?  or  which  of  my  creditors  is  it 
to  whom  I  have  sold  you  ?  IBehold,  for  your  iniquities  have  ye  sold 
yourselves,  and  for  your  transgressions  is  your  mother  put  away. 

2  Wherefore,  when  I  came,  was  there  no  man  ?  when  I  called, 
was  there  none  to  answer  ?  Is  my  hand  shortened  at  all,  that  it 
cannot  redeem  ?  or  have  I  no  power  to  deliver  ?  behold,  at  my 
rebuke  I  dry  up  the  sea;  I  make  the  rivers  a  wilderness:  their  fish 
stinketh,  because  there  is  no  water,  and  dieth  for  thirst. 

3  I  clothe  the  heavens  with  blackness,  and  I  make  sackcloth  their 
covering. 

4  H  The  Lord  God  hath  given  me  the  tongue  of  the  learned,  that 
I  should  know  how  to  speak  a  word  in  season  to  hitn  that  is  weary : 
he  wakeneth  morning  by  morning  ;  he  wakeneth  mine  ear  to  hear  as 
the  learned. 

5  IT  The  Lord  God  hath  opened  mine  ear,  and  I  was  not  rebellious, 
neither  turned  away  back. 

6  I  gave  my  back  to  the  smiters,  and  my  cheeks  to  them  that 
plucked  off  the  hair  :  I  hid  not  my  face  from  shame  and  spitting. 

7  IT  For  the  Lord  God  will  help  me  ;  therefore  shall  I  not  be  con- 
founded :  therefore  have  I  set  my  face  like  a  flint,  and  I  know  that  I 
shall  not  be  ashamed. 

8  He  is  near  that  justifieth  me  ;  who  will  contend  with  me  ?  let 
us  stand  together :  who  is  mine  adversary  ?  let  him  come  near  to 
me. 

9  Behold,  the  Lord  God  will  help  me  ;  who  is  he  that  shall 
condemn  me  ?  lo,  they  all  shall  wax  old  as  a  garment ;  the  moth 
shall  eat  them  up. 

10  IT  Who  is  among  you  that  feareth  the  Lord,  that  obeyeth  the 
voice  of  his  servant,  that  walketh  in  darkness,  and  hath  no  light  ? 
let  him  trust  in  the  name  of  the  Lord,  and  stay  upon  his  God. 

11  Behold,  all  ye  that  kindle  a  fire,  that  compass  yourselves  about 


Isaidli.  179 

with  sparks ;  walk  in  the  light  of  your  fire,  and  in  the  sparks  that  ye 
have  kindled.  This  shall  ye  have  of  mine  hand,  ye  shall  lie  down  in 
sorrow. 

ISAIAH,    LI. 

The  righteous  exhorted,  after  the  pattern  of  Abraham ^  to  trust  in 
Christ :  the  certainty  of  his  salvation.  The  prophet  bewaileth 
the  afflictions  of  Jerusalem,  8fc. 

1  Hearken  to  me,  ye  that  follow  after  righteousness,  ye  that  seek 
the  Lord  :  look  unto  the  rock  whence  ye  are  hewn,  and  to  the  hole 
of  the  pit  whence  ye  are  digged. 

2  Look  unto  Abraham  your  father,  and  unto  Sarah  that  bare  you  : 
for  I  called  hirn  alone,  and  blessed  him,  and  increased  him. 

3  For  the  Lord  shall  comfort  Zion  :  he  will  comfort  all  her  waste 
places,  and  he  will  make  her  wilderness  like  Eden,  and  her  desert 
like  the  garden  of  the  Lord  ;  joy  and  gladness  shall  be  found  therein, 
thanksgiving,  and  the  voice  of  melody. 

4  IT  Hearken  unto  me,  my  people  ;  and  give  ear  unto  me,  O  my 
nation:  for  a  law  shall  proceed  from  me,  and  I  will  make  my  judg- 
ment to  rest  for  a  light  of  the  people. 

5  My  righteousness  is  near;  my  salvation  is  gone  forth,  and  mine 
arms  shall  judge  the  people  :  the  isles  shall  wait  upon  me,  and  on 
mine  arm  shall  they  trust. 

6  Lift  up  your  eyes  to  the  heavens,  and  look  upon  the  earth 
beneath  ;  for  the  heavens  shall  vanish  away  like  smoke,  and  the 
earth  shall  wax  old  like  a  garment,  and  they  that  dwell  therein  shall 
die  in  like  manner :  but  my  salvation  shall  be  for  ever,  and  my 
righteousness  shall  not  be  abolished. 

7  IT  Hearken  unto  me,  ye  that  know  righteousness,  the  people  in 
whose  heart  is  my  law  ;  fear  ye  not  the  reproach  of  men,  neither  be 
ye  afraid  of  their  revilings. 

8  For  the  moth  shall  eat  them  up  like  a  garment,  and  the  worm 
shall  eat  them  like  wool :  but  my  righteousness  shall  be  for  ever,  and 
my  salvation  from  generation  to  generation. 

9  IT  Awake,  awake,  put  on  strength,  O  arm  of  the  Lord  ;  awake, 
as  in  the  ancient  days,  in  the  generations  of  old.  Art  thou  not  it  that 
hath  cut  Rahab,  and  wounded  the  dragon  ? 

10  Art  thou  not  it  which  hath  dried  the  sea,  the  waters  of  the  great 
deep  :  that  hath  made  the  depths  of  the  sea  a  way  for  the  ransomed 
to  pass  over  ? 

11  Therefore  the  redeemed  of  the  Lord  shall  return,  and  come 
with  singing  unto  Zion  ;  and  everlasting  joy  shall  he  upon  their  head : 
they  shall  obtain  gladness  and  joy  ^  and  sorrow  and  mourning  shall 
flee  away. 

12  I,  even  I,  am  he  that  comforteth  you  :  who  art  thou,  that  thou 
shouldest  be  afraid  of  a  man  that  shall  die,  and  of  the  son  of  man 
which  shall  be  made  as  grass  ; 

13  And  forgettest  the  Lord  thy  maker,  that  hath  stretched  forth 
the  heavens,  and  laid  the  foundations  of  the  earth  :  and  hast  feared 
continually  every  day  because  of  the  fury  of  the  oppressor,  as  if  he 
were  ready  to  destroy  ?  and  where  is  the  fury  of  the  oppressor  ? 


180  Isaiah. 

14  The  captive  exile  hasteneth  that  he  may  be  loosed,  and  that  he 
should  not  die  in  the  pit,  nor  that  his  bread  should  fail. 

15  But  I  am  the  Lord  thy  God,  that  divided  the  sea,  whose  waves 
roared :  The  Lord  of  hosts  is  his  name. 

16  And  I  have  put  my  words  in  thy  mouth,  and  I  have  covered 
thee  in  the  shadow  of  mine  hand,  that  I  may  plant  the  heavens,  and 
lay  the  foundations  of  the  earth,  and  say  unto  Zion,  Thou  art  my 
people. 

17  IT  Awake,  awake,  stand  up,  O  Jerusalem,  which  hast  drunk  at 
the  hand  of  the  Lord  the  cup  of  his  fury ;  thou  hast  drunken  the 
dregs  of  the  cup  of  trembling,  and  wrung  them  out. 

18  There  is  none  to  guide  her  among  all  the  sons  whom  she  hath 
brought  forth  ;  neither  is  there  any  that  taketh  her  by  the  hand  of 
all  the  sons  that  she  hath  brought  up. 

19  These  two  things  are  come  unto  thee  ;  who  shall  be  sorry  for 
thee.'  desolation,  and  destruction,  and  the  famine,  and  the  sword: 
by  whom  shall  1  comfort  thee  ? 

20  Thy  sons  have  fainted,  they  lie  at  the  head  of  all  the  streets  as 
a  wild  bull  in  a  net ;  they  are  full  of  the  fury  of  the  Lord,  the 
rebuke  of  thy  God. 

21  TI  Therefore  hear  now  this,  thou,  afflicted,  and  drunken,  but  not 
with  wine  : 

22  Thus  saith  thy  Lord  the  Lord,  and  thy  God  that  pleadeth  the 
cause  of  his  people.  Behold,  I  have  taken  out  of  thine  hand  the  cup 
of  trembling,  even  the  dregs  of  the  cup  of  my  fury :  thou  shalt  no 
more  drink  it  again  : 

23  But  I  will  put  it  into  the  hand  of  them  that  afflict  thee ;  which 
have  said  to  thy  soul.  Bow  down,  that  we  may  go  over  :  and.  thou 
hast  laid  thy  body  as  the  ground,  and  as  the  street, to  them  that  went 
over. 

ISAIAH,  LII. 

Christ  persuadeth  the  church  to  believe  his  free  redemption,   to 
receive  the  ministers,  to  joy  in  the  power  thereof. 

1  Awake,  awake  ;  put  on  thy  strength,  0  Zion  ;  put  on  thy  beautiful 
garments,  0  Jerusalem,  the  holy  city:  for  henceforth  there  shall  no 
more  come  into  thee  the  uncircumcised  and  the  unclean. 

2  Shake  thyself  from  the  dust;  arise,  andsii  down,  O  Jerusalem: 
loose  thyself  from  the  bands  of  thy  neck,  O  captive  daughter  of 
Zion. 

3  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Ye  have  sold  yourselves  for  nought ; 
and  ye  shall  be  redeemed  without  money. 

4  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  My  people  went  down  aforetime  into 
Egypt  to  sojourn  there ;  and  the  Assyrian  oppressed  them  without 
cause. 

5  Now,  therefore,  what  have  I  here,  saith  the  Lord,  that  my 
people  is  taken  away  for  nought  ?  They  that  rule  over  them  make 
them  to  howl,  saith  the  Lord  ;  and  my  name  continually  every  day 
is  blasphemed. 

6  Therefore  my  people  shall  know  my  name  :  therefore  they  shall 
know  in  that  day  that  I  am  he  that  doth  speak ;  behold,  it  is  I. 

7  IT  How  beautiful  upon  the  mountains  are  the  feet  of  him  that 


Isaiah.  181 

Bringeth  good  tidings,  that  publisheth  peace ;  that  bringeth  good 
tidings  of  good,  that  publisheth  salvation ;  that  saith  unto  Zion,  Thy 
God  reignelh  ! 

8  Thy  watchmen  shall  lift  up  the  voice  ;  with  the  voice  together 
shall  they  sing ;  for  they  shall  see  eye  to  eye,  when  the  Lord  shall 
bring  again  Zion. 

9  IT  Break  forth  into  joy,  sing  together,  ye  waste  places  of  Jeru- 
salem :  for  the  Lord  hath  comforted  his  people,  he  hath  redeemed 
Jerusalem. 

10  The  Lord  hath  made  bare  his  holy  arm  in  the  eyes  of  all  the 
nations  ;  and  all  the  ends  of  the  earth  shall  see  the  salvation  of  our 
God. 

11  IT  Depart  ye,  depart  ye,  go  ye  out  from  thence,  touch  no  unclean 
thing ;  go  ye  out  of  the  midst  of  her;  be  ye  clean  that  bear  the 
vessels  of  the  Lord, 

12  For  ye  shall  not  go  out  with  haste,  nor  go  by  flight :  for  the 
Lord  will  go  before  you  ;  and  the  God  of  Israel  will  be  your  rere- 
ward. 

13  IT  Behold,  my  servant  shall  deal  prudently,  he  shall  be  exalted 
and  extolled,  and  be  very  high. 

14  As  many  were  astonished  at  thee  ;  (his  visage  was  so  marred 
more  than  any  man,  and  his  form  more  than  the  sons  of  men ;) 

15  So  shall  he  sprinkle  many  nations ;  the  kings  'shall  shut  their 
mouths  at  him  :  for  that  which  had  not  been  told  them  shall  they  see, 
and  that  which  they  had  not  heard  shall  they  consider. 

ISAIAH,    LITI. 

The  prophet  exciiseth  the  scandal  of  the  cross,  by  the  benefit  of 
Christ's  passion. 

1  Who  hath  believed  our  rejjort  ?  and  to  whom  is  the  arm  of  the 
Lord  revealed  ? 

2  For  he  shall  grow  up  before  him  as  a  tender  plant,  and  asu  rbot 
out  of  a  dry  giound :  he  hath  no  form  nor  comeliness  ;  and  when V€ 
shall  see  him,  there  is  no  beauty  that  we  should  desire  him, 

3  He  is  despised  and  rejected  of  men  ;  a  man  of  sorrows,  and 
acquainted  with  grief:  and  we  hid  as  it  were  our  faces  from  him  ;  he 
was  despised,  and  we  esteemed  him  not. 

4  IT  Surely  he  hath  borne  our  griefs,  and  carried  our  sorrows,  yet  we 
did  esteem  him  stricken,  smitten  of  God,  and  afflicted. 

5  But  he  icas  wounded  for  our  transgressions,  he  was  bruised  for 
our  iniquities  :  the  chastisement  of  our  peace  tvas  upon  him  :  and 
with  his  stripes  we  are  healed. 

6  All  we  like  sheep  have  gone  astray  ;  we  have  turned  every  one 
to  his  own  way  ;  and  the  Lord  hath  laid  on  him  the  iniquity  of  us 
all. 

7  He  was  oppressed,  and  he  was  afflicted,  yet  he  opened  not  his 
mouth  :  he  is  brought  as  a  lamb  to  the  slaughter,  and  as  a  sheep 
before  her  shearers  is  dumb,  so  he  openeth  not  his  mouth. 

8  He  was  taken  from  prison  and  from  judgment :  and  who  shall 
declare  his  generation  ?  for  he  was  cut  off  out  of  the  land  of  the 
living:  for  the  transgression  of  my  people  was  he  stricken. 

J5* 


182  Isaiah. 

9  And  he  made  his  grave  with  the  wicked,  and  with  the  rich  in 
his  death  ;  because  he  had  done  no  violence,  neither  was  any  deceit 
in  his  mouth. 

10  IT  Yet  it  pleased  the  Lord  to  bruise  him  ;  he  hath  put  him  to 
grief:  when  thou  shalt  make  his  soul  an  offering  for  sin,  he  shall  see 
his  seed,  he  shall  prolong  his  days,  and  the  pleasure  of  the  Lord- 
shall  prosper  in  his  hand. 

11  He  shall  see  of  the  travail  of  his  soul,  and  shall  be  satisfied  j 
by  his  knowledge  shall  my  righteous  servant  justify  many  ;  for  he 
shall  bear  their  iniquities. 

12  Therefore  will  I  divide  him  a  portion  with  the  great,  and  he 
shall  divide  the  spoil  with  the  strong ;  because  he  hath  poured  out 
his  soul  unto  death ;  and  he  was  numbered  with  the  transgressors ; 
and  he  bare  tha  sin  of  ma^ny,  and  made  intercession  for  the  trans-, 
gressors. 

ISAIAH,    LIV. 

The  amplitude  of  tlie  Gentile  church,  their  safety,  their  deliverance 
out  of  affliction,  their  fair  edification,  and  sure  preservation. 

1  Sing,  O  barren, thou  thatA'iAsi  not  bear;  break  forth  into  singing, 
and  cry  aloud,  thou  that  didst  not  travail  with  child  :  for  more  are 
the  children  of  the  desolate,  than  the  children  of  the  married  wife, 
saith  the  Lord. 

2  Enlarge  the  place  of  thy  tent,  and  let  them  stretch  forth  the 
curtains  of  thine  habitations ;  spare  not,  lengthen  thy  cords,  and 
strengthen  thy  stakes. 

3  For  thou  shalt  break  forth  on  the  right  hand  and  on  the  left ;  and 
thy  seed  shall  inherit  the  Gentiles,  and  make  the  desolate  cities  to  be 
inhabited. 

4  Fear  not ;  for  thou,  shalt  not  be  ashamed  :  neither  be  thou  con- 
founded ;  for  thou  shalt  not  be  put  to  shame  :  for  thou  shalt  forget 
the  shame  of  thy  youth,^  and  shalt  not  remember  the  reproach  of  thy 
widowhood  any  more. 

5  For  thy  Maker  is  thine  husbcwid ;  the  Lord  of  hosts  is  his 
name  :  and  thy  Redeemer  the  Holy  One  of  Israel ;  The  God  of 
the  whole  earth  shall  he  be  called. 

6  For  the  Lord  hath  called  thee  as  a  woman  forsaken,  and  grieved 
in  spirit,  and  a  wife  of  youth,  when  ihou  wast  refused,  saith  thy 
God. 

7  For  a  small  moment  have  I  forsaken  thee;  but  with  great 
mercies  will  I  gather  thee. 

8  In  a  little  wrath  I  hid  my  face  from  thee  for  a  moment ;  but  with 
everlasting  kindness  will  I  have  mercy  on  thee,  saith,  the  Lord  thy 
Redeemer. 

9  For  this  is  as  the  waters  of  Noah  unto  me  :  for  as  I  have  sworn 
that  the  waters  of  Noah  should  no  more  go  over  the  earth  ;  so  have 
I  sworn  that  I  would  not  be  wroth  with  thee,  nor  rebuke  thee. 

10  For  the  mountains  shall  depart,  and  the  hills  be  removed  ;  but 
my  kindness  shall  not  depart  from  thee,  neither  shall  the  covenant  of 
my  peace  be  removed,  saith  the  Lord  that  hath  mercy  on  thee. 

11 TI  0  thou  afflicted,  tossed  with  tempest,  and  not   comforted  I 


Isaiah.  183 

behold,  I  will  lay  thy  stones  with  fair  colors,  and  lay  thy  foundations 
with  sapphires. 

12  And  I  will  make  thy  windows  of  agates,  and  thy  gates  of  car- 
buncles, and  all  thy  borders  of  pleasant  stones. 

13  And  all  thy  children  shall  he  taught  of  the  Lord  ;  and  great 
shall  he  the  peace  of  thy  children. 

14  In  righteousness  shalt  thou  be  established  :  thou  shalt  be  far 
from  oppression  ;  for  thou  shalt  not  fear  :  and  from  terror  ;  for  it  shall 
not  come  near  thee. 

15  IT  Behold,  they  shall  surely  gather  together,  hut  not  by  me  : 
whosoever  shall  gather  together  against  thee  shall  fall  for  thy 
sake. 

16  Behold,  I  have  created  the  smith  that  bloweth  the  coals  in  the 
fire,  and  that  bringeth  forth  an  instrument  lor  his  work ;  and  I  have 
created  the  waster  to  destroy. 

17  If  No  weapon  that  is  formed  against  thee  shall  prosper ;  and 
every  tongue  that  shall  rise  against  thee  in  judgment  thou  shalt 
condemn.  This  is  the  heritage  of  the  servants  of  the  Lord  ;  and 
their  righteousness  is  of  me,  saith  the  Lord. 


ISA.IAH,  LV. 

The  prophet,  ivith  the  promises  of  Christ,  calleth  to  faith,  and  to 
repentance.     The  happy  state  of  them  that  helieve. 

1  Ho,  every  one  that  thirsteth,  come  ye  to  the  waters,  and  he  that 
hath  no  money  :  come  ye,  buy  and  eat;  yea,  come,  buy  wine  and 
milk  without  money  and  without  price. 

2  Wherefore  do  ye  spend  money  for  that  which  is  not  bread,  and 
your  labor  for  that  which  satisfieth  not  ?  Hearken  diligently  unto 
me,  and  eat  ye  that  which  is  good,  and  let  your  soul  deHght  itself  in 
fatness. 

3  Incline  your  ear,  and  come  unto  me  :  hear,  and  your  soul  shall 
live  ;  and  I  will  make  an  everlasting  covenant  with  you,  even  the 
sure  mercies  of  David. 

4  Behold,  I  have  given  him  for  a  witness  to  the  people,  a  leader 
and  commander  to  the  people, 

5  Behold,  thou  shalt  call  a  nation  that  thou  knowest  net,  and 
nations  that  knew  not  thee  shall  run  unto  thee,  because  of  the  Lord 
thy  God,  and  for  the  holy  One  of  Israel,  for  he  hath  glorified 
thee. 

6  IT  Seek  ye  the  Lord  while  he  may  be  found,^  call  ye  upon  him 
while  he  is  near. 

7  Let  the  wicked  forsake  his  way,  and  the  unrighteous  man  his 
thoughts ;  and  let  him  return  unto  the  Lord,  and  he  will  have 
mercy  upon  him  ;  and  to  our  God  ;  for  he  will  abundantly  pardon. 

8  H  For  my  thoughts  are  not  your  thoughts,  neither  are  your 
ways  my  ways,  saith  the  Lord. 

9  For  as  the  heavens  are  higher  than  the  earth,  so  are  my  ways 
higher  than  your  ways,  and  my  thoughts  than  your  thoughts. 

10  For  as  the  rain  cometh  down,  and  the  snow  from  heaven,  and 
returneth  not  thither,  but  watereth  the  earth,  and  maketh  it  bring 


184  Isaialu 

forth  and  bud,  that  it  may  give  seed  to  the  sower,  and  bread  to  the 
eater : 

11  So  shall  my  word  be,  that  goeth  forth  out  of  my  mouth  :  it  shall 
not  return  unto  me  void,  but  it  shall  accomplish  that  which  I  please, 
and  it  shall  prosper  in  the  thing  whereto  I  sent  it. 

12  For  ye  shall  go  out  with  joy,  and  be  led  forth  with  peace  :  the 
mountains  and  the  hills  shall  break  forth  before  you  into  ringing,  and 
all  the  trees  of  the  field  shall  clap  their  hands. 

13  Instead  of  the  thorn  shall  come  up  the  fir  tree,  and  instead  of 
the  brier  shall  come  up  the  myrtle  tree  :  and  it  shall  be  to  the 
Lord  for  a  name,  for  an  everlasting  sign,  that  shall  not  be  cut 
off. 

ISAIAH,    LVI. 

The  prophet  exhorteth  to  sandification  :  he  promiseth  that  it  shall 
be  general :  he  inveigheth  against  blind  watchmen. 

1  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Keep  ye  judgment,  and  do  justice  :  for 
my  salvation  is  near  to  come,  and  my  righteousness  to  be  revealed. 

2  Blessed  is  the  man  that  doeth  this,  and  the  son  of  man  that 
layeth  hold  on  it ;  that  keepeth  the  sabbath  from  polluting  it,  and 
keepeth  his  hand  from  doing  any  evil. 

3  IT  Neither  let  the  son  of  the  stranger,  that  hath  joined  himself  to 
the  Lord,  speak,  saying.  The  Lord  hath  utterly  separated  me  from 
his  people  :  neither  let  the  eunuch  say,  Behold  1  am  a  dry  tree. 

4  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  unto  the  eunuchs  that  keep  jny  sab- 
baths, and  choose  the  things  that  please  me,  and  take  hold  of  my 
covenant ; 

5  Even  unto  them  will  I  give  in  mine  house,  and  within  my  walls, 
a  place  and  a  name  better  than  of  sons  and  of  daughters  :  I  will  give 
them  an  everlasting  name,  that  shall  not  be  cut  off. 

6  Also  the  sons  of  the  stranger,  that  joined  themselves  to  the  Lord, 
to  serve  him,  and  to  love  the  name  of  the  Lord,  to  be  his  servants, 
every  one  that  keepeth  the  sabbath  from  polluting  it,  and  taketh  hold 
of  my  covenant; 

7  Even  them  will  I  bring  to  my  holy  mountain,  and  make  them 
joyful  in  my  house  of  prayer  :  their  burnt-offerings  and  their  sacrifices 
shall  he  accepted  upon  mine  altar  ;  for  mine  house  shall  be  called  an 
house  of  prayer  for  all  people. 

8  The  Lord  God,  which  gathereth  the  outcasts  of  Israel,  saith. 
Yet  will  I  gather  others  to  him,  beside  those  that  are  gathered  unto 
him. 

9  IT  All  ye  beasts  of  the  field,  come  to  devour,  yea,  all  ye  beasts  in 
the  forest. 

10  His  watchmen  are  blind  :  they  are  all  ignorant,  they  are  all 
dumb  dogs,  they  cannot  bark ;  sleeping,  lying  down,  loving  to 
slumber. 

11  Yea,  they  are  greedy  dogs  u^hich  can  never  have  enough,  and 
they  are  shepherds  that  cannot  understand  ;  they  all  look  to  their 
own  way,  every  one  for  his  gain,  from  his  quarter. 

12  Come  ye,  say  they,  I  will  fetch  wine,  and  we  will  fill  ourselves 
with  strong  drink  ;  and  to-morrow  shall  be  as  this  day,  and  much 
more  abundant. 


Isaiah.  185 


ISAIAH,  LVII. 

The  blessed  death  of  the  righteous.     The  Jews  reproved  for  their 
whorish  idolatry. 

1  The  righteous  perisheth,  and  no  man  layeth  it  to  heart;  and 
merciful  men  are  taken  away,  none  considering  that  the  righteous  is 
taken  away  from  the  evil  to  come. 

2  He  shall  enter  into  peace  :  they  shall  rest  in  their  beds,  each  one 
walking  in  his  uprightness. 

3  IT  But  draw  near  hither,  ye  sons  of  the  sorceress,  the  seed  of  the 
adulterer  and  the  whore. 

4  Against  whom  do  ye  sport  yourselves?  against  whom  make  ye  a 
wide  mouth,  and  draw  out  the  tongue  ?  are  ye  not  children  of  trans- 
gression, a  seed  of  falsehood  ; 

5  Enflaming  yourselves  with  idols  under  every  green  tree,  slaying 
the  children  in  the  valleys  under  the  clefts  of  the  rocks  ? 

6  Among  the  smooth  stones  of  the  stream  is  thy  portion  ;  they, 
they  are  thy  Jot :  even  to  them  hast  thou  poured  a  drink-offering, 
thou  hast  offered  a  meat-offering.  Should  1  receive  comfort  in 
these  ? 

7  Upon  a  lofty  and  high  mountain  hast  thou  set  thy  bed  :  evea 
thither  wentest  thou  up  to  offer  sacrifice. 

8  Behind  the  doors  also  and  the  posts  hast  thou  set  up  thy  remem- 
brance ;  for  thou  hast  discovered  thyself  to  another  than  me,  and  art 
gone  up  :  thou  hast  enlarged  thy  bed,  and  made  thee  a  covenant  with 
them ;  thou  lovedst  their  bed  where  thou  sawest  it. 

9  And  thou  wentest  to  the  king  with  ointment,  and  didst  increase 
thy  perfumes,  and  didst  send  thy  messengers  far  off,  and  didst  debase 
thyself  even  unto  hell. 

10  Thou  art  wearied  in  the  greatness  of  thy  way  ;  yet  saidst  thou 
not,  There  is  no  hope  :  thou  hast  found  the  life  of  thine  hand ;  there- 
fore thou  wast  not  grieved. 

11  And  of  whom  hast  thou  been  afraid  or  feared,  that  thou  hast 
lied,  and  hast  not  remembered  me,  nor  laid  it  to  thy  heart.'  have  not 
I  held  my  peace  even  of  old,  and  thou  fearest  me  not.' 

12  I  will  declare  thy  righteousness,  and  thy  works ;  for  they  shall 
not  profit  thee. 

13  IT  When  thou  criest,  let  thy  companies  deliver  thee  :  but  the 
wind  shall  carry  them  all  away  ;  vanity  shall  take  them :  but  ha  that 
putteth  his  trust  in  me  shall  possess  the  land,  and  shall  inherit  my 
holy  mountain  ; 

14  And  shall  say,  Cast  ye  up,  cast  ye  up,  prepare  the  way,  take 
up  the  stumbling-block  out  of  the  way  of  my  people. 

15  For  thus  saith  the  high  and  lofty  One  that  inhabiteth  eternity, 
whose  name  is  Holy ;  I  dwell  in  the  high  and  holy  place,  with  him 
also  that  is  of  a  contrite  and  humble  spirit,  to  revive  the  spirit  of  the 
humble,  and  to  revive  the  heart  of  the  contrite  ones. 

16  For  I  will  not  contend  for  ever,  neither  will  I  be  always  wroth  : 
for  the  spirit  should  fail  before  me,  and  the  souls  which  I  have 
made. 

17  For  the  iniquity  of  his  covetousness  was  I  w^roth,  and  smote 
him  :  I  hid  me,  and  was  wroth,  and  he  went  on  frowardly  in  the  way 
of  his  heart. 


186  Isaiah. 

18  I  have  seen  his  ways,  and  will  heal  him  ;  I  will  lead  him  also, 
and  restore  comforts  unto  him  and  to  his  mourners. 

19  I  create  the  fruit  of  the  lips ;  Peace,  peace  to  him  that  is  far 
off,  and  to  him  that  is  near,  saith  the  Lord  ;  and  I  will  heal  him. 

20  But  the  wicked  are  like  the  troubled  sea,  when  it  cannot  rest, 
whose  waters  cast  up  mire  and  dirt. 

21  There  is  no  peace,  saith  my  God,  to  the  wicked. 

ISAIAH,    LVIII. 

Hypocritical  facts  reproved.     The  promises  to  godliness,  and  to  a 
due  observation  of  the  sabbath. 

1  Cry  aloud,  spare  not;  lift  up  thy  voice  like  a  trumpet,  and 
shew  my  people  their  transgression,  and  the  house  of  Jacob  their 
sins. 

2  Yet  they  seek  me  daily,  and  delight  to  know  my  ways,  as  a 
nation  that  did  righteousness,  and  forsook  not  the  ordinance  of  their 
God  :  they  ask  of  me  the  ordinances  of  justice  ;  they  take  delight  in 
approaching  to  God. 

3  Wherefore  have  we  fasted,  say  they,  and  thou  seest  not  ?  where- 
fore have   we  afflicted  our  soul,   and  thou   takest  no  knowledge  ? 

Behold,  in  the  day  of  your  fast  ye  find  pleasure,  and  exact  all  your 
labors. 

4  Behold,  ye  fast  for  strife  and  debate,  and  to  smite  with  the  fist  of 
wickedness  ;  ye  shall  not  fast  as  ye  do  this  day,  to  make  your  voice 
to  be  heard  on  high. 

5  Is  it  such  a  fast  that  I  have  chosen  ?  a  day  for  a  man  to  afflict 
his  soul  ?  is  it  to  bow  down  his  head  as  a  bulrush,  and  to  spread 
sackcloth  and  ashes  under  him  7  wilt  thou  call  this  a  fast,  and  an 
acceptable  day  to  the  Lord  ? 

6  Is  not  this  the  fast  that  I  have  jchosen  .'  to  loose  the  bands  of 
wickedness,  to  undo  the  heavy  burdens,  and  to  let  the  oppressed  go 
free,  and  that  ye  break  every  yoke  ? 

7  Is  it  not  to  deal  thy  bread  to  the  hungry,  and  that  thou  bring  the 
poor  that  are  cast  out  to  thy  house  ?  when  thou  seest  the  naked,  that 
thou  cover  him ;  and  that  thou  hide  not  thyself  from  thine  own 
flesh  ? 

8  IT  Then  shall  thy  light  break  forth  as  the  morning,  and  thine 
health  shall  spring  forth  speedily  ;  and  thy  righteousness  shall  go 
before  thee  :  the  glory  of  the  Lord  shall  be  thy  rere-ward. 

9  Then  shalt  thou  call,  and  the  Lord  shall  answer  ;  thou  shalt 
cry,  and  he  shall  say.  Here  I  am.  If  thou  take  away  from  the  midst 
of  thee  the  yoke,  the  putting  forth  of  the  finger,  and  speaking 
vanity  ; 

10  And  if  thou  draw  out  thy  soul  to  the  hungry,  and  satisfy  the 
afflicted  soul  ;  then  shall  thy  light  rise  in  obscurity,  and  thy  darkness 
he  as  the  noon-day  : 

11  And  the  Lord  shall  guide  thee  continually,  and  satisfy  thy 
soul  in  drought,  and  make  fat  thy  bones  :  and  thou  shalt  be  like  a 
watered  garden,  and  like  a  spring  of  water,  whose  waters  fail 
not. 

12  And  they  that  shall  he  of  thee  shall  build  the  old  waste  places : 


Isaiah.  187 

thou  shalt  raise  up  the  foundations  of  many  generations  ;  and  thou 
shalt  be  called,  The  Repairer  of  the  breach,  the  Restorer  of  paths  to 
dwell  in. 

13  IT  If  thou  turn  away  thy  foot  from  the  sabbath,  from  doing  thy 
pleasure  on  my  holy  day ;  and  call  the  sabbath  a  Delight,  the  Holy 
of  the  Lord,  Honorable;  and  shalt  honor  him,  not  doing  thine  own 
ways,  nor  finding  thine  own  pleasure,  nor  speaking  thine  own 
words : 

14  Then  shalt  thou  delight  thyself  in  the  Lord,  and  I  will  cause 
thee  to  ride  upon  the  high  places  of  the  earth,  and  feed  thee  with  the 
heritage  of  Jacob  thy  father  :  for  the  mouth  of  the  Lord  hath  spoken 
it. 

ISAIAH,    LIX. 

The  damnable  nature  of  sin.     Calamity  is  for  sin.     Salvation  is 
only  of  God.     The  covenant  of  the  Redeemer. 

1  Behold,  the  Lord's  hand  is  not  shortened,  that  it  cannot  save  ; 
neither  his  ear  heavy,  that  it  cannot  hear : 

2  But  your  iniquities  have  separated  between  you  and  your 
God,  and  your  sins  have  hid  his  face  from  you,  that  he  will  not 
hear. 

3  For  your  hands  are  defiled  with  blood,  and  your  fingers  with 
iniquity  ;  your  lips  have  spoken  lies,  your  tongue  hath  muttered 
perverseness. 

4  None  calleth  for  justice,  nor  any  pleadeth  for  truth  :  they  trust 
in  vanity,  and  speak  lies ;  they  conceive  mischief,  and  bring  forth 
iniquity. 

5  They  hatch  cockatrice-eggs,  and  weave  the  spider's  web  :  he 
that  eateth  of  their  eggs  dieth,  and  that  which  is  crushed  breaketh 
out  into  a  viper. 

6  Their  webs  shall  not  become  garments,  neither  shall  they  cover 
themselves  with  their  works  :  their  works  are  works  of  iniquity,  and 
the  act  of  violence  is  in  their  hands. 

7  Their  feet  run  to  evil,  and  they  make  haste  to  shed  innocent 
blood  :  their  thoughts  are  thoughts  of  iniquity  ;  wasting  and  destruc- 
tion are  in  their  paths. 

8  The  way  of  peace  they  know  not ;  and  there  is  no  judgment  in 
their  goings  :  they  have  made  them  crooked  paths ;  whosoever  goeth 
therein  shall  not  know  peace. 

9  li  Therefore  is  judgment  far  from  us,  neither  doth  justice  over- 
take us  :  we  wait  for  light,  but  behold  obscurity  ;  for  brightness,  but 
we  walk  in  darkness. 

10  We  grope  for  the  wall  like  the  blind,  and  we  grope  as  if  we  had 
no  eyes :  Ave  stumble  at  noon-day  as  in  the  night ;  ive  are  in  desolate 
places  as  dead  men. 

11  We  roar  all  like  bears,  and  mourn  sore  like  doves:  we  look  for 
judgment,  but  there  is  none  :  for  salvation,  but  it  is  far  off  from 
us  : 

12  For  our  transgressions  are  multiplied  before  thee,  and  our  sins 
testify  against  us :  for  our  transgressions  are  with  us ;  and  as  for 
our  iniquities,  we  know  them  ; 

13  In  transgressing  and  lying  against  the  Lord,  and  departing 


188  Isaiah. 

away  from  our  God,  speaking  oppression  and  revolt,  conceiving  and 
uttering  from  the  heart  words  of  falsehood. 

14  And  judgment  is  turned  away  backward,  and  justice  standeth 
afar  off:  for  truth  is  fallen  in  the  street,  and  equity  cannot  enter. 

15  Yea,  truth  faileth;  and  he  that  departeth  from  evil  maketh 
himself  a  prey  :  and  the  Lord  saw  it,  and  it  displeased  him  that 
there  teas  no  judgments 

16  H  And  he  saw  that  there  was  no  man,  and  wondered  that  there 
itjas  no  intercessor  :  therefore  his  arm  brought  salvation  unto  him  ; 
and  his  righteousness,  it  sustained  him. 

17  For  he  put  on  righteousness  as  a  breast-plate,  and  an  helmet  of 
salvation  upon  his  head  ;  and  he  put  on  the  garments  of  vengeance 
for  clothing,  and  was  clad  with  zeal  as  a  cloak. 

18  According  to  their  deeds,  accordingly  he  will  repay,  fury  to  his 
adversaries,  recompense  to  his  enemies  ;  to  the  islands  he  will  repay 
recompense. 

19  So  shall  they  fear  the  name  of  the  Lord  from  the  west,  and  his 
glory  from  the  rising  of  the  sun.  When  the  enemy  shall  Come  in 
like  a  flood,  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  shall  lift  up  a  standard  against 
him. 

20  IF  And  the  Redeemer  shall  come  to  Zion,  and  unto  them  that 
turn  from  transgression  in  Jacob,  saith  the  Lord. 

21  As  for  me,  this  is  my  covenant  with  them,  saith  the  Lord  ; 
My  spirit  that  is  upon  thee^  and  my  words  which  I  have  put  in  thy 
mouth,  shall  not  depart  out  of  thy  mouth,  nor  out  of  the  mouth  of  thy 
seed,  nor  out  of  the  mouth  of  thy  seed's  seed,  saith  the  Lord,  from 
henceforth  and  for  ever. 

Isaiah,  lx. 

The  glory  of  the  church  in  the  abundant  access  of  the  Gentiles,  and 
the  great  blessings  after  a  short  affliction. 

1  Arise,  shine  ;  for  thy  light  is  come,  and  the  glory  of  the  Lord  is 
risen  upon  thee. 

2  For,  behold,  the  darkness  shall  cover  the  earth,  and  gross  dark- 
ness the  people  :  but  the  Lord  shall  arise  upon  thee,  and  his  glory 
shall  be  seen  upon  thee. 

3  And  the  Gentiles  shall  come  to  thy  light,  and  kings  to  the  bright- 
ness of  thy  rising. 

4  Lift  up  thine  eyes  round  about,  and  see  :  all  they  gather  them-* 
selves  together,  they  come  to  thee :  thy  sons  shall  come  from  far, 
and  thy  daughters  shall  be  nursed  at  thy  side. 

5  Then  thou  shalt  see,  and  flow  together,  and  thine  heart  shall 
fear,  and  be  enlarged  ;  because  the  abundance  of  the  sea  shall  be 
converted  unto  thee,  the  forces  of  the  Gentiles  shall  come  unto 
thee. 

6  The  multitude  of  camels  shall  cover  thee,  the  dromedaries  of 
Midian  and  Ephah  ;  all  they  from  Sheba  shall  come  ;  they  shall 
bring  gold  and  incense  ;  and  they  shall  shew  forth  the  praises  of  the 
Lord. 

7  All  the  flocks  of  Kedar  shall  be  gathered  together  unto  thee,  the 
rams  of  Nebaioth  shall  minister   unto   thee  :    they   shall  come   up 


Isaiah.  189 

with  acceptance  on  mine  altar,  and  I  will  glorify  the  house  of  my 
glory. 

8  Who  are  these  that  fly  as  a  cloud,  and  as  the  doves  to  their 
windows  ? 

9  Surely  the  isles  shall  wait  for  me,  and  the  ships  of  Tarshish  first, 
to  bring  thy  sons  from  far,  their  silver  and  their  gold  with  them,  unto 
the  name  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  to  the  Holy  One  of  Israel, 
because  he  hath  glorified  thee. 

10  And  the  sons  of  strangers  shall  build  up  thy  walls,  and  their 
kings  shall  minister  unto  thee  :  for  in  my  wrath  I  smote  thee,  but  in 
my  favor  have  I  had  mercy  on  thee. 

11  Therefore  thy  gates  shall  be  open  continually  ;  they  shall  not 
be  shut  day  nor  night :  that  men  may  bring  unto  thee  the  forces  of 
the  GentileSj  and  that  their  kings  may  be  brought. 

12  For  the  nation  and  kingdom  that  will  not  serve  thee  shall 
perish;  yea,  ?^ose  nations  shall  be  utterly  wasted. 

13  The  glory  of  Lebanon  shall  come  unto  thee,  the  fir  tree,  the 
pine  tree,  and  the  box  together,  to  beautify  the  place  of  my  sanc- 
tuary;  and  1  will  make  the  place  of  my  feet  glorious. 

14  The  sons  also  of  them  that  afflicted  thee  shall  come  bending 
unto  thee  ;  and  all  they  that  despised  thee  shall  bow  themselves 
down  at  the  soles  of  thy  feet ;  and  they  shall  call  theej  The  city  of 
the  Lord,  The  Zion  of  the  Holy  One  of  Israel. 

15  M  Whereas  thou  hast  been  forsaken  and  hated,  so  that  no  man 
went  through  thee,  I  will  make  thee  an  eternal  excellency,  a  joy  of 
many  generations. 

16  Thou  shalt  also  suck  the  milk  of  the  Gentiles,  and  shalt  suck 
the  breast  of  kings :  and  thou  shalt  know  that  I  the  Lord  am  thy 
Saviour  and  thy  Redeemer,  the  mighty  one  of  Jacob. 

17  For  brass  I  will  bring  gold,  and  for  iron  I  will  bring  silver,  and 
for  wood  brass,  and  for  stones  iron  :  I  will  also  make  thy  officers 
peace,  and  thine  exacters  righteousness. 

18  Violence  shall  no  more  be  heard  in  thy  land,  wasting  nor 
destruction  within  thy  borders  ;  but  thou  shalt  call  thy  walls  Salva- 
tion, and  thy  gates  Praise. 

19  The  sun  shall  be  no  more  thy  light  by  day ;  neither  for  bright- 
ness shall  the  moon  give  light  unto  thee  :  but  the  Lord  shall  be 
unto  thee  an  everlasting  light,  and  thy  God  thy  glory. 

20  Thy  sun  shall  no  more  go  down,  neither  shall  thy  moon  with- 
draw itself:  for  the  Lord  shall  be  thine  everlasting  light,  and  the 
days  of  thy  mourning  shall  be  ended. 

21  Thy  people  also  shall  be  all  righteous  :  they  shall  inherit  the 
land  for  ever,  the  branch  of  my  planting,  the  work  of  my  hands,  that 
I  may  be  glorified. 

22  A  little  one  shall  become  a  thousand,  and  a  small  one  a  strong 
nation  :  I  the  Lord  will  hasten  it  in  his  time. 

ISAIAH,    LXIi 

The  office  of  Christ.      The  forwardness,  and  blessings  of  the 
faithful. 
1  The  Spirit  of  the  Lord  God  is  upon  me  ;  because  the  Lord  hath 
anointed  me  to  preach  good  tidings  unto  the  meek :  he  hath  sent  me 
16 


190  Isaiah. 

to  bind  up  the  broken-hearted,  to  proclaim  liberty  to  the  captives, 
and  the  opening  of  the  prison  to  thein  that  are  bound  ; 

2  To  proclaim  the  acceptable  year  of  the  Lord,  and  the  day  of 
vengeance  of  our  God  ;  to  comfort  all  that  mourn  ; 

3  To  appoint  unto  them  that  mourn  in  Zion,  to  give  unto  them 
beauty  for  ashes,  the  oil  of  joy  for  mourning,  the  garment  of  praise  for 
the  spirit  of  heaviness  ;  that  they  might  be  called  Trees  of  righteous- 
ness. The  planting  of  the  Lord,  that  he  might  be  glorified. 

4  H  And  they  shall  build  the  old  wastes,  they  shall  raise  up  the 
former  desolations,  and  they  shall  repair  the  waste  cities,  the  desola- 
tions of  many  genei-ations. 

5  And  strangers  shall  stand  and  feed  your  flocks,  and  the  sons  of 
the  alien  shall  be  your  plowmen,  and  your  vine-dressers. 

6  But  ye  shall  be  named  the  Priests  of  the  Lord  :  men  shall  call 
you  the  Ministers  of  our  God  :  ye  shall  eat  the  riches  of  the  Gentiles, 
and  in  their  glory  shall  ye  boast  yourselves. 

7  IT  For  your  shame  ye  shall  have  double,  and  for  confusion  they 
shall  rejoice  in  their  portion  :  therefore  in  their  land  they  shall  possess 
the  double  ;  everlasting  joy  shall  be  unto  them. 

8  For  I  the  Lord  love  judgment,  I  hate  robbery  for  burnt-ofFei-ing  ; 
and  I  will  direct  their  work  in  truth,  and  I  will  make  an  everlasting 
covenant  with  them. 

9  And  their  seed  shall  be  known  among  the  Gentiles,  and  their 
offspring  among  the  people :  all  that  see  them  shall  acknowledge 
them,  that  they  are  the  seed  which  the  Lord  hath  blessed. 

10  I  will  greatly  rejoice  in  the  Lord,  my  soul  shall  be  joyful  in  my 
God  ;  for  he  hath  clothed  me  with  the  garments  of  salvation,  he  hath 
covered  me  with  the  robe  of  righteousness,  as  a  bridegroom  decketh 
himself  with  ornaments,  and  as  a  bride  adorneth  herself  with  her 
jewels. 

11  For  as  the  earth  bringeth  forth  her  bud,  and  as  the  garden 
causeth  the  things  that  are  sown  in  it  to  spring  forth  ;  so  the  Lord 
God  will  cause  righteousness  and  praise  to  spring  forth  before  all  the 
nations. 

ISAIAH,    LXII. 

The  propheVs  fervent  desire   to   confirm  the    church  in    God's 
promises.     The  minister's  office  in  preaching  the  gospel. 

1  For  Zion's  sake  will  I  not  hold  my  peace,  and  for  Jerusalem's 
sake  I  will  not  rest,  until  the  righteousness  thereof  go  forth  as  bright- 
ness, and  the  salvation  thereof  as  a  lamp  that  burneth. 

2  And  the  Gentiles  shall  see  thy  righteousness,  and  all  kings  thy 
glory :  and  thou  shalt  be  called  by  a  new  name,  which  the  mouth  of 
the  Lord  shall  name. 

3  Thou  shalt  also  be  a  crown  of  glory  in  the  hand  of  the  Lord, 
and  a  royal  diadem  in  the  hand  of  thy  God. 

4  Thou  shalt  no  more  be  termed.  Forsaken  ;  neither  shall  thy 
land  any  more  be  termed.  Desolate  :  but  thou  shalt  be  called  Hephzi- 
bah,  and  thy  land  Beulah :  for  the  Lord  delighteth  in  thee,  and  thy 
land  shall  be  married. 

5  For  as  a  young  man  marrieth  a  virgin,  so  shall  thy  sons  marry 


Isaiah*  191 

thee :  and  as  the  bridegroom  rejoiceth  over  the  bride,  so  shall  thy 
God  rejoice  over  thee. 

6  I  have  set  watchmen  upon  thy  walls,  0  Jerusalem,  ivhich  shall 
never  hold  their  peace  day  nor  night :  ye  that  make  mention  of  the 
Lord,  keep  not  silence  ; 

7  And  give  him  no  rest,  till  he  establish,  and  till  he  make  Jerusalem 
a  praise  in  the  earth. 

8  The  Lord  hath  sworn  by  his  right  hand,  and  by  the  arm  of  his 
strength,  Surely  I  will  no  more  give  thy  corn  to  be  meat  for  thine 
enemies  ;  and  the  sons  of  the  stranger  shall  not  drink  thy  wine  for  the 
which  thou  hast  labored  : 

9  But  they  that  have  gathered  it  shall  eat  it,  and  praise  the  Lord  ; 
and  they  that  have  brought  it  together  shall  drink  it  in  the  courts  of 
my  holiness. 

10  U  Go  through,  go  through  the  gates  ;  prepare  ye  the  way  of  the 
people  ;  cast  up,  cast  up  the  high- way  ;  gather  out  the  stones  ;  lift  up 
a  standard  for  the  people. 

11  Behold,  the  Lord  hath  proclaimed  unto  the  end  of  the  world, 
say  ye  to  the  daughter  of  Zion,  Behold,  thy  salvation  cometh ; 
behold,  his  reward  is  with  him,  and  his  work  before  him. 

12  And  they  shall  call  them.  The  holy  people.  The  redeemed  of  the 
Lord  :  and  thou  shalt  be  called,  Sought  out,  A  city  not  forsaken. 

ISAIAH,  LXIII. 

Christ  sheweth  who  he  is,  what  his  victory  over  his  enemies,  and 
what  his  mercy  towards  his  church. 

1  Who  is  this  that  cometh  from  Edom,  with  dyed  garments  from 
Bozrah  ?  this  that  is  glorious  in  his  apparel,  travelling  in  the 
greatness  of  his  strength  ?  I  that  speak  in  righteousness,  mighty  to 
save. 

2  Wherefore  art  thou  red  in  thine  apparel,  and  thy  garments  like 
him  that  treadeth  in  the  wine-fat  ? 

3  I  have  trodden  the  wine-press  alone  ;  and  of  the  people  there 
was  none  with  me  :  for  I  will  tread  them  in  mine  anger,  and  trample 
them  in  ray  fury ;  and  their  blood  shall  be  sprinkled  upon  my  gar- 
ments, and  I  will  stain  all  my  raiment. 

4  For  the  day  of  vengeance  is  in  mine  heart,  and  the  year  of  my 
redeemed  is  come. 

5  And  I  looked,  and  there  was  none  to  help ;  and  I  wondered  that 
there  was  none  to  uphold  :  therefore  mine  own  arm  brought  salva- 
tion unto  me  ;  and  my  fury  it  upheld  me. 

6  And  I  will  tread  down  the  people  in  mine  anger,  and  make  them 
drunk  in  my  fury,  and  I  will  bring  down  their  strength  to  the 
earth. 

7  IT  I  will  mention  the  loving-kindnesses  of  the  Lord,  and  the 
praises  of  the  Lord,  according  to  all  that  the  Lord  hath  bestowed  on 
us,  and  the  great  goodness  towards  the  house  of  Israel,  which  he 
hath  bestowed  on  them  according  to  his  mercies,  and  according  to 
the  multitude  of  his  loving-kindnesses. 

8  For  he  said.  Surely  they  are  my  people,  children  that  will  not 
lie  :  so  he  was  their  Saviour. 

9  H  In  all  their  affliction  he  was  afflicted,  and  the  angel  of  his 


192  Isaiah. 

presence  saved  them :  in  his  love  and  in  his  pity  he  redeemed  them ; 
and  he  bare  them,  and  carried  them  all  the  days  of  old. 

10  U  But  they  rebelled,  and  vexed  his  holy  Spirit :  therefore  he 
was  turned  to  be  their  enemy,  and  he  fought  against  them. 

11  Then  he  remembered  the  days  of  old,  Moses,  and  his  people, 
saying.  Where  is  he  that  brought  them  up  out  of  the  sea  with  the 
shepherd  of  his  flock  ?  where  is  he  that  put  his  holy  Spirit  within 
him  ? 

12  That  led  thejn  by  the  right  hand  of  Moses,  with  his  glorious 
arm,  dividing  the  water  before  them,  to  make  himself  an  everlasting 
name  ? 

13  That  led  them  through  the  deep,  as  an  horse  in  the  wilderness, 
that  they  should  not  stumble  ? 

14  As  a  beast  goeth  down  into  the  valley,  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord 
caused  him  to  rest ;  so  didst  thou  lead  thy  people,  to  make  thyself  a 
glorious  name. 

15  H  Look  down  from  heaven,  and  behold  from  the  habitation  of 
thy  holiness  and  of  thy  glory  :  where  is  thy  zeal  and  thy  strength, 
the  sounding  of  thy  bowels,  and  of  thy  mercies  toward  me  ?  are  they 
restrained  ? 

16  Doubtless  thou  art  our  father,  though  Abraham  be  ignorant  of 
us,  and  Israel  acknowledge  us  not:  thou,  O  Lord,  art  our  Father, 
our  Redeemer  ;  thy  name  is  from  everlasting. 

17  IT  O  Lord,  why  hast  thou  made  us  to  err  from  thy  ways,  and 
hardened  our  heart  from  thy  fear  ?  Return  for  thj"^^  servants'  sake,  the 
tribes  of  thine  inheritance. 

18  The  people  of  thy  holiness  have  possessed  it  but  a  little  while  : 
our  adversaries  have  trodden  down  thy  sanctuary. 

19  We  are  thine:  thou  never  barest  rule  over  them;  they  were 
not  called  by  thy  name. 

ISAIAH,    LXIV. 

The  church  j>r ay eth  for  the  illustration  of  God's  power,  and  com- 
j)laineth  of  affliction. 

1  Oh  that  thou  wouldest  rend  the  heavens,  that  thou  wouldest 
come  down,  that  the  mountains  might  flow  down  at  thy  presence, 

2  As  when  the  melting  fire  burneth,  the  fire  causeth  the  waters 
to  boil,  to  make  thy  name  known  to  thine  adversaries,  that  the  nations 
may  tremble  at  thy  presence  ! 

3  When  thou  didst  terrible  things  which  we  looked  not  for,  thou 
camest  down,  the  mountains  flowed  down  at  thy  presence. 

4  For  since  the  beginning  of  the  world  7iien  have  not  heard,  nor 
perceived  by  the  ear,  neither  hath  the  eye  seen,  O  God,  beside  thee, 
what  he  hath  prepared  for  him  that  waiteth  for  him. 

5  Thou  meetest  him  that  rejoiceth,  and  worketh  righteousness ; 
those  that  remember  thee  in  thy  ways  :  behold,  thou  art  wroth  ; 
for  we  have  sinned:  in  those  is  continuance,  and  we  shall  be 
saved. 

6  But  we  are  all  as  an  unclean  thing,  and  alt  our  righteousnesses 
are  as  filthy  rags  ;  and  we  all  do  fade  as  a  leaf;  and  our  iniquities, 
like  the  wind,  have  taken  us  away. 

"7  And  there  is  none  that  calleth  upon  thy  name,  that  stirreth  up 


Tsaiah.  195 

himself  to  take  hold  of  thee :  for  thou  hast  hid  thy  face  from  us,  and 
hast  consumed  us,  because  of  our  iniquities. 

8  But  now,  0  Lord,  thou  art  our  Father  :  we  are  the  clay,  and 
thou  our  Potter ;  and  we  all  are  the  work  of  thy  hand. 

9  IT  Be  not  wroth  very  sore,  O  Lord,  neither  remember  iniquity 
for  ever:  behold,  see,  we  beseech  thee,  we  are  all  thy  people. 

10  Thy  holy  cities  are  a  wilderness,. Zion  is  a  wilderness,  Jerusalem 
a  desolation. 

11  Our  holy  and  our  beautiful  house,  where  our  fathers  praised 
thee,  is  burnt  up  with  fire :  and  all  our  pleasant  things  are  laid 
waste. 

12  Wilt  thou  refrain  thyself  for  these  things,  O  Lord  ?  wilt  thou 
hold  thy  peace,  and  afflict  us  very  sore  ? 

ISAIAH,    LXV. 

The  Gentiles  called.     The  Jews  rejected:  the  blessed  state  of  the 
new  Jerusalem. 

1  I  am  sought  of  them  that  asked  not  for  me  ;  I  am  found  of  them 
that  sought  me  not :  I  said.  Behold  me,  behold  me,  unto  a  nation  that 
was  not  called  by  my  name. 

2  I  have  spread  out  my  hands  all  the  day  unto  a  rebellious  people, 
which  walketh  in  a  way  that  was  not  good,  after  their  own 
thoughts ; 

3  A  people  that  provoketh  me  to  anger  continually  to  my  face ; 
that  sacrificeth  in  gardens,  and  burneth  incense  upon  altars  of 
brick  ; 

4  Which  remain  among  the  graves,  and  lodge  in  the  monuments  ;. 
which  eat  swine's  flesh,  and  broth  of  abominable  things  is  in  their 
vessels ; 

5  Which  say.  Stand  by  thyself,  come  not  near  to  me  ;  for  I  am 
holier  than  thou.  These  are  a  smoke  in  my  nose,  a  fire  that  burneth 
all  the  day. 

6  Behold,  it  is  written  before  me  ;  I  will  not  keep  silence,  but  will 
recompense,  even  recompense  into  their  bosom, 

7  Your  iniquities,  and  the  iniquities  of  your  fathers  together,  saith 
the  Lord,  which  have  burned  incense  upon  the  mountains,  and 
blasphemed  me  upon  the  hills  :  therefore  will  I  measure  their  former 
work  into  their  bosom. 

8  TT  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  As  the  new  wine  is  found  in  the  cluster, 
and  one  saith.  Destroy  it  not ;  for  a  blessing  is  in  it :  so  will  I  do  for 
my  servant's  sakes,  that  I  may  not  destroy  them  all. 

9  And  I  will  bring  forth  a  seed  out  of  Jacob,  and  out  of  Judah  an 
inheritor  of  my  mountains  :  and  mine  elect  shall  inherit  it,  and  my 
servants  shall  dwell  there. 

10  And  Sharon  shall  be  a  fold  of  flocks,  and  the  valley  of  Achor 
a  place  for  the  herds  to  lie  down  in,  for  my  people  that  have  sought 
me. 

11  IT  But  ye  are  they  that  forsake  the  Lord,  that  forget  my  holy 
mountain,  that  prepare  a  table  for  that  troop,  and  that  furnish  the 
drink-offering  unto  that  number. 

12  Therefore  will  I  number  you  to  the  sword,  and  ye  shall  all  bow 
down  to  the  slaughter  :    because  when  I  called,  ye  did  not  answer 

16* 


194  Isaiah. 

when  I  spake,  ye  did  not  hear  ;  but  did  evil  before  mine  eyes,  and' 
did  choose  that  wherein  I  deUghted  not. 

13  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Behold,  my  servants  shall 
eat,  but  ye  shall  be  hungry  :  behold,  my  servants  shall  drink,  bufc 
ye  shall  be  thirsty  :  behold,  my  servants  shall  rejoice,  but  ye  shall 
be  ashamed  : 

14  Behold,  my  servants  shall  sing  for  joy  of  heart,  but  ye  shall  cry 
for  sorrow  of  heart,  and  shall  howl  for  vexation  of  spirit. 

15  And  ye  shall  leave  your  name  for  a  curse  unto  my  chosen  : 
for  the  Lord  God  shall  slay  thee,  and  call  his  servants  by  another 
name  : 

16  That  he  whoblesseth  himself  in  the  earth,  shall  bless  himself  in 
the  God  of  truth ;  and  he  that  sweareth  in  the  earth,  shall  swear  by 
the  God  of  truth ;  because  the  former  troubles  are  forgotten,  and 
because  they  are  hid  from  mine  eyes. 

17  T"  For,  behold,  I  create  new  heavens  and  a  new  earth:  and  the 
former  shall  not  be  remembered,  nor  come  into  mind. 

18  But  be  ye  glad  and  rejoice  forever  in  that  which  I  create  :  for, 
behold,  I  create  Jerusalem  a  rejoicing,  and  her  people  a  joy. 

19  And  I  will  rejoice  in  Jerusalem,  and  joy  in  my  people:  and 
the  voice  of  weeping  shall  be  no  more  heard  in  her,  nor  the  voice  of 
crying. 

20  There  shall  be  no  more  thence  an  infant  of  days,  nor  an  old 
man  that  hath  not  filled  his  days :  for  the  child  shall  die  an  hundred 
years  old  ;  but  the  sinner,  being  an  hundred  years  old,  shall  be 
accursed. 

21  And  they  shall  build  houses,  and  inhabit  them  ;  and  they  shall 
plant  vineyards,  and  eat  the  fruit  of  them. 

22  They  shall  not  build,  and  another  inhabit;  they  shall  not  plants, 
and  another  eat :  for  as  the  days  of  a  tree  are  the  days  of  my  people, 
and  mine  elect  shall  long  enjoy  the  work  oi  their  hands. 

23  They  shall  not  labor  in  vain,  nor  bring  forth  for  trouble  ;  for 
they  are  the  seed  of  the  blessed  of  the  Lord,  and  their  offspring  with 
them. 

24  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  before  they  call,  I  will  answer  ; 
and  while  they  are  yet  speaking,  I  will  hear. 

25  The  wolf  and  the  lamb  shall  feed  together,  and  the  lion  shall 
eat  straw  hke  the  bullock :  and  dust  shall  he  the  serpent's  meat. 
They  shall  not  hurt  nor  destroy  in  all  my  holy  mountain,  saith  the 
Lord. 

ISAIAH,    LXVr. 

God  will  be  served  in  humhle  sincerity.     The  faithful  comforted. 
God's  severe  judgments  against  the  wicked. 

1  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  The  heaven  ?s  my  throne^and  the  earth /s 
my  footstool :  where  is  the  house  that  ye  build  unto  me  ?  and  where 
is  the  place  of  my  rest  ? 

2  For  all  those  things  hath  mine  hand  made,  and  all  those  things 
have  been,  saith  the  Lord  :  but  to  this  man  will  I  look,  even  to 
him  that  is  poor,  and  of  a  contrite  spirit,  and  trembleth  at  my 
word. 

3  He  that  killeth  an  ox,  is  as  if  he  slew  a  man ;  he  that  sacrificeth 


Isaiah.  195 

a  Iamb,  as  if  he  cut  off  a  dog's  neck;  he  that  offereth  an  oblation,  as 
if  he  offered  swine's  blood  ;  he  that  burneth  incense,  as  (fhe  blessed 
an  idol :  yea,  they  have  chosen  their  own  ways,  and  their  soul 
delighteth  in  their  abominations. 

4  I  also  will  choose  their  delusions,  and  will  bring  their  fears  upon 
them ;  because,  when  I  called,  none  did  answer  ;  when  I  spake,  they 
did  not  hear :  but  they  did  evil  before  mine  eyes,  and  chose  that  in 
which  I  delighted  not. 

.  5  H  Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  ye  that  tremble  at  his  word  ; 
Your  brethren  that  hated  you,  that  cast  you  out  for  my  name's  sake, 
said,  Let  the  Lord  be  glorified  :  but  he  shall  appear  to  your  joy,  and 
they  shall  be  ashamed. 

6  A  voice  of  noise  from  the  city,  a  voice  from  the  temple,  a  voice 
of  the  Lord  that  rendereth  recompence  to  his  enemies. 

7  Before  she  travailed,  she  brought  forth  ;  before  her  pain  came> 
she  was  delivered  of  a  man-child. 

8  Who  hath  heard  such  a  thing  ?  who  hath  seen  such  things  ? 
Shall  the  earth  be  made  to  bring  forth  in  one  day  ?  or  shall  a  nation 
be  born  at  once  ?  for  as  soon  as  Zion  travailed  she  brought  forth  her 
children. 

9  Shall  I  bring  to  the  birth,  and  not  cause  to  bring  forth  ?  saithi 
the  Lord  :  shall  I  cause  to  bring  forth,  and  shut  the  loomh  ?  saith  thv 
God. 

10  Rejoice  ye  with  Jerusalem,  and  be  glad  with  her,  all  ye  that 
love  her :  rejoice  for  joy  with  her,  all  ye  that  mourn  for  her  ; 

11  That  ye  may  suck,  and  be  satisfied  with  the  breasts  of  her 
consolations  ;  that  ye  may  milk  out,  and  be  delighted  with  the 
abundance  of  her  glory. 

12  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  I  will  extend  peace  to  her 
like  a  river,  and  the  glory  of  the  Gentiles  like  a  flowing  stream  :  then 
shall  ye  suck,  ye  shall  be  borne  upon  her  sides,  and  be  dandled  upon 
her  knees. 

13  As  one  whom  his  mother  comforteth,  so  will  I  comfort  you  ; 
and  ye  shall  be  comforted  in  Jerusalem. 

14  And  when  ye  see  this  your  heart  shall  rejoice,  and  your  bones 
shall  flourish  like  an  herb  ;  and  the  hand  of  the  Lord  shall  be 
known  toward  his  servants,  and  his  indignation  toward  his  ene- 
mies. 

15  For,  behold,  the  Lcrd  wHl  come  with  fire,  and  with  his 
chariots  like  a  whirlwind,  to  render  his  auger  with  fury,  and  his 
rebuke  with  flames  of  fire. 

16  For  by  fire  and  by  his  sword  will  the  Lord  plead  with  all 
flesh  :  and  the  slain  of  the  Lord  shall  be  many. 

17  They  that  sanctify  themselves,  and  purify  themselves  in  the 
gardens,  behind  one  tree  in  the  midst,  eating  swine's  flesh,  and  the 
abomination,  and  the  mouse,  shall  be  consumed  together,  saith  the 
Lord. 

18  For  I  know  their  works  and  their  thoughts  :  it  shall  come,  that 
I  will  gather  all  nations  and  tongues ;  and  they  shall  come  and  see 
my  glory. 

19  And  I  will  set  a  sign  among  them,  and  I  will  send  those  that 
escape  of  them  unto  the  nations,  to  Tarshish,  Pul,  and  Lud,  that 
draw  the  bow,  to  Tubal  and  Javan,  to  the  isles  afar  off,  that  have  not 


196  Isaiah.     Micah. 

heard  my  fame,  neither  have  seen  my  glory ;  and  they  shall  declare 
my  glory  among  the  Gentiles. 

20  And  they  shall  bring  all  your  brethren /or  an  offering  unto  the 
Lord,  out  of  ail  nations,  upon  horses,  and  in  chariots,  and  in  litters, 
and  upon  mules,  and  upon  swift  beasts,  to  my  holy  mountain  Jeru- 
salem, saith  the  Lord,  as  the  children  of  Israel  bring  an  offering  in 
a  clean  vessel  into  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

21  And  I  will  also  take  of  them  for  priests,  and  for  Levites,  saith 
the  Lord. 

22  For  as  the  new  heavens,  and  the  new  earth,  which  I  will 
make,  shall  remain  before  me,  saith  the  Lord,  so  shall  your  seed 
and  your  name  remain. 

23  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  from  one  new  moon  to  another, 
and  from  one  sabbath  to  another,  shall  all  flesh  come  to  worship 
before  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

24  And  they  shall  go  forth,  and  look  upon  the  carcasses  of  the  mea 
that  have  transgressed  against  me  :  for  their  worm  shall  not  die, 
neither  shall  their  fire  be  quenched  ;  and  they  shall  be  an  abhorring 
unto  all  flesh. 

B.    C.    700.  MICAH,  VII. 

The  church,  complaining  of  her  small  number,  and  the  general 
corruption,  putteth  her  confidence  in  God. 

1  Woe  is  me  !  for  I  am  as  when  they  have  gathered  the  summer- 
fruits,  as  the  grape-gleanings  of  the  vintage  :  there  is  no  cluster  to 
eat :  my  soul  desired  the  first-ripe  fruit. 

2  The  good  ?na7i  is  perished  out  of  the  earth ;  and  there  is  none 
upright  among  men  :  they  all  lie  in  wait  for  blood  ;  they  hunt  every 
man  his  brother  with  a  net. 

3  IT  That  they  may  do  evil  with  both  hands  earnestly,  the  prince 
asketh,  and  the  judge  asketh  for  a  reward  ;  and  the  great  man  he 
uttereth  his  mischievous  desire  :  so  they  wrap  it  up. 

4  The  best  of  them  is  as  a  brier ;  the  most  upright  is  sharper  than 
a  thorn  hedge  :  the  day  of  thy  watchmen  and  thy  visitation  cometh  ; 
now  shall  be  their  perplexity. 

5  IT  Trust  ye  not  in  a  friend,  put  ye  not  confidence  in  a  guide  ; 
keep  the  doors  of  thy  mouth  from  her  that  lieth  in  thy  bosom. 

6  For  the  son  dishonoreth  the  father,  the  daughter  riseth  up  against 
her  mother,  the  daughter-in-law  against  her  mother-in-law  ;  a  man's 
enemies  are  the  men  of  his  own  house. 

7  Therefore  will  I  look  unto  the  Lord  ;  I  will  wait  for  the  God  of 
my  salvation  :  my  God  will  hear  me. 

8  H  Rejoice  not  against  me,  O  mine  enemy  :  when  I  fall,  I  shall 
arise  ;  when  I  sit  in  darkness,  the  Lord  shall  be  a  light  unto  me. 

9  I  will  bear  the  indignation  of  the  Lord,  because  I  have  sinned 
against  him,  until  he  plead  my  cause,  and  execute  judgment  for  me  : 
he  will  bring  me  forth  to  the  light,  and  I  shall  behold  his  righteous- 
ness. 

10  Then  she  that  is  mine  enemy  shall  see  it,  and  shame  shall 
cover  her  which  said  unto  me,  Where  is  the  Lord  thy  God  .-'  mine 
eyes  shall  behold  her  :  now  shall  she  be  trodden  down  as  the  mire  of 
the  streets. 


Micah.     Hczekiah.     ManasseJi.  197 

11  In  the  day  that  thy  walls  are  to  be  built,  in  that  day  shall  the 
decree  be  far  removed. 

12  In  that  day  also  he  shall  come  even  to  thee  from  Assyria,  and 
fro7n  the  fortified  cities,  and  from  the  fortress  even  to  the  river,  and 
from  sea  to  sea,  and /rom  mountain  to  mountain. 

13  Notwithstanding,  the  land  shall  be  desolate,  because  of  thetii 
that  dwell  therein,  for  the  fruit  of  their  doings. 

14  II  Feed  thy  people  with  thy  rod,  the  flock  of  thine  heritage, 
which  dwell  solitarily  in  the  wood,  in  the  midst  of  Carmel :  let  them 
feed  in  Bashan  and  Gilead  as  in  the  days  of  old. 

15  According  to  the  days  of  thy  coming  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt 
will  I  shew  unto  him  marvellous  ihijigs. 

16  H  The  nations  shall  see,  and  be  confounded  at  all  their  might: 
they  shall  lay  their  hand  upon  their  mouth,  their  ears  shall  be 
deaf. 

17  They  shall  lick  the  dust  like  a  serpent,  they  shall  move  out  of 
their  holes  like  worms  of  the  earth  :  they  shall  be  afraid  of  the  Lord 
our  God,  and  shall  fear  because  of  thee. 

18  IF  Who  is  a  God  like  unto  thee,  that  pardoneth  iniquity,  and 
passeth  by  the  transgression  of  the  remnant  of  his  heritage  ?  he 
retaineth  not  his  anger  for  ever,  because  he  delighteth  in  mercy. 

19  He  will  turn  again,  he  will  have  compassion  upon  us  ;  he  will 
subdue  our  iniquities  :  and  thou  wilt  cast  all  their  sins  into  the  depths 
of  the  sea. 

20  Thou  wilt  perform  the  truth  to  Jacob,  and  the  mercy  to 
Abraham,  which  thou  hast  sworn  unto  our  fathers  from  the  days  of 
old. 

2   CHRONICLES,  XXXfl.  B.  C.  699, 

33  And  Hezekiah  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  they  buried  him  in  the 
chiefest  of  the  sepulchres  of  the  sons  of  David  :  and  all  Judah  and 
the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  did  him  honor  at  his  death.  And 
Manasseh  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

2    CHRONICLES,    XXXIII. 

Manasseh's  wicked  reign :  he  is  carried  into  Babylon :  upon  his 
prayer  he  is  released :  Anion  succeedeth  him  :  he  being  slain  by 
his  own  servants,  Josiah  succeedeth  him. 

1  Manasseh  was  twelve  years  old  when  he  began  to  reign,  and  he 
reigned  fifty  and  five  years  in  Jerusalem  : 

2  But  did  that  which  ivas  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  like  unto 
the  abominations  of  the  heathen,  whom  the  Lord  had  cast  out  before 
the  children  of  Israel. 

3  IT  For  he  built  again  the  high  places  which  Hezekiah  his  father 
had  broken  down,  and  he  reared  up  altars  for  Baalim,  and  made 
groves,  and  worshipped  all  the  host  of  heaven,  and  served  them. 

4  Also  he  built  altars  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  whereof  the  Lord 
had  said.  In  Jerusalem  shall  my  name  be  for  ever. 

5  And  he  built  altars  for  all  the  host  of  heaven  in  the  two  courts 
of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

6  And  he  caused  his  children  to  pass  through  the  fire  in  the  valley 


198  Manasseh, 

of  the  son  of  Hinnom  ;  also  he  observed  times,  and  used  enchant- 
ments, and  used  witchcraft,  and  dealt  with  a  familiar  spirit,  and  with 
wizards  :  he  wrought  much  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  to  provoke 
him  to  anger. 

7  *  And  he  set  a  carved  image  (the  idol  which  he  had  made)  in  the 
house  of  God,  of  which  God  had  said  to  David,  and  to  Solomon  his 
son,  In  this  house,  and  in  Jerusalem,  which  I  l;iave  chosen  before  all 
the  tribes  of  Israel,  will  I  put  my  name  for  ever  : 

8  Neither  will  I  any  more  remove  the  foot  of  Israel  from  out  of  the 
land  which  I  have  appointed  for  your  fathers  ;  so  that  they  will  take 
heed  to  do  all  that  I  have  commanded  them,  according  to  the 
whole  law,  and  the  statutes,  and  the  ordinances,  by  the  hand  of 
Moses. 

9  So  Manasseh  made  Judah  and  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  to 
err,  and  to  do  worse  than  the  heathen,  whom  the  Lord  had  destroyed 
before  the  children  of  Israel. 

10  IT  And  the  Lord  spake  to  Manasseh,  and  to  his  people  ;  but  they 
would  not  hearken. 

B.  C.  660.  2  KINGS,  XXI. 

10  IT  And  the  Lord  spake  by  his  servants  the  prophets,  saying, 

11  Because  Manasseh  king  of  Judah  hath  done  these  abominations, 
and  hath  done  wickedly  above  all  that  the  Amorites  did,  which 
were  before  him,  and  hath  made  Judah  also  to  sin  with  his  idols  ; 

12  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  Behold,  I  am 
bringing  such  evil  upon  Jerusalem  and  Judah,  that  whosoever  heareth 
of  it,  both  his  ears  shall  tingle. 

13  And  I  will  stretch  over  Jerusalem  the  line  of  Samaria,  and  the 
plummet  of  the  house  of  Ahab  :  and  I  will  wipe  Jerusalem,  as  a  man 
wipeth  a  dish,  wiping  it,  and  turning  it  upside  down. 

14  And  I  will  forsake  the  remnant  of  mine  inheritance,  and  deliver 
them  into  the  hand  of  their  enemies,  and  they  shall  become  a  prey 
and  a  spoil  to  all  their  enemies  ; 

15  Because  they  have  done  that  which  was  evil  in  my  sight,  and 
have  provoked  me  to  anger,  since  the  day  their  fathers  came  forth 
out  of  Egypt,  even  unto  this  day. 

16  Moreover,  Manasseh  shed  innocent  blood  very  much,  till  he 
had  filled  Jerusalem  from  one  end  to  another,  besides  his  sin  where- 
with he  made  Judah  to  sin,  in  doing  that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight 
of  the  Lord. 

2    CHRONICLES,    XXXIII. 

11  TT  Wherefore  the  Lord  brought  upon  him  the  captains  of  the 
host  of  the  king  of  Assyria,  which  took  Manasseh  among  the  thorns, 
and  bound  him  with  fetters,  and  carried  him  to  Babylon. 

12  And  when  he  was  in  affliction,  he  besought  the  Lord  his  God, 
and  humbled  himself  greatly  before  the  God  of  his  fathers. 

13  And  prayed  unto  him  ;  and  he  was  entreated  of  him,  and  heard 
his  supplication,  and  brought  him  again  to  Jerusalem  into  his  king- 
dom.    Then  Manasseh  knew  that  the  Lord  he  was  God. 

*  B.  C.  685. 


Manasseh,     Amon.     JosiaTi.  199 

14  *  Now  after  this  he  built  a  wall  without  the  city  of  David  on 
the  west  side  of  Gihon,  in  the  valley,  even  to  the  entering  in  at  the 
fish  gate,  and  compassed  about  Ophel,  and  raised  it  up  a  very 
great  height,  and  put  captains  of  war  in  all  the  fenced  cities  of 
Judah. 

15  And  he  took  away  the  strange  gods,  and  the  idol  out  of  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  and  all  the  altars  that  he  had  built  in  the  mount 
of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  in  Jerusalem,  and  cast  them  out  of  the 
city. 

16  And  he  repaired  the  altar  of  the  Lord,  and  sacrificed  thereon 
peace-ofFerings  and  thank-offerings,  and  commanded  Judah  to  serve 
the  Lord  God  of  Israel. 

17  Nevertheless,  the  people  did  saciifice  still  in  the  high  places, 
yet  unto  the  Lord  their  God  only. 

2  KINGS,  XXI.  B.  C.  644. 

18  And  Manasseh  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was  buried  in  the 
garden  of  his  own  house,  in  the  garden  of  Uzza:  and  Amon  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead, 

19  IT  Amon  was  twenty  and  two  years  old  when  he  began  to  reign; 
and  he  reigned  two  j^ears  in  Jerusalem  :  and  his  mother's  name  was 
Meshullemeth,  the  daughter  of  Haruz  of  Jothah. 

20  And  he  did  that  which  ivas  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  as 
his  father  Manasseh  did. 

21  And  he  walked  in  all  the  ways  that  his  father  walked  in,  and 
served  the  idols  that  his  father  served,  and  worshipped  them  : 

22  And  he  forsook  the  Lord  God  of  his  fathers,  and  walked  not  in 
the  way  of  the  Lord. 

23  t  H  And  the  servants  of  Amon  conspired  against  him,  and  slew 
the  king  in  his  own  house. 

24  And  the  people  of  the  land  slew  all  them  that  had  conspired 
against  king  Amon  ;  and  the  people  of  the  land  made  Josiah  his  son 
king  in  his  stead. 

26  And  he  was  buried  in  his  sepulchre,  in  the  garden  of  Uzza : 
and  Josiah  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

2    KINGS,    XXII. 

Josiah^s  good  reign :    he  provideth  for  the  repair  of  the  temple. 
Hilkiah  findeih  the  hook  of  the  law.     Huldah's  prophecy. 

1  Josiah  was  eight  years  old  when  he  began  to  reign  ;  and  he 
reigned  thirty  and  one  years  in  Jerusalem  :  and  his  mother's  name 
ivas  Jedidah,  the  daughter  of  Adaiah  of  Eoscath. 

2  And  he  did  that  ichich  ivas  right  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  and 
Walked  in  al!  the  way  of  David  his  father,  and  turned  not  aside  to  the 
right  hand  or  to  the  left. 

2  CHRONICLES,  XXXIV.  B.  C.  634. 

-  3  IT  For  in  the  eighth  year  of  his  reign,  while  he  was  yet  young, 
he  began  to  seek  after  the  God  of  David  his  father :    t  and  in  the 

*  B.  C.  650.  t  B-  U-  642.  J  B.  C.  630. 


200  Josiah.     Jeremiah, 

twelfth  year  he  began  to  purge  Judah  and  Jerusalem  from  the  high 
places,  and  the  groves,  and  the  carved  images,  and  the  molten 
images. 

4  And  they  brake  down  the  altars  of  Baalim  in  his  presence  :  and 
the  images  that  were  on  high  above  them  he  cut  down  ;  and  the 
groves,  and  the  carved  images,  and  the  molten  images,  he  brake  in 
pieces,  and  made  dust  of  them,  and  strewed  it  upon  the  graves  of 
them  that  had  sacrificed  unto  them. 

5  And  he  burnt  the  bones  of  the  priests  upon  their  altars,  and 
cleansed  Judah  and  Jerusalem. 

6  And  so  did  he  in  the  cities  of  Manasseh,  and  Ephraim,  and 
Simeon,  even  unto  Naphtali,  with  their  mattocks  round  about 

7  And  when  he  had  broken  down  the  altars  and  the  groves,  and 
had  beaten  the  graven  images  into  powder,  and  cut  down  all  the 
idols  throughout  all  the  land  of  Israel,  he  returned  to  Jerusalem. 

B.  C.  629.  JEREMIAH,    t. 

The  caUing  of  Jeremiah  :  his  vision:  his  message  against  Judah i 
God  promiseth  to  assist  him^ 

1  The  words  of  Jeremiah,  the  son  of  Hilkiah,  of  the  priests  that 
were  in  Anathoth,  in  the  land  of  Benjamin  : 

2  To  whom  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  in  the  days  of  Josiah,  the 
son  of  Amon  king  of  Judah,  in  the  thirteenth  year  of  his  reign. 

3  It  came  also  in  the  days  of  Jehoiakim,  the  son  of  Josiah  king  of 
Judah,  unto  the  end  of  the  eleventh  year  of  Zedekiah,  the  son  of 
Josiah  king  of  Judah,  unto  the  carrying  away  of  Jerusalem  captive  in 
the  fifth  month. 

4  Then  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

5  Before  I  formed  thee  in  the  belly  I  knew  thee  ;  and  before  thou 
camest  forth  out  of  the  womb  I  sanctified  thee  ;  aiid  I  ordained  thee 
a  prophet  unto  the  nations. 

6  Then  said  I,  Ah,  Lord  God  !  behold,  I  cannot  speak  ;  for  I  ajn 
a  child. 

7  IT  But  the  Lord  said  unto  me.  Say  not,  I  ani  a  child  :  for  thou 
shalt  go  to  all  that  I  shall  send  thee,  and  whatsoever  I  command  thee 
thou  shalt  speak. 

8  Be  not  afraid  of  their  faces :  for  I  am  with  thee  to  deliver  thee, 
saith  the  Lord. 

9  Then  the  Lord  put  forth  his  hand,  and  touched  my  mouth  : 
and  the  Lord  said  unto  me.  Behold,  I  have  put  ray  words  in  thy 
mouth. 

10  See,  I  have  this  day  set  thee  over  the  nations,  and  over  the 
kingdoms,  to  root  out,  and  to  pull  down,  and  to  destroy,  and  to  throw 
dowuj  to  build,  and  to  plant. 

11  IT  Moreover,  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 
Jeremiah,  what  seest  thou  ?  And  I  said,  I  see  a  rod  of  an  almond 
tree. 

12  Then  said  the  Lord  unto  me^  Thou  hast  well  seen  :  for  I  will 
hasten  my  word  to  perform  it. 

13  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me  the  second  time, 
saying.  What  seest  thou  ?  And  I  said,  I  see  a  seething  pot ;  and  the 
face  thereof  is  toward  the  north. 


Jeremiah.  201 

14  Then  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  Out  of  the  north  an  evil  shall 
break  forth  upon  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  land. 

15  For,  lo,  I  will  call  all  the  families  of  the  kingdoms  of  the  north, 
sailh  the  Lord  ;  and  they  shall  come,  and  they  shall  sit  every  one 
his  throne  at  the  entering  of  the  gates  of  Jerusalem,  and  against  all 
the  walls  thereof  round  about,  and  against  all  the  cities  of  Judah. 

16  And  I  will  utter  my  judgments  against  them,  touciiing  all  their 
wickedness,  who  have  forsaken  me,  and  have  burned  incense  unto 
other  gods,  and  worshipped  the  works  of  their  own  hands. 

17  IT  Thou  therefore  gird  up  thy  loins,  and  arise,  and  speak  unto 
them  all  that  I  command  thee  :  be  not  dismayed  at  their  faces,  lest  I 
confound  thee  before  them. 

18  For,  behold,  I  have  made  thee  this  day  a  defenced  city,  and  an 
iron  pillar,  and  brazen  walls  againat  the  whole  land,  against  the  kings 
of  Judah,  against  the  princes  thereof,  against  the  priests  thereof,  and 
against  the  people  of  the  land. 

19  And  they  shall  fight  against  thee  ;  but  they  shall  not  prevail 
against  thee;  for  I  am  with  thee,  saith  the  Lord,  to  deliver  thee. 

JEREMIAH,  II.  B.  C.  628. 

God's    expostulation    with    the     Jews    touching    their    causeless 
revolt. 

1  Moreover,  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying, 

2  Go,  and  cry  in  the  ears  of  Jerusalem,  saying,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  ;  I  remember  thee,  the  kindness  of  thy  youth,  the  love  of  thine 
espousals,  when  thou  wentest  after  me  in  the  wilderness,  in  a  land 
that  was  not  sown. 

3  Israel  ivas  holiness  unto  the  I>ord,  and  the  first  fruits  of  his 
increase :  all  that  devour  him  shall  offend  ;  evil  shall  come  upon  them, 
saith  the  Lord. 

4  Hear  ye  the  word  of  the  Lord,  0  house  of  Jacob,  and  all  the 
families  of  the  house  of  Israel  : 

5  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  What  iniquity  have  your  fathers  found  in 
me,  that  they  are  gone  far  from  me,  and  have  walked  after  vanity, 
and  are  become  vain  ? 

6  Neither  said  they,  Where  is  the  Lord  that  brought  us  up  out  of 
the  land  of  Egypt,  that  led  us  through  the  wilderness,  through  a  land 
of  deserts  and  of  pits,  through  a  land  of  drought,  and  of  the  shadow 
of  death,  through  a  land  that  no  man  passed  through,  and  where  no 
man  dwelt .' 

7  And  I  brought  you  into  a  plentiful  country,  to  eat  the  fruit 
thereof,  and  the  goodness  thereof;  but  when  ye  entered  ye  defiled 
my  land,  and  made  mine  heritage  an  abomination. 

8  The  priests  said  not.  Where  is  the  Lord  .'  and  they  that  handle 
the  law  knew  me  not :  the  pastors  also  transgressed  against  me,  and 
the  prophets  prophesied  by  Baal,  and  walked  after  things  that  do  not 
profit. 

9  Wherefore  I  will  yet  plead  with  you,  saith  the  Lord,  and  with 
your  children's  children  will  I  plead. 

10  For  pass  over  the  isles  of  Chittim,  and  see  ;  and  send  unto 
Kedar,  and  consider  diligently,  and  see  if  there  be  such  a  thing  : 

17 


202  Jeremiah. 

11  Hath  a  nation  changed  their  gods,  which  are  yet  no  gods  ?  But 
my  people  have  changed  their  glory  for  that  which  doth  not  profit. 

12  Be  astonished,  O  ye  heavens,  at  this,  and  be  horribly  afraid,  be 
ye  very  desolate,  saith  the  Lord. 

13  For  my  people  have  committed  two  evils  ;  they  have  forsaken 
me,  the  fountain  of  living  waters,  and  hewed  them  out  cisterns, 
broken  cisterns,  that  can  hold  no  water. 

14  IT  Is  Israel  a  servant  ?  Is  he  a  homeborn  slave  7  Why  is  he 
spoiled  ? 

15  The  young  lions  roared  upon  him,  and  yelled,  and  they  made 
his  land  waste  :  his  cities  are  burned  without  inhabitant. 

16  Also  the  children  ot  Noph  and  Tahapanes  have  broken  the 
crown  of  thy  head. 

17  Hast  thou  not  procured  this  unto  thyself,  in  that  thou  hast  for- 
saken the  Lord  thy  God,  when  he  led  thee  by  the  way  ? 

18  And  now  what  hast  thou  to  do  in  the  way  of  Egypt,  to  drink  the 
waters  of  Sihor  ?  Or  what  hast  thou  to  do  in  the  way  of  Assyria,  to 
drink  the  waters  of  the  river? 

19  Thine  own  wickedness  shall  correct  thee  ;  and  thy  backslidings 
shall  reprove  thee  :  know  therefore  and  see  that  it  is  an  evil  thing 
and  bitter,  that  thou  hast  forsaken  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  that  my 
fear  is  not  in  thee,  saith  the  Lord  God  of  hosti. 

20  IT  For  of  old  time  I  have  broken  thy  yoke,  and  burst  thy 
bands  :  and  thou  saidst,  I  will  not  transgress ;  when  upon  every  high 
hill,  and  under  every  green  tree,  thou  wanderest,  playing  the 
harlot. 

21  Yet  I  had  planted  thee  a  noble  vine,  wholly  a  right  seed  :-  how 
then  art  thou  turned  into  the  degenerate  plant  of  a  strange  vine  unto 
me  ? 

22  For  though  thou  wash  thee  with  nitre,  and  take  thee  muclt 
soap,  yet  thine  iniquity  is  marked  before  me^  saith  the  Lord  God. 

23  How  canst  thou  say,  I  am  not  polluted,  I  have  not  gone  after 
Baalim  ?  See  thy  way  in  the  valley,  know  what  thou  hast  done  : 
thou  art  a  swift  dromedary  traversing  her  ways  : 

24  A  wild  ass  used  to  the  wilderness,  that  snutieth  up  the  wind  at 
her  pleasure  ;  in  her  occasion  who  can  turn  her  away  ?  All  they 
that  seek  her  will  not  weary  themselves  ;  in  her  mouth  they  shall 
find  her. 

25  Witlihold  thy  foot  from  being  unshod,  and  thy  throat  from  thirst : 
but  thou  saidst.  There  is  no  hope  :  no;  fori  have  loved  strangers, 
and  after  them  will  I  go. 

26  As  the  thief  is  ashamed  when  he  is  found,  so  is  the  house  of 
Israel  ashamed  ;  they,  their  kings,  Iheirjjrinces,  and  their  priests, 
and  their  prophets,    . 

27  Saying  to  a  stock.  Thou  art  my  fother  ;  and  to  a' stone,  Thoa 
hast  brought  me  forth  :  for  they  have  turned  their  back  unto  me,  and 
not  their  face  :  but  in  the  time  of  their  trouble  they  will  say.  Arise, 
and  save  us. 

28  But  where"  are  thy  gods  that  thou  hast  made  thee  ?  Let  them 
arise,  if  they  can  save  thee  in  the  time  of  thy  trouble  :  for  according 
to  the  number  of  thy  cities  "are  thy  gods,  O  Judah. 

29  Wherefore  will  ye  plead  with  me  ?  Ye  all  have  transgressed 
against  me,  saith  the  Lord. 


Jeremiah.     Josiah.  203 

30  In  vain  have  I  smitten  your  children  :  they  received  no  correc- 
tion :  your  own  sword  hath  devoured  your  prophets,  Uke  a  destroying 
lion. 

31  IT  O  generation,  see  ye  the  word  of  the  Lord  :  Have  I  been  a 
wilderness  unto  Israel  ?  a  land  of  darkness  ?  Wherefore  say  mj- 
people,  We  are  lords ;  we  will  come  no  more  unto  thee  ? 

32  Can  a  maid  forget  her  ornaments,  or  a  bride  her  attire  ?  Yet 
my  people  have  forgotten  me  days  without  number. 

33  Why  trimmest  thou  thy  way  to  seek  love  ?  Therefore  hast 
thou  also  taught  the  wicked  ones  thy  ways. 

34  Also  in  thy  skirts  is  found  the  blood  of  the  souls  of  the  poor 
innocents :  I  have  not  found  it  by  secret  search,  but  upon  all 
these. 

35  Yet  thou  sayest,  Because  I  am  innocent,  surely  his  anger  shall 
turn  from  me.  Behold,  I  will  plead  with  thee,  because  thou  sayest, 
I  have  not  sinned. 

36  Why  gaddest  thou  about  so  much  to  change  thy  way  ?  Thou 
also  shall  be  ashamed  of  Egypt,  as  thou  wast  ashamed  of  Assyria. 

37  Yea,  thou  shalt  go  forth  from  him,  and  thine  hands  upon  thine 
head:  for  the  Lord  hatli  rejected  thy  confidences,  and  thou  shalt  not 
prosper  in  them. 

2   CHRONICLES,  XXXIV.  B.  C.  624. 

8  IF  And  it  came  to  pass,  in  the  eighteenth  year  of  king  Josiah, 
when  he  had  purged  the  land,  and  the  house,  he  sent  to  Shaphan, 
the  son  of  Azaliah,  and  Maaseiah,  the  governor  of  the  city,  and  Joah, 
the  son  of  Joahaz  the  recorder,  to  repair  the  house  of  the  Lord  his 
God. 

9  And  when  they  came  to  Hilkiah  the  high  priest,  they  delivered 
the  money  that  loas  brought  into  the  house  of  God,  which  the 
Levites  that  kept  the  doors  had  gathered  of  the  hand  of  Manasseh  and 
Ephraim,  and  of  all  the  remnant  of  Israel,  and  of  all  Judah  and  Ben- 
jamin, and  they  returned  to  Jerusalem. 

10  And  they  put  it  in  the  hand  of  the  workmen  that  had  the  over- 
sight of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  they  gave  it  to  the  workmen 
that  wrought  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  to  repair  and  amend  the 
house ; 

11  Even  to  the  artificers  and  builders  gave  they  it,  to  buy  hewn 
stone,  and  timber  for  couplings,  and  to  floor  the  houses  which  the 
kings  of  Judah  had  destroyed. 

12  And  the  men  did  the  work  faithfully:  and  the  overseers  oTthem 
were  Jahath  and  Obadiah,  the  Levites,  of  the  sons  of  Merari ;  and 
Zechariah  and  Meshullam  ;  of  the  sons^  of  the  Kohathites,  to  set  it 
forward  ;  and  other  of  the  Levites,  all  that  could  skill  of  instruments 
of  music. 

13  Also  they  loere  over  the  bearers  of  burdens,  and  were  overseers 
of  all  that  wrought  the  work  in  any  manner  of  service  :  and  of  the 
Levites  there  were  scribes,  and  officers,  and  porters. 

14  M  And  when  they  brought  out  the  money  that  was  brought  into 
the  house  of  the  Lord,  Hilkiah  the  priest  found  a  book  of  the  law  ot 
the  Lord  s^iven  by  Moses. 

15  And  Hilkiah  answered  and  said  to  Shaphan  the  scribe,  I  have 


204  Josiah. 

found  the  book  of  the  law  in  the  house  of  the  Lord.     And  Hilkiah 
delivered  the  book  to  Shaphan. 

16  And  Shaphan  carried  the  book  to  the  king,  and  brought  the 
king  word  back  again,  saying.  All  that  was  committed  to  thy  servants, 
they  do  it. 

17  And  they  have  gathered  together  the  money  that  was  found  la 
the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  have  delivered  it  into  the  hand  of  the 
overseers,  and  to  the  hand  of  the  workmen. 

IS  Then  Shaphan  the  scribe  told  the  king,  saying,  Hilkiah  the 
priest  hath  given  me  a  book.  And  Shaphan  read  it  before  the 
king. 

19  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  king  had  heard  the  words  of  the 
law,  that  he  rent  his  clothes. 

20  And  the  king  commanded  Hilkiah,  and  Ahikam  the  son  of 
Shaphan,  and  Abdon  the  son  of  Micah,  and  Shaphan  the  scribe,  and 
Asaiah  a  servant  of  the  king's,  saying, 

21  Go,  inquire  of  the  Lord  for  me,  and  for  them  that  are  left  in 
Israel  and  in  Judah,  concerning  the  words  of  the  book  that  is  found: 
for  great  is  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  that  is  poured  out  upon  us,  because 
our  fathers  have  not  kept  the  word  of  the  Lord,  to  do  after  all  that  is 
written  in  this  book. 

22  And  Hilkiah,  and  they  that  the  king  had  appointed,  went  to 
Huldah  the  prophetess,  the  wife  of  Shallum  the  son  of  Tikvah,  the 
son  of  Hasrah,  keeper  of  the  wardrobe  ;  (now  she  dwelt  in  Jerusalem 
in  the  college  :)  and  they  spake  to  her  to  that  effect. 

23  \\  And  she  answered  them,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  Israel, 
Tell  ye  the  man  that  sent  you  to  me, 

24  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  I  will  bring  evil  upon  this  place, 
and  upon  the  inhabitants  thereof,  even  all  the  curses  that  are  written 
in  the  book  which  they  have  read  before  the  king  of  Judah  : 

25  Because  they  have  forsaken  me,  and  have  burned  incense  unto 
other  gods,  that  they  might  provoke  me  to  anger  with  all  the  works 
of  their  hands  ;  therefore  my  wrath  shall  be  poured  out  upon  this 
place,  and  shall  not  be  quenched. 

26  And  as  for  the  king  of  Judah  who  sent  you  to  inquire  of  the 
Lord,  so  shall  ye  say  unto  him.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  Israel 
concerning  the  words  which  thou  hast  heard. 

27  Because  thine  heart  was  tender,  and  thou  didst  humble  thyself 
before  God,  when  thou  heardst  his  words  against  this  place,  and 
against  the  inhabitants  thereof,  and  humbledst  thyself  before  me,  and 
didst  rend  thy  clothes,  and  weep  before  me  ;  I  have  even  heard  thee 
also,  saith  the  Lord. 

28  Behold,  I  will  gather  thee  to  thy  fathers,  and  thou  shalt  be 
gathered  to  thy  grave  in  pence,  neither  shall  thine  eyes  see  all  the 
evil  that  I  will  bring  upon  this  place,  and  upon  the  inhabitants  of  the 
same.     So  they  brought  the  king  word  again. 

29  fi  Then  the  king  sent,  and  gathered  together  all  the  elders  of 
Judah  and  Jerusalem, 

30  And  the  king  went  up  into  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  all  the 
men  of  Judah,  and  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  and  the  priests,  and  the 
Levites,  and  all  the  people  great  and  small:  and  he  read  in  their 
ears  all  the  words  of  the  book  of  the  covenant,  that  was  found  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord. 


Josiah,  205 

31  And  the  king  stood  in  his  place,  and  made  a  covenant  before 
the  Lord,  to  walk  after  the  Lord,  and  to  keep  his  commandments 
and  his  testimonies  and  his  statutes,  with  all  his  heart,  and  with  all 
his  soul,  to  perform  the  words  of  the  covenant  which  are  written  in 
this  book. 

32  And  he  caused  all  that  were  present  in  Jerusalem  and  Benja- 
min to  stand  to  it.  And  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  did  according  to 
the  covenant  of  God,  the  God  of  their  fathers. 

33  And  Josiah  took  away  all  the  abominations  out  of  all  the 
countries  that  pertained  to  the  children  of  Israel,  and  made  all  that 
were  present  in  Israel  to  serve,  even  to  serve  the  Lord  their  God. 
^nd  all  his  days  they  departed  not  from  following  the  Lord,  the  God 
of  their  fathers. 

2    KINGS,   XXIII. 

4  And  the  king  commanded  Hilkiah  the  high  priest,  and  the  priests 
of  the  second  order,  and  the  keepers  of  the  door,  to  bring  forth  out  of 
the  temple  of  the  Lord  all  the  vessels  that  were  made  for  Baal,  and  for 
the  grove,  and  for  all  the  host  of  heaven  ;  and  he  burnt  them  without 
Jerusalem  in  the  fields  of  Kidron,  and  carried  the  ashes  of  them  unto 
Beth-el. 

5  And  he  put  down  the  idolatrous  priests,  Vv'homthe  kings  cf  Judah 
had  ordained  to  burn  incense  in  the  high  places,  in  the  cities  of  Judah, 
and  in  the  places  round  about  Jerusalem  ;  them  also  that  burn  incense 
unto  Baal,  to  the  sun,  and  to  the  jnoon,  and  to  the  planets,  and  to  all 
the  host  of  heaven. 

6  And  he  brought  out  the  grove  from  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
without  Jerusalem,  unto  the  brook  Kidron,  raid  burnt  it  at  the  brook 
Kidron,  and  stamped  it  small  to  powder,  and  cast  the  powder  thereof 
upon  the  graves  of  the  children  of  the  people. 

7  And  he  brake  down  the  houses  of  the  Sodomites,  that  were  by 
the  house  of  the  Lord,  where  the  women  wove  hangings  for  the 
grove.  .  ■ 

8  And  he  brought  all  the  priests  out  of  the  cities  of  Judah,  and 
defiled  the  high  places  where  the  priests  had  burnt  incense,  from 
Geba  to  Beer-sheba,  and  brake  down  the  high  places  of  the  gates 
that  were  in  the  entering  in  of  the  gate  of  Joshua  the  governor 
of  the  city,  which  were  on  a  man's  left  hand  at  the  gate  of  the 
city. 

9  Nevertheless,  the  priests  of  the  high  places  came  not  up  to  the 
altar  of  the  Loud  in  Jerusalem,  but  they  did  eat  of  the  unleavened 
bread  among  their  brethren. 

10  And  he  dehled  Topheth,  which  is  in  the  valley  of  the  children 
of  Hinnom,  .that  no  man  might  make  his  son  or  his  daughter  to  pass 
through  the  tire  to  Molech. 

11  And  he  took  away  the  horses  that  the  kings  of  Judah  had  given 
to  the  sun,  at  the  entering  in  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  by  the 
chamber  of  Nathan-melech  the  chamberlain,  which  was  in  the 
suburbs,  and  burnt  the  chariots  of  the  sun  with  tire. 

12  And  the  altars  that  were  on  the  top  of  the  upper  chamber  ot 
Ahaz,  which  the  kings  of  Judah  had  made,  and  the   altars  which 

17* 


206  Josiah. 

Manasseh  had  made  in  the  two  courts  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  did 
the  king  beat  down,  and  brake  them  down  from  thence,  and  cast  the 
dust  of  them  into  the  brook  Kidron. 

13  And  the  high  places  that  were  before  Jerusalem,  which  were 
on  the  right  hand  of  the  mount  of  Corruption,  which  Solomon  the 
king  of  Israel  had  builded  for  Ashtoreth  the  abomination  of  the  Zido- 
nians,  and  for  Chemosh  the  abomination  of  the  Moabites,  and  for 
Milcom  the  abomination  of  the  children  of  Ammon,  did  the  king 
defile. 

14  And  he  brake  in  pieces  the  images,  and  cut  down  the  groves, 
and  filled  their  places  with  the  bones  of  men. 

15  H  Moreover  the  altar  that  was  at  Beth-el,  and  the  high  place 
which  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat,  who  made  Israel  to  sin,  had 
made,  both  that  altar  and  the  high  place  he  brake  down,  and  burnt 
the  high  place,  and  stamped  it  small  to  powder,  and  burnt  the 
grove. 

16  And  as  Josiah  turned  himself,  he  spied  the  sepulchres  that  icere 
there  in  the  mount,  and  sent,  and  took  the  bones  out  of  the  sepulchres, 
and  burnt  ihem  upon  the  altar,  and  polluted  it,  according  to  the  word 
of  the  Lord,  which  the  man  of  God  proclaimed,  who  proclaimed 
these  words. 

17  Then  he  said.  What  title  is  that  that  I  see  ?  And  the  men  of  the 
city*  told  him.  It  is  the  sepulchre  of  the  man  of  God  which  came 
from  Judah,  and  proclaimed  these  things  that  thou  hast  done  against 
the  altar  of  Beth-el. 

18  And  he  said.  Let  him  alone  ;  let  no  man  move  his  bones  :  so 
they  let  his  bones  alone,  with  the  bones  of  the  prophet  that  came  out 
of  Samaria. 

19  And  all  the  houses  also  of  the  high  places  that  were  in  the 
cities  of  Samaria,  which  the  kings  of  Israel  had  made  to  provoke  the 
LORD  (o  anger,  Josiah  took  away,  and  did  to  them  according  to  al! 
the  acts  that  he  had  done  in  Beth-el. 

20  And  he  slew  all  the  priests  of  the  high  places  that  wei'e  there 
upon  the  altars,  and  burnt  men's  bones  upon  them,  and  returned  to 
Jerusalem. 

B.  C.  623.  2    CHRONICLES,   XXXV. 

Josiah  keepeth  a  solemn  passover. 

1  Moreover  Josiah  kept  a  passover  unto  the  Lord  in  Jerusalem : 
and  they  killed  the  passover  on  the  fourteenth  day  of  the  first 
month. 

2  And  he  set  the  priests  in  their  charges,  and  encouraged  them  to 
the  sei-vice  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 

3  And  said  unto  the  Levites  t«hat  taught  all  Israel,  which  were 
holy  unto  the  Lord,  Put  the  holy  ark  in  the  house  which  Solomon 
the  son  of  David  king  of  Israel  did  build  ;  it  shall  not  be  a  burden 
upon  your  shoulders :  serve  now  the  Lord  your  God,  and  his  people 
Israel, 

4  And  prepare  yourselves  by  the  houses  of  your  fathers,  after  your 

■     ■!»  ■        .III! 

*  See  1  Kings,  xiii.  2  :  or,  B.  C.  974. 


'  Josiah.  207 

courses,  according  to  the  writing  of  David  king  of  Israel,  and  accord- 
ing to  the  writing  of  Solomon  his  son  ; 

5  And  stand  in  the  holy  place,  according  to  the  divisions  of  the 
families  of  the  fathers  of  your  brethren  the  people,  and  after  the 
division  of  the  families  of  the  Levites  ; 

6  So  kill  the  passover,  and  sanctify  yourselves,  and  prepare  your 
brethren,  that  they  may  do  according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord  by  the 
hand  of  Moses. 

7  And  Josiah  gave  to  the  people,  of  the  flock,  lambs  and  kids,  all 
for  the  passover-offerings,  for  all  that  were  present,  to  the  number  of 
thirty  thousand,  and  three  thousand  bullocks :  these  were  of  the 
king's  substance. 

8  And  his  princes  gave  willingly  unto  the  people,  to  the  priests, 
and  to  the  Levites  :  Hilkiah,  and  Zechariah,  and  Jehiel,  rulers  of  the 
house  of  God,  gave  unto  the  priests  for  the  passover-offerings  two 
thousand  and  six  hundred  small  cattle,  and  three  hundred  oxen. 

9  Conaniah  also,  and  Shemaiah  and  Nethaneel  his  brethren,  and 
Hashabiah,  and  Jehiel,  and  Jozabad,  chief  of  the  Levites,  gave  unto 
the  Levites,  for  passover-offerings,  five  thousand  small  cattle,  and  five 
hundred  oxen. 

10  So  the  service  was  prepared,  and  the  priests  stood  in  their 
place,  and  the  Levites  in  their  courses,  according  to  the  king's  com- 
mandment. 

11  And  they  killed  the  passover,  and  the  priests  sprinkled  the  Mood 
from  their  hands,  and  the  Levites  slayed  them. 

12  And  they  removed  the  burnt- offerings,  that  they  might  give 
according  to  the  divisions  of  the  families  of  the  people,  to  offer  unto 
the  Lord,  as  it  is  written  in  the  book  of  Moses  :  and  so  did  they 
with  the  oxen. 

13  And  they  roasted  the  passover  with  fire,  according  to  the 
ordinance  :  but  the  other  holy  offerings  sod  they  in  pots,,  and  in 
caldrons,  and  in  pans,  and  divided  them  speedily  among  all  the 
people. 

14  And  afterward  they  made  ready  for  themselves,  and  for  the 
priests,  because  the  priests  the  sons  of  Aaron  were  busied  in  offering 
of  burnt-offerings  and  the  fat  until  night ;  therefore  the  Levites 
prepared  for  themselves,  and  for  the  priests  the  sons  of  Aaron. 

15  And  the  singers  the  sons  of  Asaph  were  in  their  place,  according 
to  the  commandment  of  David,  and  Asaph,  and  Heman,  and  Jeduthua 
the  king's  seer  ;  and  the  porters  waited  at  every  gate  ;  they  might 
not  depart  from  their  service  ;  for  their  brethren  the  Levites  prepared 
for  them. 

16  So  all  the  service  of  the  Lord  was  prepared  the  same  day,  (o 
keep  the  passover,  and  to  offer  burnt-offerings  upon  the  altar  of  the 
Lord,  according  to  the  commandment  of  king  Josiah. 

17  And  the  children  of  Israel  that  were  present  kept  the  passover 
at  that  time,  and  the  feast  of  unleavened  bread,  seven  days. 

18  And  there  was  no  passover  like  to  that  kept  in  Israel,  from  the 
days  of  Samuel  the  prophet ;  neither  did  all  the  kings  of  Israel  keep 
such  a  passover  as  Josiah  kept,  and  the  priests,  and  the  Levites, 
and  all  Judah  and  Israel  that  were  present,  and  the  inhabitants  of 
Jerusalem. 


208  Josiah.     Jeremiah. 

19  In  the  eighteenth  year  of  the  reign  of  Josiah  was  this  passover 
kept. 

B.  C.  620.  2  KINGS,  XXIII. 

24  IF  Moreover,  the  workers  ivith  familiar  spirits,  and  the  wizards, 
and  the  images,  and  the  idols,  and  all  the  abominations  that  were 
spied  in  the  land  of  Judah,  and  in  Jerusalem,  did  Josiah  put  away, 
that  he  might  perform  the  words  of  the  law,  which  were  written 
in  the  book  that  Hilkiah  the  priest  found  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord. 

25  And  like  unto  him  was  there  no  king  before  him,  that  turned  to 
the  Lord  with  all  his  heart,  and  with  all  his  soul,  and  with  all  his 
might,  according  to  all  the  law  of  Moses ;  neither  after  him  arose 
there  any  like  him. 

2f}  H  isotwithstanding,  the  Lord  turned  not  from  the  fierceness  of 
his  great  wrath,  wherewith  his  anger  was  kindled  against  Judah, 
because  of  all  the  provocations  that  Manasseh  had  provoked  him 
withal. 

27  And  the  Lord  said,  I  will  remove  Judah  also  out  of  my  sight, 
as  I  have  removed  Israel,  and  will  cast  off  this  city  Jerusalem  which 
I  have  chosen,  and  the  house  of  which  I  said.  My  name  shall  be 
there. 

JEREMIAH,    III. 

God/s  great  mercy  in  Judah^s  vile  whoredom.     The  promises  of 
the  gospel  to  the  penitent. 

1  They  say.  If  a  man  put  away  his  wife,  and  she  go  from  him,  and 
become  another  man's,  shall  he  return  unto  her  again  ?  shall  not 
that  land  be  greatly  polluted  ?  But  thou  hast  played  the  harlot  with 
many  lovers ;  yet  return  again  to  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

2  Lift  up  thine  eyes  unto  the  high  places,  and  see  where  thou  hast 
not  been  lien  with.  In  the  ways  hast  thou  sat  for  them,  as  the 
Arabian  in  the  wilderness ;  and  thou  hast  polluted  the  land  with  thy 
whoredoms  and  with  thy  wickedness. 

3  Therefore  the  showers  have  been  withholden,  and  there  hath 
been  no  latter  rain  ;  and  thou  liadst  a  whore's  forehead,  thou  refusedst 
to  be  asliamed. 

4  Wilt  thou  not  from  this  time  cry  unto  me,  My  father,  thou  art 
the  guide  of  my  youth  ? 

5  Will  he  reserve  his  anger  for  ever  ?  will  he  keep  it  to  the 
end  ?  Behold,  thou  hast  spoken  and  done  evil  things  as  Ihou 
couldest. 

6  ^  The  Lord  said  also  unto  me,  in  the  days  of  Josiah  the  king, 
Hast  thou  seen  that  which  backsliding  Israel  hath  done  ?  She  is  gone 
up  upon  every  high  mountain,  and  under  every  green  tree,  and  there 
hath  played  the  harlot. 

7  And  I  said,  after  she  had  done  all  these  things,  Turn  thou  unto 
me.  But  she  returned  not.  And  her  treacherous  sister  Judah  saw 
it. 

8  And  I  saw,  when  for  all  the  causes  whereby  backsliding  Israel 
committed  adultery  I  had  put  her  away,  and  given  her  a  bill  of 


Jeremiah.  209 

divorce  ;  yet  her  treacherous  sister  Judah  feared  not,  but  went  and 
played  the  harlot  also. 

9  And  it  came  to  pass  through  the  lightness  of  her  whoredom, 
that  she  defiled  the  land,  and  committed  adultery  with  stones  and 
with  stocks. 

10  And  yet  for  all  this  her  treacherous  sister  Judah  hath  not 
turned  unto  me  with  her  whole  heart,  but  feignedly,  saith  the 
Lord, 

11  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  The  backsliding  Israel  hath 
justified  herself  more  than  treacherous  Judah. 

12  IT  Go,  and  proclaim  these  words  toward  the  north,  and  say. 
Return,  thou  backsliding  Israel,  saith  the  Lord  ;  and  I  will  not  cause 
mine  anger  to  fall  upon  you  :  for  I  am  merciful  saith  the  Lord,  and 
I  will  not  keep  anger  for  ever. 

13  Only  acknowledge  thine  iniquity,  that  thou  hast  transgressed 
against  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  hast  scattered  thy  ways  to  the  stran- 
gers under  every  green  tree,  and  ye  have  not  obeyed  my  voice,  saith 
tiie  Lord. 

14  Turn,  O  backsliding  children,  saith  the  Lord  ;  for  I  am  married 
unto  you  :  and  I  will  take  you  one  of  a  city,  and  two  of  a  family,  and 
I  will  bring  you  to  Zion  : 

15  And  1  will  give  you  pastors  according  to  mine  heart,  which 
shall  feed  you  with  knowledge  and  understanding. 

16  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  ye  be  multiplied  and  increased 
m  the  land,  in  those  days,  saith  the  Lord,  they  shall  say  no  more. 
The  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord  :  neither  shall  it  come  to  mind  ; 
neither  shall  they  remember  it ;  neither  shall  they  visit  it ;  neither 
shall  that  be  done  any  more. 

17  At  that  time  they  shall  call  Jerusalem  the  throne  of  the  Lord  ; 
and  all  the  nations  shall  be  gathered  unto  it,  to  the  name  of  the  Lord, 
to  Jerusalem  :  neither  shall  they  walk  any  more  after  the  imagina- 
tion of  their  evil  hearts. 

IS  In  those  days  the  house  of  Judah  shall  walk  with  the  house  of 
Israel,  and  they  shall  come  together  out  of  the  land  of  the  north  to 
the  land  that  I  have  given  for  an  inheritance  unto  your  fathers. 

19  But  1  said,  How  shall  I  put  thee  among  the  children,  and  give 
thee  a  pleasant  land,  a  goodly  heritage  of  the  hosts  of  nations  ?  And 
I  said.  Thou  shalt  call  me.  My  father ;  and  shalt  not  turn  away  from 
me. 

20  IT  Surely  as  a  wife  treacherously  departeth  from  her  husband, 
so  have  ye  dealt  treacherously  with  me,  O  house  of  Israel,  saith  the 
Lord. 

21  A  voice  was  heard  upon  the  high  places,  weeping  and  suppli- 
cations of  the  children  of  Israel :  for  they  have  perverted  their  way, 
and  they  have  forgotten  the  Lord  their  God. 

22  Return,  ye  backsliding  children,  and  I  will  heal  your  back- 
slidings.  Behold,  we  come  unto  thee ;  for  thou  art  the  Lord  our 
God. 

2.3  Truly  in  vain  is  salvation  hoped  for  from  the  hills,  and  from 
the  multitude  of  mountains :  truly  in  the  Lord  our  God  is  the 
salvation  of  Israel. 

24  For  shame  hath  devoured  the  labor  of  our  fathers  from  our 
youth  :  their  flocks  and  their  herds,  their  sons  and  their  daughters. 


210  Jeremiah. 

25  We  lie  down  in  our  shame,  and  our  confusion  covereth  us  :  for 
we  have  sinned  against  the  Lord  our  God,  we  and  our  fathers,  from 
our  youth  even  unto  this  day,  and  have  not  obeyed  the  voice  of  the 
Lord  our  God. 

JEREMIAH,    IV. 

God  calleth  Israel  h}i  his  promises :  he  exhorteth  Judah  to  repent- 
ance. 

1  If  thou  wilt  return,  O  Israel,  saith  the  Lord,  return  unto  me  : 
and  if  thou  wilt  put  away  thine  abominations  out  of  my  sight,  then 
shalt  thou  not  remove. 

2  And  thou  shalt  swear.  The  Lord  liveth,  in  truth,  in  judgment, 
and  in  righteousness  ;  and  the  nations  shall  bless  themselves  in  him, 
and  in  him  shall  they  glory. 

3  \\  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  to  the  men  of  Judah  and  Jerusalem, 
Break  up  your  fallow  ground,  and  sow  not  among  thorns. 

4  Circumcise  yourselves  to  the  Lord,  and  take  away  the  foreskins 
of  your  heart,  ye  men  of  Judah,  and  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  :  lest 
my  fury  come  forth  like  fire,  and  burn  that  none  can  quench  it,  be- 
cause of  the  evil  of  your  doings. 

5  Declare  ye  in  Judah,  and  publish  in  Jerusalem;  and  say,  Blow 
ye  the  trumpet  in  the  .land  :  cry,  gather  together,  and  say.  Assemble 
yourselves,  and  let  us  go  into  the  defenced  cities. 

6  Set  up  the  standard  toward  Zion :  retire,  stay  not :  for  i  will 
bring  evil  from  the  north,  and  a  great  destruction. 

7  The  lion  is  come  up  from  his  thicket,  and  the  destroyer  of  the 
Gentiles  is  on  his  way  ;  he  is  gone  forth  from  his  place  to  make  thy 
land  desolate ;  and  thy  cities  shall  be  laid  waste  without  an  inhabi- 
tant. 

8  For  this  gird  you  with  sackcloth,  lament  and  howl :  for  the  fierce 
anger  of  the  Lord  is  not  turned  back  from  us. 

9  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  at  that  day,  saith  the  Lord,  that  the 
heart  of  the  king  shall  perish,  and  the  heart  of  the  princes;  and  the 
priests  shall  be  astonished,  and  the  prophets  shall  wonder. 

10  Then  said  I,  Ah,  Lord  God  I  surely  thou  hast  greatly  deceived 
this  people  and  Jerusalem,  saying,  Ye  shall  have  peace;  whereas  the 
sword  reacheth  unto  the  soid. 

11  At  that  time  shall  it  be  said  to  this  people  and  to  Jerusalem,  A 
dry  wind  of  the  high  places  in  the  wilderness  toward  the  daughter  of 
my  people,  not  to  Jan,  nor  to  cleanse, 

12  Even  a  full  wind  from  those  places  shall  come  unto  me  :  now 
also  will  I  give  sentence  against  them. 

13  Behold,  he  shall  come  up  as  clouds,  and  his  chariots  shall  he  as 
a  whirlwind  :  his  horses  are  swifter  than  eagles.  Woe  unto  us!  for 
we  are  spoiled. 

14  O  Jerusalem,  wash  thine  heart  from  wickedness,  that  thou 
mayest  be  saved :  how  long  shall  thy  vain  thoughts  lodge  within 
thee  .? 

15  For  a  voice  declareth  from  Dan,  and  publisheth  affliction  from 
mount  Ephraim. 

16  Make  ye  mention   to   the    nations :    behold,  publish    against 


Jeremiah.     Zephaniah.  21 1 

Jerusalem,  that  watchers  come  from  afar  country,  and  give  out  their 
voice  against  the  cities  of  Judah. 

17  As  keepers  of  a  field  are  they  against  her  round  about ;  because 
she  hath  been  rebellious  against  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

18  Thy  way  and  thy  doings  have  procured  these  thinga  unto  thee  : 
this  is  thy  wickedness,  because  it  is  bitter,  because  it  reacheth  unto 
thine  heart. 

19  H  My  bowels,  my  bowels !  I  am  pained  at  my  very  heart ;  my 
heart  maketh  a  noise  in  me  :  I  cannot  hold  my  peace,  because  thou 
hast  heard,  O  my  soul,  the  sound  of  the  trumpet,  the  alarm  of 
war. 

20  Destruction  upon  destruction  is  ci-ied  ;  for  the  whole  land  is 
spoiled ;  suddenly  are  my  tents  spoiled,  a?id  my  curtains  in  a  mo- 
ment. 

21  How  long  shall  I  see  the  standard,  and  hear  the  sound  of  the 
trumpet? 

22  For  my  people  is  foolish,  they  have  not  known  me  ;  they  are 
sottish  children,  and  they  have  none  understanding :  they  are  wise 
to  do  evil,  but  to  do  good  they  have  no  knowledge. 

23  1  beheld  the  earth,  and,  lo,  it  was  without  form  and  void  ;  and 
the  heavens,  and  they  had  no  light. 

24  I  beheld  the  mountains,  and,  lo,  they  trembled,  and  all  the  hills 
moved  lightly. 

25  1  beheld,  and,  lo,  there  was  no  man,  and  all  the  birds  of  the 
heavens  were  fled. 

26  I  beheld,  and,  lo,  the  fruitful  place  was  a  wilderness,  and  ail 
the  cities  thereof  were  broken  down  at  the  presence  of  the  Lord, 
and  by  his  fierce  anger. 

27  For  thus  hath  the  Lord  said.  The  whole  land  shall  be  desolate ; 
yet  will  I  not  make  a  full  end. 

28  For  this  shall  the  earth  mourn,  and  the  heavens  above  be 
black:  because  1  have  spoken  it,  I  have  purposed  it,  and  will  not 
repent,  neither  will  I  turn  back  from  it. 

29  The  whole  city  shall  flee  for  the  noise  of  the  liorsemen  and 
bowmen;  they  shall  go  into  thickets,  and  climb  up  upon  the  rocks: 
every  city  shall  he  forsaken,  and  not  a  man  dwell  therein, 

30  And  when  thou  art  spoiled,  what  wilt  thou  do  ?  Though  thou 
clothest  thyself  with  crimson,  though  thou  deckest  thee  with 
ornaments  of  gold,  though  thou  rentest  thy  face  with  painting,  in 
vain  shalt  thou  make  thyself  fair  ;  thy  lovers  will  despise  thee,  they 
will  seek  thy  life. 

31  For  I  have  heard  a  voice  as  of  a  woman  in  travail,  and  the 
anguish  as  of  her  that  bringeth  forth  her  first  child  ;  thfe  voice  of  the 
daughter  of  Zion,  that  bewaileth  herself,  that  spreadeth  her  hands, 
saying.  Woe  is  me  now  !  for  my  soul  is  wearied  because  of  mur- 
derer's. 

ZEPHANIAH,   I.  B.  C.  620.^ 

God's  severe  judgments  against  Judah  for  divers  sins. 
1  The  word  of  the  Lord  which  came  unto  Zephaniah  the  son  of 

*  This  is  between  Jahn  and  Scott:  the  former  dating  it  B.C.  630,  the  latter 
B.C.612. 


212  Zephaniah. 

Cushi,  the  son  of  Gedaliah,  the  son  of  Amariah,  the  son  of  Hizkiah, 
in  the  days  of  Josiah  the  son  of  Amon,  king  of  Judah. 

2  I  will  utterly  consume  all  things  from  off  the  land,  saith  the 
Lord, 

3  I  will  consume  man  and  beast :  I  will  consume  the  fowls  of 
the  heaven,  and  the  fishes  of  the  sea,  and  the  stumbling-blocks 
with  the  wicked :  and  I  will  cut  off  man  from  off  the  land,  saith  the 
Lord. 

4  1  will  also  stretch  out  mine  hand  upon  Judah,  and  upon  all  the 
inhabitants  of  Jerusalem ;  and  I  will  cut  off  the  remnant  of  Baal 
from  this  place,  and  the  name  of  the  Chemarims  with  the  priests  ; 

5  And  them  that  worship  the  host  of  heaven  upon  the  housetops  : 
and  them  that  worship  and  that  swear  by  the  Lord,  and  that  swear 
by  Malcham ; 

6  And  them  that  are  turned  back  from  the  Lord  ;  and  tJiose  that 
have  not  sought  the  Lord,  nor  inquired  for  him. 

7  Hold  thy  peace  at  the  presence  of  the  Lord  God  :  for  the  day  of 
the  Lord  is  at  hand  :  for  the  Lord  hath  prepared  a  sacrifice,  he  hath 
bid  his  guests. 

8  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  the  day  of  the  Lord's  sacrifice,  that 
1  will  punish  the  princes,  and  the  king's  children,  and  all  such  as  are 
clothed  with  strange  apparel. 

9  In  the  same  day  also  will  I  punish  all  those  that  leap  on  the 
threshold,  which  fill  their  master's  houses  with  violence  and  de- 
ceit. 

10  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  saith  the  Lord,  that  there 
shall  he  the  noise  of  a  cry  from  the  fish-gate,  and  an  howling  from 
the  second,  and  a  great  crashing  from  the  hills. 

11  Howl,  ye  inhabitants  of  Maktesh,  for  all  the  merchant  people 
are  cut  down  ;  all  they  that  bear  silver  are  cutoff 

12  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  at  that  time,  that  I  will  search  Jeru- 
salem with  candles,  and  punish  the  men  that  are  settled  on  their  lees: 
that  say  in  their  heart.  The  Lord  will  not  do  good,  neither  will  he 
do  evil. 

13  Therefore  their  goods  shall  become  a  booty,  and  their  houses  a 
desolation  :  they  shall  also  build  houses,  but  not  inhabit  them  ;  and 
they  shall  plant  vineyards,  but  not  drink  the  wine  thereof. 

14  The  great  day  of  the  Lord  is  near,  it  is  near,  and  hasteth 
greatly,  even  the  voice  of  the  day  of  the  Lord  :  the  mighty  man 
shall  cry  there  bitterly. 

15  That  day  is  a  day  of  wrath,  a  day  of  trouble  and  distress,  a  day 
of  wasteness  and  desolation,  a  day  of  darkness  and  gloominess,  a  day 
of  clouds  and  thick  darkness, 

16  A  daj^  of  the  trumpet  and  alarm  against  the  fenced  cities,  and 
against  the  high  towers. 

17  And  I  will  bring  distress  upon  men,  that  they  shall  walk  like 
blind  men,  because  they  have  sinned  against  the  Lord  :  and  their 
blood  shall  be  poured  out  as  dust,  and  their  flesh  as  the  dung, 

18  Neither  their  silver  nor  their  gold  shall  be  able  to  deliver  them 
in  the  day  of  the  Lord's  wrath ;  but  the  whole  land  shall  be 
devoured  by  the  fire  of  his  jealousy  :  for  he  shall  make  even  a  speedy 
riddance  of  all  them  that  dwell  in  the  land. 


Zcphaniah.  213 

ZEPHANIAH,    II. 

An  exhortation  to  repentance.     The  judgment  of  the  Philistmes,  of 
Moah^  and  Amnion,  of  Ethiopia,  and  Assyria. 

1  Gather  yourselves  together,  yea,  gather  together,  O  nation  not 
desired  ; 

2  Before  the  decree  bring  forth,  before  the  day  pass  as  the  chaff, 
before  the  fierce  anger  of  the  Lord  come  upon  you,  before  the  day 
of  the  Lord's  anger  come  upon  you. 

3  Seek  ye  the  Lord,  all  ye  meek  of  the  earth,  which  have 
wrought  his  judgment ;  seek  righteousness,  seek  meekness  :  it  may 
be  ye  shall  be  hid  in  the  day  of  the  Lord's  anger, 

4  IT  For  Gaza  shall  be  forsaken,  and  Aslikelon  a  desolation  :  they 
shall  drive  out  Ashdod  at  the  noon  day,  and  Ekron  shall  be  rooted 
up. 

5  Woe  unto  the  inhabitants  of  the  sea  coasts,  the  nation  of  the 
Cherethites !  the  word  of  the  Lord  is  against  you  ;  O  Canaan,  the 
land  of  the  Philistines,  I  will  even  destroy  thee,  that  there  shall  be 
no  inhabitant. 

6  And  the  sea  coast  shall  be  dwellings  and  cottages  for  shepherds, 
and  folds  for  flocks. 

7  And  the  coast  shall  be  for  the  remnant  of  the  house  of  Judah; 
they  shall  feed  thereupon  :  in  the  houses  of  Ashkelon  shall  they  lie 
down  in  the  evening  :  for  the  Lord  their  God  shall  visit  them  and 
turn  away  their  captivity. 

8  IT  I  have  heard  the  reproach  of  Moab,  and  the  revilings  of  the 
children  of  Ammon,  whereby  they  have  reproached  my  people,  and 
magnified  themselves  against  their  border. 

9  Therefore,  as  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  orisrael. 
Surely  Moab  shall  be  as  Sodom,  and  the  children  of  Ammon  as 
Gomorrah,  even  the  breeding  of  nettles  and  salt-pits,  and  a  perpetual 
desolation:  the  residue  of  my  people  shall  spoil  them,  and  the  rem- 
nant of  my  people  shall  possess  them. 

10  This  shall  they  have  for  their  pride,  because  they  have 
reproached  and  magnified  themselves  against  the  people  of  the  Lord 
of  hosts. 

11  The  Lord  icill  he  terrible  unto  them;  for  he  will  famish  all  the 
gods  of  the  earth  ;  and  men  shall  worship  him,  every  one  from  his 
place,  even  all  the  isles  of  the  heathen. 

12  T[  Ye  Ethiopians  also,  ye  shall  be  slain  by  my  sword. 

13  And  he  will  stretch  out  his  hand  against  the  north,  and  destroy 
Assyria ;  and  will  make  Nineveh  a  desolation,  and  dry  like  a  wilder- 
ness. 

14  And  flocks  shall  lie  down  in  the  midst  of  her,  all  the  beasts  of 
the  nations :  both  the  cormorant  and  the  bittern  shall  lodge  in 
the  upper  lintels  of  it ;  -their  voice  shall  sing  in  the  windows ; 
desolation  shall  be  in  the  thresholds  :  for  he  shall  uncover  the  cedar 
work. 

15  This  is  the  rejoicing  city  that  dwelt  carelessly,  that  said  in  her 
heart,  I  am,  and  there  is  none  beside  me  :  how  is  she  become  a 
desolation,  a  place  for  beasts  to  lie  down  in  !  every  one  that  passeth 
by  her  sliall  hiss,  and  wag  his  hand. 

IS 


214  Zephaniak. 

ZEPHANIAH,    III. 

j3  sharp  reproof  of  Jerusalem  for  divers  sins.  An  exhortation  to 
wait  for  the  restoration  of  Israel,  and  to  rejoice  for  their  salva- 
tion by  God. 

1  Woe  to  her  that  is  fihhy  and  polluted,  to  the  oppressing  city  I 

2  She  obeyed  not  the  voice  ;  she  received  not  correction  ;  she 
trusted  not  in  the  Lord  ;  she  drew  not  near  to  her  God. 

3  Her  princes  within  her  are  roaring  lions;  her  judges  are  evening 
wolves ;  they  gnaw  not  the  bones  till  the  morrow. 

4  Her  prophets  are  light  and  treacherous  persons  ;  her  priests 
have  polluted  the  sanctuary,  they  have  done  violence  to  the  law. 

5  The  just  Lord  15  in  the  midst  thereof:  he  will  not  do  iniquity  : 
every  morning  doth  he  bring  his  judgment  to  light,  he  faileth  not, 
but  the  unjust  knoweth  no  shame. 

6  I  have  cut  otF  the  nations  :  their  towers  are  desolate,  I  made 
their  streets  waste,  that  none  passeth  by  :  their  cities  are  destroyed, 
so  that  there  is  no  man,  that  there  is  none  inhabitant. 

7  I  said,  Surely  thou  wilt  fear  me,  thou  wilt  receive  instruction; 
so  their  dwelling  should  not  be  cut  off,  howsoever  I  punished  them : 
but  thej^  rose  early,  and  corrupted  all  their  doings. 

8  IT  Therefore  wait  ye  upon  me,  saith  the  Lord,  until  the  day  that 
I  rise  up  to  the  prey  ;  for  my  determination  is  to  gather  the  nations, 
that  I  may  assemble  the  kingdoms,  to  pour  upon  them  mine  indigna- 
tion, even  all  my  fierce  anger :  for  all  the  earth  shall  be  devoured 
M'ith  the  fire  of  m.y  jealousy. 

9  For  then  will  1  turn  to  the  people  a  pure  language,  that  they 
may  all  call  upon  the  name  of  the  Lord,  to  serve  him  with  one 
consent. 

10  From  beyond  the  rivers  of  Ethiopia  my  suppliants,  even  the 
daughter  of  my  dispersed,  shall  bring  mine  offering. 

11  In  that  day  shalt  thou  not  be  ashamed  for  all  thy  doings,  wherein 
thou  hast  transgressed  against  me  :  for  then  I  will  take  away  out  of 
the  midst  of  thee  them  that  rejoice  in  thy  pride  ;  and  thou  shalt  no 
more  be  haughty  because  of  my  holy  mountain. 

12  I  will  also  leave  in  the  midst  of  thee  an  afflicted  and  poor 
people,  and  they  shall  trust  in  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

13  The  remnant  of  Israel  shall  not  do  iniquity,  nor  speak  lies  ; 
neither  shall  a  deceitful  tongue  be  found  in  their  mouth  :  for  they 
shall  feed  and  lie  down,  and  none  shall  make  them  afraid. 

14  *ii  Sing,  O  daughter  of  Zion  ;  shout,  O  Israel  ;  be  glad  and 
rejoice  with  all  the  heart,  0  daughter  of  Jerusalem. 

15  The  Lord  hath  taken  away  thy  judgments,  he  hath  cast  out 
thine  enemy  :  the  King  of  Israel,  even  the  Lord,  is  in  the  midst  of 
thee  :  thou  shalt  not  see  evil  any  more. 

16  In  that  day  it  shall  be  said  to  Jerusalem,  Fear  thou  not ;  and  to 
Zion,  Let  not  thine  hands  be  slack. 

17  The  Lord  thy  God  in  the  midst  of  thee  is  mighty ;  he  will 
save,  he  will  rejoice  over  thee  with  joy ;  he  will  rest  in  his  love,  he 
will  joy  over  thee  with  singing. 

18  1  will  gather  them  that  are  sorrowful  for  the  solemn  assembly, 
taho  are  of  thee,  to  ivhom  the  reproach  of  it  ivns  a  burden. 

19  Behold,  at  that  time  I  will  undo  all  that  atilict  thee ;  and  I  will 


Jeremiah.    Josiah.  215 

save  her  that  halteth,  and  gather  her  that  was  driven  out ;  and  I  will 
get  them  praise  and  fame  in  every  land  where  they  have  been  put  to 
shame. 

20  At  that  time  will  I  bring  you  again,  even  in  the  time  that  I 
gather  you :  for  I  will  make  you  a  name  and  a  praise  among  all 
people  of  the  earth,  when  I  turned  back  your  captivity  before  your 
eyes,  saith  the  Lord. 

JEREMIAH,    XLVIII.  B.  C.  610. 

The  judgment  of  Moab  for  several  corruptions :  the  restoration  of 
Moah. 

1  Against  Moab  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel, 
Woe  unto  Nebo !  for  it  is  spoiled  ;  Kiriathaim  is  confounded  and 
taken  ;  Misgab  is  confounded  and  dismayed. 

2  There  shall  he  no  more  praise  of  Moab  :  in  Heshbon  they  have 
devised  evil  against  it ;  come,  and  let  us  cut  it'  off  from  being  a 
nation :  also  thou  shalt  be  cut  down,  0  Madmen ;  the  sword  shall 
pursue  thee. 

3  A  voice  of  crying  shall  he  from  Horonaim,  spoiling  and  great 
destruction. 

4  Moab  is  destroyed ;  her  little  ones  have  caused  a  cry  to  be 
heard. 

5  For  in  the  going  up  of  Luhith  continual  weeping  shall  go  up  : 
for  in  the  going  down  of  Horonaim  the  enemies  have  heard  a  cry  of 
destruction. 

6  Flee,  save  your  lives,  and  be  like  the  heath  in  the  wilder- 
ness. 

7  IF  For  because  thou  hast  trusted  in  thy  works,  and  in  thy  treas- 
ures, thou  shalt  also  be  taken ;  and  Chemosh  shall  go  forth  into 
captivity,  with  his  priests  and  his  princes  together. 

8  And  the  spoiler  shall  come  upon  every  city,  and  no  city  shall 
escape  ;  the  valley  also  shall  perish,  and  the  plain  shall  be  destroyed, 
as  the  Lord  hath  spoken. 

9  Give  wings  unto  Moab,  that  it  may  flee  and  get  away :  for 
the  cities  thereof  shall  be  desolate,  without  any  to  dwell  therein. 

10  Cursed  he  he  that  doeth  the  work  of  the  Lord  deceitfully,  and 
cursed  he  he  that  keepeth  back  his  sword  from  blood. 

2    CHRONICLES,    XXXV. 

20  H  After  all  this,  when  Josiah  had  prepared  the  temple,  Necho 
king  of  Egypt  came  up  to  fight  against  Carchemish,  by  Euphrates : 
and  Josiah  went  out  against  him. 

21  But  he  sent  ambassadors  to  him,  saying.  What  have  I  to  do 
with  thee,  thou  king  of  Judah  ?  I  come  not  against  thee  this  day,  but 
against  the  house  wherewith  I  have  war ;  for  God  commanded  me  to 
make  haste  :  forbear  thee  from  meddling  with  God,  who  is  with  me, 
that  he  destroy  thee  not. 

22  Nevertheless,  Josiah  would  not  turn  his  face  from  him,  but 
disguised  himself,  that  he  might  fight  with  him,  and  hearkened  not 
unto  the  words  of  Necho  fi-om  the  mouth  of  God,  and  came  to  fight 
in  the  valley  of  Megiddo. 


216  Jehoahaz.     JehuiaJcim.     Hahakkuk. 

23  And  the  archers  shot  at  king  Josiah  ;  and  the  king  said  to  his 
servants,  Have  me  awaj^ ;  for  I  am  sore  wounded. 

24  His  servants,  therefore,  took  him  out  of  tliat  chariot,  and  put 
him  in  the  second  chariot  that  he  had  ;  and  they  brought  him  to 
Jerusalem,  and  he  died,  and  was  buried  in  one  of  the  sepulchres  of 
his  fathers  :   and  all  Judah  and  Jerusalem  mourned  for  Josiah. 

25  IT  And  Jeremiah  lamented  for  Josiah ;  and  all  the  singing-men 
and  the  singing-women  spake  of  Josiah  in  their  lamentations  to  this 
day,  and  made  them  an  ordinance  in  Israel  :  and,  behold,  they  are 
written  in  the  Lamentations. 

2    CHRONICLES,    XXXVI. 

1  Then  the  people  of  the  land  took  Jehoahaz,  the  son  of  Josiah, 
and  made  him  king  in  his  father's  stead  in  Jerusalem. 

2  Jehoahaz  was  twenty  and  three  years  old  when  he  began  to 
reign;  and  he  reigned  three  months  in  Jerusalem. 

3  And  the  king  of  Egypt  put  him  down  at  Jerusalem,  and  con- 
demned the  land  in  an  hundred  talents  of  silver,  and  a  talent  of 
gold. 

4  And  the  king  of  Egypt  made  Eliakim  his  brother  king  over 
Judah  and  Jerusalem,  and  turned  his  name  to  Jehoiakim.  And 
Necho  took  Jehoahaz  his  brother,  and  carried  him  to  Egypt. 

5  %  Jehoiakim  was  twenty  and  live  years  old  when  he  began  to 
reign ;  and  he  reigned  eleven  years  in  Jerusalem :  and  he  did  that 
which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  his  God. 

HABAKKUK,  I. 

Unto  Habakhiik,  complaining  of  the  iniquity  of  the  land,  is  shewed 
the  fearful  vengeance  by  the  Chaldeans. 

1  The  burden  which  Habakkuk  the  prophet  did  see. 

2  0  Lord,  how  long  shall  I  cry,  and  thou  wilt  not  hear  I  even  cry 
out  unto  thee  of  violence,  and  thou  wilt  not  save  ! 

3  Why  dost  thou  shew  me  iniquity,  and  cause  me  to  behold 
grievance  ?  for  spoiling  and  violence  are  before  me :  and  there  are 
that  raise  up  strife  and  contention. 

4  Therefore  the  law  is  slacked,  and  judgment  doth  never  go  forth: 
for  the  wicked  doth  compass  about  the  righteous  ;  therefore  wrong 
judgment  proceedeth. 

5^1  Belioid  ye  among  the  heatlien,  and  regard,  and  wonder  marvel- 
lously :  for  I  will  work  a  work  in  your  days,  tohich  ye  will  not 
believe,  though  it  be  told  yoii. 

6  For,  lo,  1  raise  up  the  Chaldeans,  that  bitter  and  hasty  nation, 
which  shall  march  through  the  breadth  of  the  land,  to  possess  the 
dwelling-places  that  are  not  theirs. 

7  They  arc  terrible  and  dreadful:  their  judgment  and  their  dignity 
shall  proceed  of  themselves. 

8  Their  horses  also  are  swifter  than  the  leopards,  and  are  more 
tierce  than  the  evening  wolves:  and  their  horsemen  shall  spread 
themselves,  and  their  horsemen  shall  come  from  far  :  they  shall  t^y 
as  the  ea2;le  that  hasteth  to  eat. 


Habahhih  217 

9  They  shall  come  all  for  violence  :  their  faces  shall  sup  up  as  the 
east  wind,  and  they  shall  gather  the  captivity  as  the  sand. 

10  And  they  shall  scoff  at  the  kings,  and  the  princes  shall  he  a 
scorn  unto  them  :  they  shall  deride  every  strong  hold ;  for  they  shall 
heap  dust,  and  take  it. 

11  Then  shall  his  mind  change,  and  he  shall  pass  over,  and  offend, 
imputing  this  his  power  unto  his  god. 

12  IT  Art  thou  not  from  everlasting,  0  Lord  my  God,  mine  Holy 
One  ?  we  shall  not  die.  O  Lord,  thou  hast  ordained  them  for 
judgment;  and,  O  mighty  God,  thou  hast  established  them  for 
correction. 

13  Thou  art  of  purer  eyes  than  to  behold  evil,  and  canst  not  look 
on  iniquity  :  wherefore  lookest  thou  upon  them  that  deal  treacher- 
ously, and  boldest  thy  tongue  when  the  wicked  devoureth  the  man 
that  is  more  righteous  than  he  .' 

14  And  makest  men  as  the  fishes  of  (he  sea,  as  the  creeping 
things  that  have  no  ruler  over  them  ? 

15  They  take  up  all  of  them  with  the  angle,  they  catch  them  in 
their  net,  and  gather  them  in  their  drag  ;  therefore  they  rejoice  and 
are,  glad. 

16  Therefore  they  sacrifice  unto  their  net,  and  burn  incense  unto 
their  drag;  because  by  them  their  portion  is  fat,  and  their  meat 
plenteous. 

17  Shall  they  therefore  empty  their  net,  and  not  spare  continually 
to  slay  the  nations  ? 

HABAKKUK,    II. 

Unto  Habakkuk,  waiting  for  an  answer,  is  shewed  that  he  tnust 
wait  by  faith.     The  judgment  upon  the  Chaldeans. 

1  I  will  stand  upon  my  watch,  and  set  me  upon  the  tower,  and  will 
watch  to  see  what  he  will  say  unto  me,  and  what  I  shall  answer 
when  I  am  reproved. 

2  And  the  Lord  answered  me,  and  said,  Write  the  vision,  and 
make  it  plain  upon  tables,  that  he  may  run  that  readeth  it. 

3  F'or  the  vision  is  yet  for  an  appointed  time  ;  but  at  the  end  it 
shall  speak,  and  not  lie  :  though  it  tarry,  wait  for  it ;  because  it  will 
surely  come,  it  will  not  tarry. 

4  Behold,  his  soul  which  is  lifted  up,  is  not  upright  in  him  :  but 
the  just  shall  live  by  his  faith. 

5  IT  Yea  also,  because  he  transgresseth  by  wine,  he  is  a  proud  man, 
neither  keepeth  at  home  ;  who  enlargeth  his  desire  as  he!i,  and  is  as 
death,  and  cannot  be  satisfied,  but  gathercth  unto  him  all  nations,  and 
heapeth  unto  him  all  people  : 

6  Shall  not  all  thc.-'j  take  up  a  parable  against  him,  and  a  taunting 
proverb  against  him,  and  say.  Woe  to  him  that  inci-easeth  that  which 
is  not  his  !  how  long  ?  and  to  him  that  ladeth  himself  with  thick 
clay  ! 

7  Shall  they  not  rise  up  suddenly  that  shall  bite  thee,  and  awake 
that  shall  vex  thee,  and  thou  shalt  be  for  bodlies  unto  them  ? 

8  Because  thou  hast  spoiled  many  nation's,  all  the  remnant  of  the 
people  shall  spoil  thee  ;  because  of  men's  blood,  and  for  the  violence 
of  the  land  of  the  city,  and  of  all  that  dwell  therein. 

18* 


218  Habakkuk. 

9^  Woe  to  him  that  coveteth  an  evil  covetousness  to  his  house, 
that  lie  may  set  his  nest  on  high,  that  he  may  be  delivered  from  the 
power  of  evil ! 

10  Thou  hast  consulted  shame  to  thy  house  by  cutting  off  many 
people,  and  hast  sinned  against  thy  soul. 

11  For  the  sione  shall  cry  out  of  the  wall,  and  the  beam  out  of 
the  timber  shall  answer  it. 

12  fi  Woe  to  him  that  buildeth  a  town  with  blood,  and  stablisheth  a 
city  by  iniquity ! 

13  Behold  is  it  not  of,  the  ]>ord  of  hosts  that  the  people  shall 
labor  in  the  very  fire,  and  the  people  shall  weary  themselves  for 
very  vanity  r 

14  For  the  earth  shall  be  filled  with  the  knowledge  of  the  glory  of 
the  Lord,  as  the  waters  cover  the  sea. 

15  M  Woe  unto  him  that  givethhis  neighbor  drink ;  that  puttest  thy 
bottle  to  hiyn,  and  makest  him  drunken  also,  that  thou  mayest  look  on 
their  nakedness! 

16  Thou  art  filled  with  shame  for  glory  :  drink  thou  also,  and  let 
thy  foreskin  be  uncovered  :  the  cup  of  the  Lord's  right  hand  shall 
be  turned  unto  thee,  and  shameful  spewing  shall  be  on  thy  glory. 

17  For  the  violence  of  Lebanon  shall  cover  thee,  and  the  spoil  of 
beasts,  which  made  them  afraid,  because  of  men's  blood,  and  lor  the 
violence  of  the  land,  of  the  city,  and  of  all  that  dwell  therein. 

IS  \\  What  profiteth  the  graven  image  that  the  maker  thereof  hath 
graven  it ;  the  molten  image,  and  a  teacher  of  lies,  that  the  maker 
of  his  work  trusteth  therein,  to  make  dumb  idols  ? 

19  Woe  unto  him  that  saith  to  the  w^ood,  Awake  :  to  the  dumb 
stoiic,  Arise,  it  shall  teach!  Behold,  it  is  laid  over  vfith  gold  and 
silver,  and  there  is  no  breath  at  all  in  the  midst  of  it. 

20  But  the  Lord  2s  in  his  holy  temple:  let  all  the  earth  keep 
silence  before  him. 

HABAKKUK,    III. 

Hahakkuk,  in  hispi-ai/er,  tremhleth  at  God's  majesty:  the  confidence 
of  his  faith. 

1  A  prayer  of  Hahakkuk  the  prophet  upon  Shigionoth. 

2  0  Lord,  I  have  heard  thy  speech,  and  was  afraid  :  O  Lord, 
revive  thy  word  in  the  midst  of  the  years,  in  the  midst  of  the  years 
make  known ;  in  wrath  remember  mercy. 

3  H  God  came  from  Teman,  and  the  holy  One  from  mount  Paran. 
Selah.  His  glory  covered  the  heaven,  and  the  earth  was  full  of  his 
praise. 

4  Aiul  his  brightness  was  as  the  light;  he  had  horns  coming  out 
of  his  hand  :  and  there  was  the  hiding  of  his  powder. 

5  Before  him  went  the  pestilence,  and  burning  coals  went  forth  at 
his  feet. 

6  Ho  stood,  and  measured  the  earth  :  he  beheld,  and  drove  asunder 
the  natn^n:> ;  and  the  everlasting  mountains  were  scattered,  the  per- 
petual i)!lis  did  bow  :  his  ways  are  everlasting. 

7  I  saw  the  tents  of  Cushan  in  affliction  :  and  the  curtains  of  the 
land  of  i\iidian  did  treaible. 

8  Was  the  Lord  displeased  against  the  rivei's  .'  was  thine  anger 


Hahakkuk.     Jeremiah.  219 

against  the  rivers  ?  was  thy  wrath  against  the  sea,  that  thou  didst  ride 
upon  thine  horses  and  thy  chariots  of  salvation  ? 

9  Thy  bow  was  made  quite  naked,  according  to  the  oaths  of  the 
tribes,  even  thy  word.  Selah.  Thou  didst  cleave  the  earth  with 
rivers. 

10  The  mountains  saw  thee,  and  they  trembled  :  the  overflowing 
of  the  water  passed  by  :  the  deep  uttered  his  voice,  and  lifted  up  his 
hands  on  high. 

11  The  sun  and  moon  stood  still  in  their  habitation  :  at  the  light 
of  thine  arrows  they  went,  and  at  the  shining  of  thy  glittering 
spear. 

12  Thou  didst  march  through  the  land  in  indignation,  thou  didst 
thresh  the  heathen  in  anger. 

13  Thou  wentest  forth  for  the  salvation  of  thy  people,  even  for 
salvation  with  thine  anointed  ;  thou  woundedst  the  head  out  of  the 
house  of  the  Avicked,  by  discovering  the  foundation  unto  the  neck. 
Selah. 

14  Thou  didst  strike  through  with  his  staves  the  head  of  his 
villages  :  they  came  out  as  a  whirlwind  to  scatter  me  :  their  rejoicing 
was  as  to  devour  the  poor  secretly. 

,  15  Thou  didst  walk  through  the  sea  with  thine  horses,  through  the 
heap  of  great  waters. 

16  AVhen  I  heard,  my  belly  trembled  ;  my  lips  quivered  at  the 
voice ;  rottenness  entered  into  my  bones,  and  I  trembled  in  myself, 
that  I  might  rest  in  the  day  of  trouble  :  when  he  cometh  up  unto  the 
people,  he  will  invade  them  with  his  troops. 

17  IF  Although  the  fig-tree  shall  not  blossom,  neither  shall  fruit  he 
in  the  vines  ;  the  labor  of  tlie  olive  shall  fail,  and  the  fields  shall 
yield  no  meat ;  the  flock  shall  be  cut  off  from  the  fold,  and  there  shall 
he  no  herd  in  the  stalls  : 

18  Yet  I  will  rejoice  in  the  Lord,  I  will  joy  in  the  God  of  my 
salvation. 

19  The  Lord  God  is  my  strength,  and  he  will  make  my  feet  like 
hind's /ee^,  and  he  will  make  me  to  walk  upon  mine  high  places.  To 
the  chief  singer  on  my  stringed  instruments. 

JEREMIAH,   XXVI.  B.  C.  609. 

Jeremiah  exhorteth  to  repentance :  he  is  apprehended,  and  arraign- 
ed:  his  apology  :  he  is  quit  i?i  judgment. 

1  In  the  beginning  of  the  reign  of  Jehoiakim  the  son  of  Josiah  king 
of  Judah,  came  this  word  from  the  Lord,  saying, 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Stand  in  the  court  of  the  Lord's  house, 
and  speak  unto  all  the  cities  of  Judah,  which  come  to  worship  in  the 
Lord's  house,  all  the  words  that  I  command  thee  to  speak  unto 
them  ;  diminish  not  a  word  : 

3  If  so  be  they  will  hearken,  and  turn  every  man  from  his  evil 
way,  that  I  may  repent  me  of  the  evil,  which  I  purpose  to  do  unto 
them,  because  of  the  evil  of  their  doings. 

4  And  thou  shalt  say  unto  them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  If  ye  will 
not  hearken  to  me,  to  walk  in  my  law,  which  I  have  set  before 
you, 


220  Jeremiah. 

5  To  hearken  to  the  words  of  my  servants  the  prophets,  whom  I 
sent  unto  you,  both  rising  up  early,  and  sending  them,  but  ye  have 
not  hearkened ; 

6  Then  will  I  make  this  house  like  Shiloh,  and  will  make  this  city 
a  curse  to  all  the  nations  of  the  earth. 

7  So  the  priests,  and  the  prophets,  and  all  the  people,  heard  Jere- 
miah speaking  these  words  in  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

8  U  Now,  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jeremiah  had  made  an  end  of 
speaking  all  that  the  Lord  had  commanded  him  to  speak  unto  all  the 
people,  that  the  priests,  and  the  prophets,  and  all  the  people,  took 
hirn,  saying,  Thou  shalt  surely  die. 

9  Why  hast  thou  prophesied  in  the  name  of  the  Lord,  saying, 
This  house  shall  be  like  Shiloh,  and  this  city  shall  be  desolate  without 
an  inhabit3,nt  ?  And  all  the  people  were  gathered  against  Jeremiah  in 
the  house  of  the  Lord. 

10  "IT  When  the  princes  of  Judah  heard  these  things,  then  they 
came  up  from  the  king's  house  unto  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  sat 
down  in  the  entry  of  the  new  gate  of  the  Lord's  house. 

11  Then  spake  the  priests  and  the  prophets  unto  the  princes,  and 
to  all  the  people,  saying,  This  man  is  worthy  to  die  ;  for  he  hath 
prophesied  against  this  city,  as  ye  liave  heard  with  your  cars. 

12  H  Then  spake  Jeremiah  unto  all  the  princes,  and  to  all  the 
people,  saying,  The  Lord  sent  me  to  prophesy  against  this  house, 
and  against  this  city,  all  the  words  that  ye  have  heard. 

13  Therefore  now  amend  your  ways  and  your  doings,  and  obey  the 
voice  of  the  Lord  your  God;  and  the  Lord  will  repent  him  of  the 
evil  that  he  hath  pronounced  against  you. 

14  As  for  me,  behold,  I  am  in  your  hand  ;  do  with  me  as  seeraeth 
good  and  meet  unto  you  : 

15  But  know  ye  for  certain,  that,  if  ye  put  me  to  death,  ye  shall 
surely  bring  innocent  blood  upon  yourselves,  and  upon  this  city,  and 
upon  the  inhabitants  thereof:  for  of  a  truth  the  Lord  hath  sent  me 
unto  you,  to  speak  all  these  words  in  your  ears. 

16  If  Then  said  the  princes  and  all  the  people  unto  the  priests,  and 
to  the  prophets.  This  man  is  not  worthy  to  die  :  for  he  hath  spoken 
to  us  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  our  God. 

17  Then  rose  up  certain  of  the  elders  of  the  land,  and  spake  to  all 
the  assembly  of  the  people,  saying, 

18  Micah  the  Morashite  prophesied  in  the  days  of  Hezekiah  king 
of  Judah,  and  spake  to  all  the  people  of  Judah,  saying,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts,  Zion  shall  be  plowed  like  a  field,  and  Jerusalem  shall 
become  heaps,  and  the  mountain  of  the  house  as  the  high  places  of  a 
forest. 

19  Did  Hezekiah  king  of  Judah  and  all  Judah  put  him  at  all  to 
death  ?  did  he  not  fear  the  Lord,  and  besought  the  Lord,  and  the 
Lord  repented  him  of  the  evil  which  he  had  pronounced  against 
them  }     Thus  might  we  procure  great  evil  against  our  souls. 

20  And  there  was  also  a  man  that  prophesied  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord,  Urijah,  the  son  of  Shemaiah  of  Kirjalh-jearim,  who  prophesied 
against  this  city,  and  against  this  land,  according  to  all  the  words  of 
Jeremiah  : 

21  And  when  Jehoiakim  the  king,  with  all  his  mighty  men,  and 
all  the  princes,  heard  his  words,  the  king  sought  to  put  him  to  death; 


Jeremiah,  221 

but  when  Urijah  heard  it  he   was  afraid,  and  fled,  and  went  into 
Egypt; 

22  And  Jehoiakiin  the  king  sent  men  into  Egypt ;  namely, 
Elnathan,  the  son  of  Achbor,  and  certain  men  with  him  into 
Egypt: 

23  And  they  fetched  forth  Urijah  out  of  Egypt;  and  brought  him 
unto  Jehoiakim  the  king,  who  slew  him  with  the  sword,  and  cast  his 
dead  body  into  the  graves  of  the  common  people. 

24  Nevertheless,  the  hand  of  Ahikam,  the  son  of  Shaphan,  was 
with  Jeremiah,  that  they  should  not  give  him  into  the  hand  of  the 
people  to  put  him  to  death. 

JEREMIAH,    V.  B.  C.  608. 

The  judgments  of  God  upon  the  Jews  for  their  manifold  corrup- 
tions. 

1  Run  ye  to  and  fro  through  the  streets  of  Jerusalem,  and  see  now, 
and  know,  and  seek  in  the  broad  places  thereof,  if  ye  can  find  a  man, 
if  there  be  any  that  executeth  judgment,  that  seeketh  the  truth  ;  and 
I  will  pardon  it. 

2  And  though  they  say.  The  Lord  liveth ;  surely  they  swear 
falsely. 

3  O  Lord,  are  not  thine  eyes  upon  the  truth  ?  thou  hast  stricken 
them,  but  they  have  not  grieved  ;  thou  hast  consumed  them,  hut  they 
have  refused  to  receive  correction :  they  have  made  their  faces 
harder  than  a  rock  ;  they  have  refused  to  return. 

4  Therefore  I  said.  Surely  these  are  poor ;  they  are  foolish :  for 
they  know  not  the  way  of  the  Lord,  nor  the  judgment  of  their 
God. 

5  I  will  get  me  unto  the  great  men,  and  will  speak  unto  them ; 
for  they  have  known  the  way  of  the  Lord,  and  the  judgment  of 
their  God  :  but  these  have  altogether  broken  the  yoke,  and  burst  the 
bonds. 

6  Wherefore  a  lion  out  of  the  forest  shall  slay  them,  and  a  wolf  of 
the  evenings  shall  spoil  them,  a  leopard  shall  watch  over  their 
cities :  every  one  that  goeth  out  thence  shall  be  torn  in  pieces  ; 
because  their  transgressions  are  many,  and  their  backslidings  are 
increased. 

7  TT  How  shall  I  pardon  thee  for  this  ?  thy  children  have  forsaken 
me,  and  sworn  by  them  that  are  no  gods  :  when  I  had  fed  them  to 
the  full,  they  then  committed  adultery,  and  assembled  themselves  by 
troops  in  the  harlot's  houses. 

8  They  were  as  fed  horses  in  the  morning :  every  one  neighed 
after  his  neighbor's  wife. 

9  Shall  I  not  visit  for  these  things  ?  saith  the  Lord  :  and  shall 
not  my  soul  be  avenged  on  such  a  nation  as  this  ? 

10  t  Go  ye  up  upon  her  walls,  and  destroy  ;  but  make  not  a  full 
end  :  take  away  her  battlements  ;  for  they  are  not  the  Lord's. 

11  For  the  house  of  Israel  and  the  house  of  Judah  have  dealt 
very  treacherously  against  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

12  They  have  belyed  the  Lord,  and  said.  It  is  not  he,  neither 
shall  evil  come  upon  us,  neither  shall  we  see  sword  nor  famine  ; 


222  Jeremiah. 

13  And  the  prophets  shall  become  wind,  and  the  word  is  not  in 
them  :  thus  shall  it  be  done  unto  them. 

14  Wherefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  hosts,  Because  ye  speak 
this  word,  behold,  I  will  make  my  words  in  thy  mouth  fire,  and  this 
people  wood,  and  it  shall  devour  them. 

15  Lo,  1  will  bring  a  nation  upon  you  from  far,  O  house  of 
Israel,  saith  the  Lord  :  it  is  a  mighty  nation,  it  is  an  ancient  nation, 
a  nation  whose  language  thou  knowest  not,  neither  understandest 
what  they  say. 

16  Their  quiver  is  as  an  open  sepulchre,  they  are  all  mighty 
men. 

17  And  they  shall  eat  up  thine  harvest,  and  thy  bread,  which  thy 
sons  and  thy  daughters  should  eat :  they  shall  eat  up  thy  flocks  and 
thine  herds ;  they  shall  eat  up  thy  vines  and  thy  fig-trees :  they 
shall  impoverish  thy  fenced  cities,  wherein  thou  trustedst,  with  the 
sword. 

18  Nev^ertheless,  in  those  days,  saith  the  Lord,  I  will  not  make  a 
full  end  with  you. 

19  H  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  ye  shall  say,  "Wherefore 
doeth  the  Lord  our  God  all  these  things  unto  us  ?  then  shalt  thou 
answer  them,  Like  as  ye  have  forsaken  me,  and  served  strange 
gods  in  your  land  ;  so  shall  ye  serve  strangers  in  a  land  that  is  not 
yours. 

20  Declare  this  in  the  house  of  Jacob,  and  publish  it  in  Judah, 
saying, 

21  Hear  now  this,  0  foolish  people,  and  without  understanding ; 
which  have  eyes,  and  see  not ;  which  have  ears,  and  hear  not : 

22  Fear  ye  not  me  .-"  saith  the  Lord  :  will  ye  not  tremble  at  my 
presence,  which  have  placed  the  sand /or  the  bound  of  the  sea,  by  a 
perpetual  decree,  that  it  cannot  pass  it ;  and  though  the  waves  thereof 
toss  themselves,  yet  can  they  not  prevail ;  though  they  roar,  yet  can 
they  not  pass  over  it  ? 

23  But  this  people  hath  a  revolting  and  rebellious  heart ;  they  are 
revolted  and  gone. 

24  Neither  say  they  in  their  heart.  Let  us  now  fear  the  Lord  our 
God  that  giveth  rain,  both  the  former  and  the  latter,  in  his  season : 
he  reserveth  unto  us  the  appointed  weeks  of  the  harvest. 

25  IT  Your  iniquities  have  turned  away  these  things,  and  your  sins 
have  withholden  good  things  from  you. 

26  For  among  my  people  are  found  wicked  men :  they  lay  wait  as 
he  that  setteth  snares  ;  they  set  a  trap,  they  catch  men. 

27  As  a  cage  is  full  of  birds,  so  ai'e  their  houses  full  of  deceit: 
therefore  they  are  become  great,  and  waxen  rich. 

28  They  are  waxen  fat,  they  shine  ;  yea,  they  overpass  the  deeds 
of  the  wicked  :  they  judge  not  the  cause,  the  cause  of  the  fatherless, 
yet  they  prosper  ;  and  the  right  of  the  needy  do  they  not  judge. 

29  Shall  I  not  visit  for  these  things  ?  saith  the  Lord  :  shall  not 
my  soul  be  avenged  on  such  a  nation  as  this  ? 

30  H  A  wonderful  and  horrible  thing  is  committed  in  the  land  ; 

31  The  prophets  prophesy  falsely,  and  the  priests  bear  rule  by  their 
means  ;  and  my  people  love  to  have  it  so  :  and  what  will  ye  do  in  the 
end  thereof? 


Jeremiah,  «223 


JEREMIAH,    VI. 

The    enemies  sent  against  Judah  encourage  themselves :     God 
setteth  them  on  work  because  of  their  sins. 

1  O  ye  children  of  Benjamin,  gather  yourselves  to  flee  out  of  the 
midst  of  Jerusalem,  and  blow  the  trumpet  in  Tekoa,  and  set  up  a  sign 
of  fire  in  Beth-haccerem :  for  evil  appeareth  out  of  the  north,  and 
great  destruction. 

2  I  have  likened  the  daughter  of  Zion  to  a  comely  and  delicate 
woman. 

3  The  shepherds  with  their  flocks  shall  come  unto  her ;  they 
shall  pitch  their  tents  against  her  round  about ;  they  shall  feed  every 
one  in  his  place. 

4  Prepare  ye  war  against  her ;  arise,  and  let  us  go  up  at  noon. 
Woe  unto  us  !  for  the  day  goeth  away,  for  the  shadows  of  the  evening 
are  stretched  out. 

5  Arise,  and  let  us  go  by  night,  and  let  us  destroy  her  palaces. 

6  H  For  thus  hath  the  Lord  of  hosts  said,  Hew  ye  do\vn  trees,  and 
cast  a  mount  against  Jerusalem  :  this  is  the  city  to  be  visited ;  she  is 
wholly  oppression  in  the  midst  of  her. 

7  As  a  fountain  casteth  out  her  waters,  so  she  casteth  out  her 
wickedness  :  violence  and  spoil  is  heard  in  her  ;  before  me  continually 
is  grief  and  wounds. 

8  Be  thou  instructed,  O  Jerusalem,  lest  my  soul  depart  from  thee  ; 
lest  I  make  thee  desolate,  a  land  not  inhabited. 

9  H  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.  They  shall  thoioughly  glean  the 
remnant  of  Israel  as  a  vine  :  turn  back  thine  hand  as  a  grape-gatherer 
into  the  baskets. 

10  To  whom  shall  I  speak  and  give  warning,  that  they  may  hear  ? 
Behold,  their  ear  is  uncircumcised,  and  they  cannot  hearken  :  behold, 
the  word  of  the  Lord  is  unto  them  a  reproach  ;  they  have' no  delight 
in  it. 

11  Therefore  I  am  full  of  the  fury  of  the  Lord  :  I  am  v/eary  with 
holding  in  :  I  will  pour  it  out  upon  the  children  abroad,  and  upon  the 
assembly  of  young  men  together;  for  even  the  husband  with  the 
wife  shall  be  taken,  the  aged  with  him  that  is  full  of  days. 

12  And  their  houses  shall  be  turned  unto  others,  iviih  their  fields 
and  wives  together  :  for  I  will  stretch  out  my  hand  upon  the  inhab- 
itants of  the  land,  saith  the  Lord. 

13  For  from  the  least  of  them  even  unto  the  greatest  of  them, 
every  one  is  given  to  covetousness  ;  and  from  the  prophet  even  unto 
the  priest,  every  one  dealeth  falsely. 

14  They  have  healed  also  the  hurt  of  the  daughter  of  my  people 
slightly,  saying.  Peace,  peace;  when  there  is  no  peace. 

15  Were  they  ashamed  when  they  had  committed  abomination  ? 
nay,  they  were  not  at  all  ashamed,  neither  could  they  bhish ;  therefore 
they  shall  fall  among  them  that  fall :  at  the  time  that  I  visit  them 
they  shall  be  cast  down,  saith  the  Lord. 

16  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Stand  ye  in  the  ways  and  see,  and 
ask  for  the  old  paths,  where  is  the  good  way,  and  walk  therein,  and 
ye  shall  find  rest  for  your  souls.  But  they  said,  Wc  will  not  walk 
therein. 


224  Jeremiah. 

17  Also  I  set  watchmen  over  you,  saying.  Hearken  to  the  sound 
of  the  trumpet.     But  they  said,  We  will  not  hearken. 

18  H  Therefore  hear,  ye  nations,  and  know,  O  congregation,  what 
is  among  them. 

19  Hear,  O  earth  ;  behold,  I  will  bring  evil  upon  this  people,  even 
the  fruit  of  their  thoughts,  because  they  have  not  hearkened  unto  my 
words,  nor  to  my  law,  but  rejected  it. 

20  To  what  purpose  cometh  there  to  me  incense  from  Sheba,  and 
the  sweet  cane  from  a  far  country  ?  your  burnt-offerings  are  not 
acceptable,  nor  your  sacrifices  sweet  unto  me. 

21  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  I  will  lay  stumbling- 
blocks  before  this  people,  and  the  fathers  and  sons  together  shall  fall 
upon  them  ;  the  neighbor  and  his  friend  shall  perish. 

22  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  a  people  cometh  from  the  north 
country,  and  a  great  nation  shall  be  raised  from  the  sides  of  the 
earth. 

23  They  shall  lay  hold  on  bow  and  spear ;  they  are  cruel,  and 
have  no  mercy  :  their  voice  roareth  like  the  sea  ;  and  they  ride 
upon  horses,  set  in  array  as  men  for  war  against  thee,  O  daughter  of 
Zion. 

24  We  have  heard  the  fame  thereof;  our  hands  wax  feeble  : 
anguish  hath  taken  hold  of  us,  and  pain  as  of  a  woman  in  travail. 

25  Go  not  forth  into  the  field,  nor  walk  by  the  way  ;  for  the  sword 
of  the  enemy  and  fear  is  on  every  side. 

26  TI  O  daughter  of  my  people,  gird  thee  with  sackcloth,  and 
wallow  thyself  in  ashes  ;  make  thee  mourning,  as  for  an  only  son, 
most  bitter  lamentation  :  for  the  spoiler  shall  suddenly  come  upon 
us. 

27  I  have  set  thee  for  a  tower  and  a  fortress  among  n^.y  people, 
that  thou  mayest  know  and  try  their  way. 

28  They  are  all  grievous  revolters,  walking  with  slanders :  they 
are  brass  and  iron  ;  they  ore  all  corrupters. 

29  The  bellows  are  burned,  the  lead  is  consumed  of  the  fire  ;  the 
founder  melteth  in  vain  :  for  the  wicked  are  not  plucked  away. 

30  Reprobate  silver  shall  ?nen  call  them,  because  the  Lord  hath 
rejected  them. 

JEREMIAH,    XLVI. 

1  The  word  of  the  Lord  which  came  to  Jeremiah  the  prophet 
against  the  Gentiles  ; 

2  Against  Egypt,  against  the  army  of  Pharaoh-necho  king  of 
Egypt,  which  was  by  the  river  Euphrates  in  Carciiemish,  which 
Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon  st!;ote  in  the  fourth  year  of  Jehoia- 
kim,  the  son  of  Josiah  king  of  Judah. 

3  Order  ye  the  buckler  and  shield,  and  draw  near  to  battle. 

4  Harness  the  horses ;  and  get  up,  ye  horsemen,  and  stand  forth 
with  your  helmets;  furbish  the  spears,  a7id  put  on  the  brigan- 
dines. 

5  Wherefore  have  I  seen  them  dismayed,  and  turned  away  back  ? 
and  their  mighty  ones  are  beaten  down,  and  are  fled  apace,  and  look 
not  back  :  for  fear  was  round  about,  saith  the  Lord. 


Jeremiah.     Jehoiahim.     Daniel.  225 

6  Let  not  the  swift  flee  away,  nor  the  migjhty  man  escape  ;  they 
shall  stumble,  and  fall  toward  the  north  by  the  river  Euphrates. 

7  Who  is  this  that  cometh  up  as  a  flood,  whose  waters  are  moved 
as  the  rivers  ? 

8  Egypt  riseth  up  like  a  flood,  and  his  waters  are  moved  like  the 
rivers ;  and  he  sailh,  I  will  go  up,  and  will  cover  the  earth  ;  I  will 
destroy  the  city,  and  the  inhabitants  thereof. 

9  Come  up,  ye  horses  ;  and  rage,  ye  chariots  ;  and  let  the  mighty 
men  come  forth  :  the  Ethiopians  and  the  Libyans,  that  handle  the 
shield;  and  the  Lydians,  that  handle  and  bend  the  bow. 

10  For  this  is  the  day  of  the  Lord  God  of  hosts,  a  day  of  vengeance, 
that  he  may  avenge  him  of  his  adversaries  :  and  the  sword  shall 
devour,  and  it  shall  be  satiate  and  made  drunk  with  their  blood  ;  for 
the  Lord  God  of  hosts  hath  a  sacrilace  in  the  north  country  by  the 
river  Euphrates. 

11  Go  up  into  Gilead  and  take  balm,  O  irgin,  the  daughter  of 
Egypt :  in  vain  shalt  thou  use  many  medicines ;  /or  thou  shalt  not  be 
cured. 

12  The  nations  have  heard  of  thy  shame,  and  thy  cry  hath  filled 
the  land  :  for  the  mighty  man  hath  stumbled  against  the  mighty,  and 
they  are  fallen  both  together. 

2  KINGS,  XXIV.  B.  C.  607. 

1  In  his  [Jehoiakim's]  days  Nebuchadnezzar  king  of  Babylon 
came  up,  and  Jehoiakim  became  his  servant  three  years  : 

DANIEL,    I. 

1  In  the  third  year  of  the  reign  of  Jehoiakim  king  of  Judah  came 
Nebuchadnezzar  king  of  Babylon  unto  Jerusalem,  and  besieged 
it. 

2  And  the  Lord  gave  Jehoiakim  king  of  Judah  into  his  hand,  with 
part  of  the  vessels  of  the  house  of  God,  which  he  carried  into  the 
land  of  Shinar,  to  the  house  of  his  god ;  and  he  brought  the  vessels 
into  the  treasure-house  of  his  god. 

3  II  And  the  king  spake  unto  Ashpenaz,the  master  of  his  eunuchs, 
that  he  should  bring  certain,  of  the  children  of  Israel,  and  of  the  king's 
seed,  and  of  the  princes  ; 

4  Children  in  whom  was  no  blemish,  Imt  well-favored,  and 
skilful  in  all  wisdom,  and  cunning  in  knowledge,  and  understanding 
science,  and  such  as  had  ability  in  them  to  stand  in  the  king's  palace, 
and  whom  they  might  teach  the  learning  and  the  tongue  of  the 
Chaldeans. 

5  And  the  king  appointed  them  a  daily  provision  of  the  king's 
meat,  and  of  the  wine  which  he  drank;  so  nourishing  them  three 
years,  that  at  the  end  thereof  they  might  stand  before  the  king. 

6  Now  among  these  were  of  the  children  of  Judah,  Daniel,  Han- 
aniah,  Mishael,  and  Azariah; 

7  Unto  whom  the  prince  of  the  eunuchs  gave  names  :  for  he 
gave  unto  Daniel  the  name  of  Belteshazzar ;  and  to  Hananiah,  of 
Shadrach ;  and  to  Mishael,  of  Meshach ;  and  to  Azariah,  of  Abed- 
nego. 

19 


226  Daniel,    Jeremiah. 

8  IT  But  Daniel  purposed  in  his  heart  that  he  would  not  defile  himself 
with  the  portion  of  the  king's  meat,  nor  with  the  wine  which  he 
drank  :  therefore  he  requested  of  the  prince  of  the  eunuchs  that  he 
might  not  defile  himself. 

9  Now  God  had  brought  Daniel  into  favor  and  tender  love  with 
the  prince  of  the  eunuchs. 

10  And  the  prince  of  the  eunuchs  said  unto  Daniel,  I  fear  my  lord 
the  king,  who  hath  appointed  your  meat  and  your  drink :  for  why 
should  he  see  your  faces  worse  liking  than  the  children  which  are 
of  your  sort  ?  then  shall  ye  make  me  endanger  my  head  to  the 
king. 

11  Then  said  Daniel  to  Melzar,  whom  the  prince  of  the  eunuchs 
had  set  over  Daniel,  Hananiah,  Mishael,  and  Azariah, 

12  Prove  thy  servants,  I  beseech  thee,  ten  days  ;  and  let  them 
give  us  pulse  to  eat,  and  water  to  drink. 

13  Then  let  our  countenances  be  looked  upon  before  thee  and  the 
countenance  of  the  children  that  eat  of  the  portion  of  the  king*s  meat: 
and  as  thou  seest,  deal  with  thy  servants. 

14  So  he  consented  to  them  in  this  matter,  and  proved  them  ten 
days. 

15  And  at  the  end  of  ten  days  their  countenances  appeared  fairer 
and  fatter  in  flesh  than  all  the  children  which  did  eat  the  portion  of 
the  king's  meat. 

16  Thus  Melzar  took  away  the  portion  of  their  meat,  and  the  wine 
that  they  should  drink,  and  gave  them  pulse. 

17  11  As  for  these  four  children,  God  gave  them  knowledge  and 
skill  in  all  learning  and  wisdom  :  and  Daniel  had  understanding  in  all 
visions  and  dreams, 

18  Now,  at  the  end  of  the  days  that  the  king  had  said  that  he 
should  bring  them  in,  then  the  prince  of  the  eunuchs  brought  them 
in  before  Nebuchadnezzar. 

19  And  the  king  communed  with  them  ;  and  among  them  all  was 
found  none  like  Daniel,  Hananiah,  Mishae!,  and  Azariah  :  therefore 
stood  they  before  the  king. 

20  And  in  all  matters  of  wisdom  and  understanding,  that  the  king 
inquired  of  them,  he  found  them  ten  times  better  than  all  the  magi- 
cians and  astrologers  that  were  in  all  his  realm. 

21  And  Daniel  continued  even  unto  the  first  year  of  king  Cyrus. 

JEREMIAH,  XXV. 

15  Ti  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  Israel  unto  me.  Take  the 
wine-cup  of  this  fury  at  my  hand,  and  cause  all  the  nations  to  whom 
I  send  thee  to  drink  it. 

16  And  they  shall  drink,  and  be  moved,  and  be  mad,  because  of 
tlie  sword  that  I  will  send  among  them. 

17  Then  took  I  the  cup  at  the  Lord's  hand,  and  made  all  the 
nations  to  drink,  unto  whom  the  Lord  had  sent  me  : 

18  To  wit,  Jerusalem,  and  the  cities  of  Judah,  and  the  kings 
thereof,  and  the  princes  thereof,  to  make  them  a  desolation,  an 
astonishment,  an  hissing,  and  a  curse  ;  (as  it  is  this  day ;) 

19  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt,  and  his  servants,  and  his  princes,  and 
all  his  people  ; 


Jeremiah.  227 

20  And  all  the  mingled  people,  and  all  the  kings  of  the  land  of  Uz, 
and  all  the  kings  of  the  land  of  the  Philistines,  and  Ashkelon,  and 
Azzah,  and  Ekron,  and  the  remnant  of  Ashdod, 

21  Edom,  and  Moab,  and  the  children  of  Ammon, 

22  And  all  the  kings  of  Tyrus,  and  all  the  kings  of  Zidon,  and  the 
kings  of  the  isles  which  are  beyond  the  sea, 

23  Dedan,  and  Tema,  and  Buz,  and  all  that  are  in  the  utmost 
corners, 

24  And  all  the  kings  of  Arabia,  and  all  the  kings  of  the  mingled 
people  that  dwell  in  the  desert, 

25  And  all  the  kings  of  Zimri,  and  all  the  kings  of  Elara,  and  all 
the  kings  of  the  Medes, 

26  And  all  the  kings  of  the  north,  far  and  near,  one  with  another, 
and  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  world,  which  are  upon  the  face  of  the 
earth :  and  the  king  of  Sheshach  shall  drink  after  them. 

27  Therefore  thou  shalt  say  unto  them,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts,  the  God  of  Israel ;  Drink  ye,  and  be  drunken,  and  spue,  and 
fall,  and  rise  no  more,  because  of  the  sword  which  I  will  send  among 
you. 

28  And  it  shall  be,  if  they  refuse  to  take  the  cup  at  thine  hand  to 
drink,  then  shalt  thou  say  unto  them,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts ; 
Ye  shall  certainly  drink. 

29  For,  lo,  I  begin  to  bring  evil  on  the  city  which  is  called  by  my 
name,  and  should  ye  be  utterly  unpunished  ?  Ye  shall  not  be  unpun- 
ished :  for  I  will  call  for  a  sword  upon  all  the  inhabitants  of  the 
earth,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

30  Therefore  prophesy  thou  against  them  all  these  words,  and  say 
unto  them,  The  Lord  shall  roar  from  on  high,  and  utter  his  voice 
from  his  holy  habitation  ;  he  shall  mightily  roar  upon  his  habitation, 
he  shall  give  a  shout,  as  they  that  tread  the  grapes,  against  all  the 
inhabitants  of  the  earth. 

31  A  noise  shall  come  even  to  the  ends  of  the  earth  ;  for  the  Lord 
hath  a  controversy  with  the  nations,  he  will  plead  with  all  flesh :  he 
will  give  them  that  are  wicked  to  the  sword,  saith  the  Lord. 

32  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.  Behold,  evil  shall  go  forth  from 
nation  to  nation,  and  a  great  whirlwind  shall  be  raised  up  from  the 
coast  of  the  earth. 

33  And  the  slain  of  the  Lord  shall  be  at  that  day  from  one  end  of 
the  earth,  even  unto  the  other  end  of  the  earth  :  they  shall  not  be 
lamented,  neither  gathered,  nor  buried  ;  they  shall  be  dung  upon  the 
ground. 

34  IT  Howl,  ye  shepherds,  and  cry ;  and  wallow  yourselves  in  the 
ashes,  ye  principal  of  the  flock:  for  the  days  of  your  slaughter  and  of 
your  dispersions  are  accomplished ;  and  ye  shall  fall  like  a  pleasant 
vessel. 

35  And  the  shepherds  shall  have  no  way  to  flee,  nor  the  principal 
of  the  flock  to  escape. 

36  A  voice  of  the  cry  of  the  shepherds,  and  an  howling  of  the 
principal  of  the  flock,  shall  be  heard :  for  the  Lord  hath  spoiled  their 
pasture. 

37  And  the  peaceful  habitations  are  cut  down  because  of  the  fierce 
anger  of  the  Lord. 

38  He  hath  forsaken  his  covert  as  the  lion :  for  their  land  is  deso- 


228  Jeremiah. 

late,  because  of  the  fierceness  of  the  oppressor,  and  because  of  his 
fierce  anger. 

JEREMIAH,    XXXV. 

1  The  word  which  came  unto  Jeremiah  from  the  Lord  in  the 
days  of  Jehoiakim  the  son  of  Josiah  king  of  Judah,  saying, 

2  Go  unto  the  house  of  the  Rechabites,  and  speak  unto  them,  and 
bring  them  into  the  house  of  the  Lord,  into  one  of  the  chambers,  and 
give  them  wine  to  drink. 

3  Then  I  took  Jaazaniah  the  son  of  Jeremiah,  the  son  of  Habazi- 
niah,  and  his  brethren,  and  all  his  sons,  and  the  whole  house  of  the 
Rechabites  ; 

4  And  I  brought  them  into  the  house  of  the  Lord,  into  the 
chamber  of  the  sons  of  Hanan,  the  son  of  Igdaliah,  a  man  of  God, 
w^hich  was  by  the  chamber  of  the  princes,  which  ivas  above  the 
chamber  of  Maaseiah  the  son  of  Shallum,  the  keeper  of  the  door: 

5  And  I  set  before  the  sons  of  the  house  of  the  Recliabites  pots 
full  of  wine,  and  cups,  and  I  said  unto  them.  Drink  ye  wine. 

6  ]3ut  they  said,  We  will  drink  no  wine  :  for  Jonadab  the  son  of 
Rechab  our  i^ther  conmianded  us,  saying.  Ye  shall  drink  no  wine, 
■neither  ye,  nor  your  sons  for  ever : 

7  Neither  shall  ye  build  house,  nor  sow  seed,  nor  plant  vineyard, 
nor  have  any :  but  all  your  days  ye  shall  dwell  in  tents  ;  that  ye  may 
live  many  days  in  the  land  where  ye  he  strangers. 

8  Thus  have  we  obeyed  the  voice  of  Jonadab  the  son  of  Rechab 
our  father  in  all  that  he  hath  charged  us,  to  drink  no  wine  all  our 
days,  we,  our  wives,  our  sons,  nor  our  daughters  ; 

9  Nor  to  build  houses  for  us  to  dwell  in  :  neither  have  we  vine- 
yard, nor  field,  nor  seed  : 

10  But  we  have  dwelt  in  tents^  and  have  obeyed,  and  done  accord- 
ing to  al|  that  Jonadab  our  father  commanded  us. 

11  But  it  came  to  pass,  when  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon 
came  up  into  the  land,  that  we  said,  Come,  and  let  us  go  to  Jerusa- 
lem for  fear  of  the  army  of  the  Chaldeans,  and  for  fear  of  the  army  of 
the  Syrians  :  so  we  dwell  at  Jerusalem. 

12  IT  Then  came  the  word  of  the  Lord  unto  Jeremiah,  saying, 

13  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel ;  Go  and  tell 
the  men  of  Judah  and  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  Will  ye  not 
receive  instruction  to  hearken  to  my  words  ?  saith  the  Lord. 

14  The  words  of  Jonadab  the  son  of  Rechab,  that  he  commanded 
his  sons  not  to  drink  wine,  are  performed  ;  for  unto  this  day  they 
drink  none,  but  obey  their  father's  commandment :  notwithstanding  I 
have  spoken  unto  you,  rising  early  and  speaking :  but  ye  hearkened 
not  unto  me. 

15  I  have  sent  also  unto  you  all  my  servants  the  prophets,  rising 
up  early  and  sending  them,  sajdng.  Return  ye  now  every  man  from 
his  evil  way,  and  amend  your  doings,  and  go  not  after  other  gods  to 
serve  the.m,  and  ye  shall  dwell  in  the  land  which  I  have  given  to  you 
and  to  your  fathers  :  but  ye  have  not  inclined  your  ear,  nor  hearkened 
unto  me. 

16  Because  the  sons  of  Jonadab  the  son  of  Rechab  have  performed 


Jeremiah,  229 

the  commandment  of  their  father,  which  he  commanded  them;  but 
this  people  hath  not  hearkened  unto  me  : 

17  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel ; 
Behold,  I  will  bring  upon  Judah  and  upon  all  the  inhabitants  of  Jeru- 
salem all  the  evil  that  I  have  pronounced  against  them  :  because  I 
have  spoken  unto  them,  but  they  have  not  heard;  and  I  have  called 
unto  them,  but  they  have  not  answered. 

18  H  And  Jeremiah  said  unto  the  house  of  the  Rechabites,  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  Because  ye  have  obeyed 
the  commandment  of  Jonadab  your  father,  and  kept  all  his  precepts, 
and  done  according  unto  all  that  he  hath  commanded  you ; 

19  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  Jon- 
adab, the  son  of  Rechab,  shall  not  want  a  man  to  stand  before  me  for 
ever. 

JEREMIAH,  XLV. 

£aruch    being    dismayed,  Jeremiah    instructeth  and    comforteth 
him. 

1  The  word  that  Jeremiah  the  prophet  spake  unto  Baruch,  the  son 
of  Neriah,  when  he  had  written  these  words  in  a  book  at  the  mouth 
of  Jeremiah,  in  the  fourth  j^ear  of  Jehoiakim,  the  son  of  Josiah  king 
of  Judah,  saying, 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Israel,  unto  thee,  O  Baruch; 

3  Thou  didst  say.  Woe  is  me  now  !  for  the  Lord  hath  added  grief 
to  my  sorrow ;  I  fainted  in  my  sighing,  and  I  find  no  rest. 

4  ir  Thus  shalt  thou  say  unto  him,  The  Lord  saith  thus.  Behold, 
that  which  I  built  will  I  break  down,  and  that  which  1  have  planted 
i  will  pluck  up,  even  this  whole  land. 

5  And  seekest  thou  great  things  for  thyself ?  seek  them  not:  for, 
behold,  I  will  bring  evil  upon  ail  tiesh,  saith  the  Lord  ;  but  thy 
life  will  I  give  unto  thee  for  a  prey  in  all  places  whither  tliou 
goest 

JEREMIAH,    XLVII. 

1  The  word  of  the  Lord  that  came  to  Jeremiah  the  prophet  against 
the  Philistines,  before  that  Phnir.oh  smote  Gaza. 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Boiiold,  waters  rise  up  out  of  the  north, 
and  shall  be  an  overflowing  flood,  and  shall  overflow  the  land,  and  ail 
that  is  therein ;  the  city,  and  them  that  dwell  therein  :  then  the  men 
shall  cry,  and  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  land  shall  howl. 

3  At  the  noise  of  the  stamping  of  the  hoofs  of  his  strong  horses,  at 
the  rushing  of  his  chariots,  and  at  the  rumbling  of  his  wheels, 
the  fathers  shall  not  look  back  to  their  children  for  feebleness  of 
hands ; 

4  Because  of  the  day  that  coraeth  to  spoil  all  the  Philistines,  and 
to  cut  off  from  Tyrus  and  Zidon  every  helper  that  remaineth  ;  for 
the  Lord  will  spoil  the  Philistines,  the  remnant  of  the  country  of 
Caphtor. 

5  Baldness  is  come  upon  Gaza  :  Ashkelon  is  cut  off  with  the  rem- 
nant of  their  valley  :  how  long  wilt  thou  cut  thyself  ? 

19* 


230  Jeremiah. 

6  0  thou  sword  of  the  Lord,  how  long  ivill  it  he  ere  thou  be 
quiet  ?     Put  up  thyself  into  thy  scabbard,  rest,  and  be  still. 

7  How  can  it  be  quiet,  seeing  the  Lord  hath  given  it  a  charge 
against  Ashkelon,  and  against  the  sea-shore  ?  there  hath  he  appointed 
it. 

JEREMTAH,    XXXVI. 

Baruch  icriteth  JeremiaJi's  prophecy. 

1  And  it  came  to  pass,  in  the  fourth  j^ear  of  Jehoiakim,  the  son  of 
Josiah  king  of  Judah,  that  this  word  came  unto  Jeremiah  from  the 
Lord,  saying, 

2  Take  thee  a  roll  of  a  book,  and  write  therein  all  the  words  that  I 
have  spoken  unto  thee  against  Israel,  and  against  Judah,  and  against  all 
the  nations,  from  the  day  1  spake  unto  thee,  from  the  days  of  Josiah, 
even  unto  this  day. 

3  It  may  be  that  the  house  of  Judah  will  hear  all  the  evil  which  I 
purpose  to  do  unto  them  ;  that  they  may  return  every  man  from  his 
evil  way,  that  I  may  forgive  their  iniquity  and  their  sin. 

4  Then  Jeremiah  called  Baruch,  the  son  of  Neriah  :  and  Baruch 
wrote  from  the  mobth  of  Jeremiah  all  the  words  of  the  Lord,  which 
he  had  spoken  unio  him,  upon  a  roll  of  a  book. 

5  And  Jeremiah  commanded  Baruch,  saying,  I  am  shut  up ;  I 
cannot  go  into  the  house  of  the  Lord  : 

6  Therefore  go  thou,  and  read  inthe  roll,  which  thou  hast  written 
from  my  mouth,  the  words  of  the  Lord,  in  the  ears  of  the  people,  in 
the  Lord's  house  upon  the  fasting-day:  and  also  thou  shalt  read 
them  in  the  ears  of  all  Judah  that  come  out  of  their  cities. 

7  It  may  be  they  will  present  their  supplication  before  the  Lord, 
and  will  return  every  one  from  his  evil  way  :  for  great  is  the  anger 
and  the  fury  that  the  Lord  hath  pronounced  against  this  people. 

8  And  Baruch,  the  son  of  Neriah,  did  according  to  all  that  Jere- 
miah the  prophet  commanded  him,  reading  in  the  book  the  wards  of 
the  Lord  in  the  Lord's  house. 

B.    C.    G06.  JEREMIAH,    Vil. 

Jeremiah  is  sent  to  call  for  true  repentance  :  he  rejecteth  their  vain 
confidence. 

1  The  word  that  came  to  Jeremiah  from  the  Lord,  saying, 

2  Stand  in  the  gate  of  the  Lord's  house,  and  proclaim  there  this 
word  and  say,  Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  all  ?/eo/ Judah,  that  enter 
in  at  these  gates  to  worship  the  Lord. 

3  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  Am.end  your 
ways  and  your  doings,  and  I  will  cause  you  to  dwell  in  this  place. 

4  Trust  ye  not  in  lying  words,  saying.  The  temple  of  the  Lord, 
the  temple  of  the  Lord,  the  temple  of  the  Lord,  are  these. 

5.  For  if  ye  throughly  amend  your  ways  and  your  doings  ;  if  j-^e 
throughly  execute  judgment  between  a  man  and  his  neighbor; 

6  If  ye  oppress  not  the  stranger,  the  fatherless,  and  the  widow, 
and  shed  not  innocent  blood  in  this  place,  neither  walk  after  other 
gods  to  your  hurt : 


Jeremiah,  231 

7  Then  will  I  cause  you  to  dwell  in  this  place,  in  the  land  that  I 
gave  to  your  fathers,  for  ever  and  ever. 

8  Tl  Behold,  ye  trust  in  lying  words,  that  cannot  profit. 

9  Will  ye  steal,  murder,  and  commit  adultery,  and  swear  falsely, 
and  burn  incense  unto  i3aal,  and  walk  after  other  gods  whom  ye  know 
not ; 

10  And  come  and  stand  before  me  in  this  house,  which  is  called 
by  my  name,  and  say.  We  are  delivered  to  do  all  these  abomina- 
tions ? 

11  Is  this  house  which  is  called  by  my  name,  become  a  den  of 
robbers  in  your  eyes  ?     Behold,  even  I  have  seen  it,  saith  the  Lord. 

12  But  go  ye  now  unto  my  place  which  was  in  Shiloh,  where  I 
set  my  name  at  the  first,  and  see  what  I  did  to  it  for  the  wickedness 
of  my  people  Israel. 

13  And  now,  because  ye  have  done  all  these  works,  saith  the 
Lord,  and  I  spake  unto  you,  rising  up  early  and  speaking,  but  ye 
heard  not;  and  I  called  you,  but  ye  answered  not ; 

14  Therefore  will  I  do  unto  this  house,  which  is  called  by  my 
name,  wherein  ye  trust,  and  unto  the  place  which  I  gave  to  you  and 
to  your  lathers,  as  I  have  done  to  Shiloh. 

35  And  I  will  cast  you  out  of  my  sight,  as  I  have  cast  out  all  your 
brethren,  even  the  whole  seed  of  Ephraim. 

16  Therefore  pray  not  thou  for  this  people,  neither  lift  up  cry  nor 
prayer  for  them,  neither  make  intercession  to  me  :  for  I  will  not  hear 
thee. 

17  IT  Seest  thou  not  what  they  do  in  the  cities  of  Judah,  and  in  the 
streets  of  Jerusalem  ? 

18  The  children  gather  wood,  and  the  fathers  kindle  the  fire,  and 
the  women  knead  their  dough,  to  make  cakes  to  the  queen  of  heaven, 
and  to  pour  out  drink-offerings  unto  other  gods,  that  they  may  provoke 
me  to  anger. 

19  Do  they  provoke  me  to  anger  ?  saith  the  Lord  :  do  they  not 
provoke  themselves  to  the  confusion  of  their  own  faces.' 

20  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  Behold,  mine  anger  and 
my  fury  shall  be  poured  out  upon  this  place,  upon  man,  and  upon 
beast,  and  upon  the  trees  of  the  field,  and  upon  the  fruit  of  the 
ground  ;  and  it  shall  burn,  and  shall  not  be  quenched. 

21  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel :  Put  your 
burnt-offerings  unto  your  sacrifices,  and  eat  flesh. 

22  For  I  spake  not  unto  your  fathers,  nor  commanded  them  in  the 
day  that  I  brought  them  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  concerning  burnt- 
offerings  or  sacrifices  : 

2.3  But  this  thing  commanded  I  them,  saying.  Obey  my  voice,  and 
I  will  be  your  God,  and  ye  shall  be  my  people  :  and  walk  ye  in  all 
the  ways  that  I  have  commanded  you,  that  it  may  be  well  unto  you. 

24  But  they  hearkened  not,  nor  inclined  their  ear,  but  walked  in 
the  counsels  and  in  the  imagination  of  their  evil  heart,  and  went 
backward,  and  not  forward. 

25  Since  the  day  that  your  fathers  came  forth  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt,  unto  this  day,  I  have  even  sent  unto  you  all  my  servants  the 
prophets,  daily  rising  up  early  and  sending  them : 

26  Yet  they  hearkened  not  unto  me,  nor  inclined  their  ear,  but 
hardened  their  neck  :  they  did  worse  than  their  fathers. 


232  Jeremiah. 

27  Therefore  thou  shalt  speak  all  these  words  unto  them :  but  they 
will  not  hearken  to  thee  ;  thou  shalt  also  call  unto  them  ;  but  they 
will  not  answer  thee. 

28  But  thou  shalt  say  unto  them,  This  is  a  nation  that  obeyeth  not 
the  voice  of  the  Lord  their  God,  nor  receiveth  correction :  truth  is 
perisheti,  and  is  cut  off  from  their  mouth. 

29  \\  Cut  off"  thine  hair,  O  Jerusalem,  and  cast  it  away,  and  take 
up  a  lamentation  on  high  places  ;  for  the  Lord  hath  rejected  and 
forsaken  the  generation  of  his  wrath. 

30  For  the  children  of  Judah  have  done  evil  in  my  sight,  saith  the 
Lord  :  they  have  set  their  abominations  in  the  house  which  is  called 
by  my  name,  to  pollute  it. 

81  And  they  ilave  built  the  high  places  of  Tophet,  which  is  in  the 
valley  of  the  son  of  Hinnom,  to  burn  their  sons  and  their  daughters 
in  the  fire;  which  I  commanded  them  not,  neither  came  it  into  my 
heart. 

32  IT  Therefore,  behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord,  that  it 
shall  no  more  be  called  Tophet,  nor  the  valley  of  the  son  of  Hinnom, 
but  the  valley  of  slaughter :  for  they  shall  bury  in  Tophet,  till  there 
be  no  place. 

33  And  the  carcasses  of  this  people  shall  be  meat  for  the  fowls  of 
the  heaven,  and  for  the  beasts  of  the  earth;  and  none  shall  fray  them 
away. 

34  Then  will  I  cause  to  cease  from  the  cities  of  Judah,  and  from 
the  streets  of  Jerusalem,  the  voice  of  mirth,  and  the  voice  of  glad- 
ness, the  voice  of  the  bridegroom,  and  the  voice  of  the  bride  :  for  the 
land  shall  be  desolate. 

JEREMIAH,    VIII. 

The  Jews''  calamity  :  their  imj^enitency  upbraided :  their  judgment 
shewed:  their  desperate  estate  bewailed. 

1  At  that  time,  saith  the  Lord,  they  shall  bring  out  the  bones  of 
the  kings  of  Judah,  and  the  bones  of  his  princes,  and  the  bones  of 
the  priests,  and  the  bones  of  the  prophets,  and  the  bones  of  the 
inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  out  of  their  graves  : 

2  And  they  shall  spread  them  before  the  sun,  and  the  moon,  and 
all  the  host  of  heaven,  whom  they  have  loved,  and  whom  they  have 
served,  and  after  whom  they  have  walked,  and  whom  they  have 
sought,  and  whom  they  have  worshipped:  they  shall  not  be  gathered, 
nor  be  buried  ;  they   shall  be  for  dung  upon  the  face  of  the  earth. 

3  And  death  shall  be  chosen  rather  than  life  by  all  the  residue  of 
them  that  remain  of  this  evil  family,  which  remain  in  all  the  places 
whither  I  have  driven  them,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts, 

4  IT  Moreover,  thou  shalt  say  unto  them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ; 
Shall  they  fall,  and  not  arise?  Shall  he  turn  away,  and  not 
return  ? 

5  Why  then  is  this  people  of  Jerusalem  slidden  back  by  a  perpetual 
backsliding  ?     They  hold  fast  deceit,  they  refuse  to  return. 

6  I  hearkened  and  heard,  but  they  spake  not  aright :  no  man 
repented  him  of  his  wickedness,  saying.  What  have  I  done  ?  Every 
one  turned  to  his  course,  as  the  horse  rusheth  into  the  battle. 

7  Yea,  the  stork  in  the  heaven  knoweth  her  appointed  times ;  and 


Jeremiah.  233 

tVie  turtle  and  the  crane  and  the  swallow  observe  the  time  of  their 
coming  ;  but  my  people  know  not  the  judgment  of  the  Lord. 

8  How  do  ye  say,  We  are  wise,  and  the  law  of  the  Lord  is  witli 
us  ?  Lo,  certainly  in  vain  made  he  it ;  the  pen  of  the  scribes  is  in 
vain. 

9  The  wise  men  are  ashamed,  they  are  dismayed  and  taken  :  lo, 
they  have  rejected  the  word  of  the  Lord  ;  and  what  wisdom  is  in 
them  ? 

10  Therefore  will  I  give  their  wives  unto  others,  and  their  fields 
to  them  that  shall  inherit  them  :  for  every  one  from  the  least  even 
unto  the  greatest  is  given  to  covetousness ;  from  the  prophet  even 
unto  the  priest  every  one  dealeth  falsely. 

11  For  they  have  healed  the  hurt  of  the  daughter  of  my  people 
slightly,  saying.  Peace,  peace  ;  when  there  is  no  peace. 

12  Were  they  ashamed  when  they  had  committed  abomination  ? 
Nay,  they  were  not  at  all  ashamed,  neither  could  they  blush  :  there- 
fore shall  they  fall  among  them  that  fall :  in  the  time  of  their 
visitation  they  shall  be  cast  down,  saith  the  Lord. 

13  II  I  will  surely  consume  them,  saith  the  Lord  :  there  shall  be 
no  grapes  on  the  vine,  nor  figs  on  the  fig-tree,  and  the  leaf  shall  fade ; 
and  the  things  that  I  have  given  them  shall  pass  away  from  them. 

14  Why  do  we  sit  still  ?  Assemble  yourselves,  and  let  us  enter 
Into  the  defenced  cities,  and  let  us  be  silent  there  :  for  the  Lord  our 
God  hath  put  us  to  silence,  and  given  us  v^^ater  of  gall  to  drink, 
because  we  have  sinned  against  the  Lord. 

15  We  looked  for  peace,  but  no  good  ca7?je;  and  for  a  time  of 
health,  and  behold  trouble  ! 

16  The  snorting  of  his  horses  was  heard  from  Dan  :  the  whole 
land  trembled  at  the  sound  of  the  neighing  of  his  strong  ones;  for 
they  are  come,  and  have  devoured  the  land,  and  all  that  is  in  it ;  the 
city,  and  those  that  dwell  therein. 

17  For,  behold,  I  will  send  serpents,  cockatrices,  among  you, 
which  will  not  be  charmed,  and  they  shall  bite  you,  saith  the 
Lord. 

IS  M  When  I  would  comfort  myself  against  sorrow,  my  heart  is 
faint  in  me. 

19  Behold,  the  voice  of  the  cry  of  the  daughter  of  my  people, 
because  of  them  that  dwell  in  a  far  country :  Is  not  the  Lord  in 
Zion  ?  Is  not  her  king  in  her  ?  Why  have  they  provoked  me  to 
anger  with  their  graven  images,  and  with  strange  vanities  ? 

20  The  harvest  is  past,  the  summer  is  ended,  and  we  are  not 
saved. 

21  For  the  hurt  of  the  daughter  of  my  people  am  I  hurt ;  I  am 
black;  astonishment  ha<h  taken  hold  on  me. 

22  Is  there  no  balm  in  Gilead  ?  Is  there  no  physician  there? 
Why  then  is  not  the  health  of  the  daughter  of  my  people  recov- 
ered ? 

JEREMIAH,    IX. 

The  Jews  lamented  for  their  manifold  sins,  and  judgments.    Dis- 
obedience is  the  cause  of  their  calamity. 
\  Oh  that  my  head  were  waters,  and  mine  eyes  a  fountain  of  tears. 


234  Jeremiah. 

that  I  might  weep  day  and  night  for  the  slain  of  the  daughter  of  my 
people ! 

2  Oh  that  1  had  in  the  wilderness  a  lodging  place  of  way-faring 
men;  that  I  might  leave  my  people,  and  go  from  them !  for  they  he 
all  adulterers,  an  assembly  of  treacherous  men. 

3  And  they  bend  their  tongues  like  their  bow  for  lies :  but  they 
are  not  valiant  for  the  truth  upon  the  earth :  for  they  proceed  from 
evil  to  evil,  and  they  know  not  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

4  Take  ye  heed  every  one  of  his  neighbor,  and  trust  ye  not  in  any 
brother :  for  every  brother  will  utterly  supplant,  and  every  neighbor 
will  walk  with  slanders. 

5  And  they  will  deceive  every  one  his  neighbor,  and  will  not 
speak  the  truth  :  they  have  taught  their  tongue  to  speak  Ues,  and 
weary  themselves  to  commit  iniquity. 

6  Thine  habitation  is  in  the  midst  of  deceit ;  through  deceit  they 
refuse  to  know  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

7  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  Behold,  I  will  melt 
them,  and  try  them  ;  for  how  shall  1  do  for  the  daughter  of  my 
people  ? 

8  Their  tongue  is  as  an  arrow  shot  out ;  it  speaketh  deceit :  one 
speaketh  peaceably  to  his  neighbor  with  his  mouth,  but  in  heart  he 
layeth  his  wait. 

9  IT  Shall  I  not  visit  them  for  these  things  ?  saith  the  Lord  :  Shall 
not  my  soul  be  avenged  on  such  a  nation  as  this  ? 

10  For  the  mountains  will  I  take  up  a  weeping  and  wailing,  and 
for  the  habitations  of  the  wilderness  a  lamentation,  because  they  are 
burned  up,  so  that  none  can  pass  through  them  ;  neither  can  7nen 
hear  the  voice  of  the  cattle  ;  both  the  fowl  of  the  heavens  and  the 
beast  are  fled  ;  they  are  gone. 

11  And  I  will  make  Jerusalem  heaps,  and  a  den  of  dragons  ;  and 
I  will  make  the  cities  of  Judah  desolate,  without  an  inhabitant. 

12  IT  Who  is  the  wise  man  that  may  understand  this  ?  and  ivho  is 
he  to  whom  the  mouth  of  the  Lord  hath  spoken,  that  he  may  declare 
it,  for  what  the  land  perisheth  ajid  is  burned  up  like  a  wilderness, 
that  none  passeth  through  ? 

13  And  the  Lord  saith.  Because  they  have  forsaken  my  law 
which  I  set  before  them,  and  have  not  obeyed  my  voice,  neither 
walked  therein ; 

14  But  have  walked  after  the  imagination  of  their  own  heart,  and 
after  Baalim,  which  their  fathers  taught  them  : 

15  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel ; 
Behold,  1  will  feed  them,  even  this  people,  with  wormwood,  and  give 
them  water  of  gall  to  drink. 

16  I  will  scatter  them  also  among  the  heathen,  whom  neither  they 
nor  their  fathers  have  known :  and  I  will  send  a  sword  after  them, 
till  I  have  consumed  them. 

17  TT  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.  Consider  ye,  and  call  for  the 
mourning  women,  that  they  may  come  ;  and  send  for  cunning 
women,  that  they  may  come  : 

18  And  let  them  make  haste,  and  take  up  a  wailing  for  us,  that 
our  eyes  may  run  down  with  tears,  and  our  eyelids  gush  out  with 
waters. 

19  For  a  voice   of  wailing  is  heard  out  of  Zion,  How  are   we 


Jeremiah.  235 

spoiled !  we  are  greatly  confounded,  because  we  have  forsaken  the 
land,  because  our  dwellings  have  cast  us  out. 

20  Yet  hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  O  ye  women,  and  let  your  ear 
receive  the  word  of  his  mouth,  and  teach  your  daughters  wailing, 
and  every  one  her  neighbor  lamentation  : 

21  For  death  is  come  up  into  our  windows,  and  is  entered  into  our 
palaces,  to  cut  off  the  children  from  without,  and  the  young  men 
from  the  streets, 

22  Speak,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Even  the  carcasses  of  men  shall 
fall  as  dung  upon  the  open  field,  and  as  the  handful  after  the  harvest- 
man,  and  none  shall  gather  them. 

23  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Let  not  the  wise  man  glory  in  his 
wisdom,  neither  let  the  mighty  man  glory  in  his  might,  let  not  the 
rich  man  glory  in  his  riches  : 

24  But  let  him  that  glorieth,  glory  in  this,  that  he  understandeth 
and  knoweth  me,  that  1  am  the  Lord  which  exercise  loving-kindness, 
judgment  and  righteousness,  in  the  earth  :  for  in  these  things  I 
delight,  saith  the  Lord. 

25  II  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord,  that  I  will  punish  all 
them  which  are  circumcised  with  the  uncircuracised  ; 

26  Egypt,  and  Judah,  and  Edom,  and  the  children  of  Ammon,  and 
Moab,  and  all  that  are  in  the  utmost  corners,  that  dwell  in  the 
wilderness :  for  all  these  nations  are  uncircumcised,  and  all  the  house 
of  Israel  are  uncircumcised  in  the  heart. 

JEREMIAH,  X. 

The  unequal    comparison  of  God  and  idols.     The  spoil  of  the 
tabernacle  by  foolish  pastors. 

1  Hear  ye  the  word  which  the  Lord  speaketh  unto  you,  O  house 
of  Israel : 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Learn  not  the  way  of  the  heathen,  and  be 
not  dismayed  at  the  signs  of  heaven  ;  for  the  heathen  are  dismayed 
at  them. 

3  For  the  customs  of  the  people  are  vain  :  for  one  cuttelh  a  tree 
out  of  the  forest  (the  woi'k  of  the  hands  of  the  workman)  with  the 
axe: 

4  They  deck  it  with  silver  and  with  gold  ;  they  fasten  it  with  nails 
and  with  hammers,  that  it  move  not. 

5  They  are  upright  as  the  palm-tree,  but  speak  not ;  they  must 
needs  be  borne,  because  they  cannot  go.  Be  not  afraid  of  them  ;  for 
they  cannot  do  evil,  neither  also  is  it  in  them  to  do  good. 

6  Forasmuch  as  there  is  none  like  unto  thee,  O  Lord  ;  thou  art 
great,  and  thy  name  is  great  in  might. 

7  Who  would  not  fear  thee,  O  King  of  nations  .'  for  to  thee  doth  it 
appertain :  forasmuch  as  among  all  the  wise  7nen  of  the  nations,  and 
in  all  their  kingdoms,  there  is  none  like  unto  thee. 

8  But  they  are  altogether  brutish  and  foolish ;  the  stock  is  a 
doctrine  of  vanities. 

9  Silver  spread  into  plates  is  brought  from  Tarshish,  and  gold  from 
Uphaz,  the  work  of  the  workman,  and  of  the  hands  of  the  founder : 
blue  and  purple  is  their  clothing ;  they  are  all  the  work  of  cunning 
mfin. 


236  Jeremiah. 

10  But  the  Lord  is  the  true  God,  he  is  the  Uving  God,  and  an 
everlasting  King  :  at  his  wrath  the  earth  shall  tremble,  and  the 
nations  shall  not  be  able  to  abide  his  indignation. 

11  Thus  shall  ye  say  unto  them,  The  gods  that  have  not  made  the 
heavens  and  the  earth,  even  they  shall  perish  from  the  earth,  and 
from  under  these  heavens. 

12  He  hath  made  the  earth  by  his  power,  he  hath  established  the 
world  by  his  wisdom,  and  hath  stretched  out  the  heavens  by  his 
discretion. 

13  When  he  uttereth  his  voice  there  is  a  multitude  of  waters  in 
the  heavens,  and  he  causeth  the  vapors  to  ascend  from  the  ends  of 
the  earth  ;  he  raaketh  lightnings  with  rain,  and  bringeth  forth  the 
wind  out  of  his  treasures. 

14  Every  man  is  brutish  in  Ms  knowledge;  every  founder  is 
confounded  by  the  graven  image  :  for  his  molten  image  is  falsehood, 
and  there  is  no  breath  in  them. 

15  They  are  vanity,  and  the  work  of  errors  :  in  the  time  of  their 
visitation  they  shall  perish. 

16  The  portion  of  Jacob  is  not  like  them  :  for  he  is  the  former  of 
all  things ;  and  Israel  is  the  rod  of  his  inheritance  :  The  Lord  of 
hosts  is  his  name. 

17  IT  Gather  up  thy  wares  out  of  the  land,  O  inhabitant  of  the 
fortress : 

18  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  I  will  sling  out  the  inhabi- 
tants of  the  land  at  this  once,  and  will  distress  them,  that  they  may 
find  it  so. 

19  IT  Woe  is  me  for  my  hurt !  my  wound  is  giievous :  but  I  said, 
Truly  this  is  a  grief,  and  I  must  bear  it. 

20  My  tabernacle  is  spoiled,  and  all  my  cords  are  broken  :  my 
children  are  gone  forth  of  me,  and  they  are  not ;  there  is  none  to 
stretch  forth  my  tent  any  more,  and  to  set  up  my  curtains. 

21  For  the  pastors  are  become  brutish,  and  have  not  sought  the 
Lord  :  therefore  they  shall  not  prosper,  and  all  their  flocks  shall  be 
scattered. 

22  Behold,  the  noise  of  the  bruit  is  come,  and  a  great  commotion 
out  of  the  north  country,  to  make  the  cities  of  Judati  desolate,  and  a 
den  of  dragons. 

2.3  17  0  Lord,  I  know  that  the  way  of  man  is  not  in  himself:  it  is 
not  in  man  that  walketh  to  direct  his  steps. 

24  0  Lord,  correct  me,  but  with  judgment;  not  in  thine  anger, 
lest  thou  bring  me  to  nothing. 

25  Pour  out  thy  fury  upon  the  heathen  that  know  thee  not,  and 
upon  the  families  that  call  not  on  thy  name  :  for  they  have  eaten  up 
Jacob,  and  devoured  him,  and  consumed  him,  and  have  made  his 
habitation  desolate. 

JEREMIAH,    XI. 

Jeremiah  prodaimeth    God's  covenant,  rehuketh   the  disobedient 
Jews  :  he  proj^hesieth  evils  to  come  npon  them. 

1  The  word  that  came  to  Jeremiah  from  the  Lord,  saying, 

2  Hear  ye  the  words  of  this  covenant,  and  speak  unto  the  men  of 
Judah,  and  to  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  ; 


Jeremiah.  237 

S  And  say  thou  unto  them,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  Israel; 
Cursed  he  the  man  that  obeyeth  not  the  words  of  this  covenant, 

4  Which  I  commanded  your  fathers  in  the  day  that  I  brought  them 
forth  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  from  the  iron  furnace,  saying,  Obey 
my  voice,  and  do  them,  according  to  all  which  I  command  you  :  so 
shall  ye  be  my  people,  and  I  will  be  your  God  ; 

5  That  I  may  perform  the  oath  which  I  have  sworn  unto  your 
fathers,  to  give  them  a  land  flowing  with  milk  and  honey,  as  it  is  this 
day.     Then  answered  I  and  said,  So  be  it,  0  Lord. 

6  Then  the  Lord  said  unto  me.  Proclaim  all  these  words  in  the 
cities  of  Judah,  and  in  the  streets  of  Jerusalem,  saying,  Hear  ye  the 
words  of  this  covenant,  and  do  them. 

7  For  I  earnestly  protested  unto  your  fathers,  in  the  day  that  I 
brought  them  up  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  even  unto  this  day,  rising 
early  and  protesting,  saying.  Obey  my  voice. 

8  Yet  they  obeyed  not,  nor  inclined  their  ear,  but  walked  every 
one  in  the  imagination  of  their  evil  heart:  therefore  I  will  bring  upon 
them  all  the  words  of  this  covenant  which  I  commanded  them  to  do; 
but  they  did  the7n  not. 

9  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  A  conspiracy  is  found  among  the 
men  of  Judah,  and  among  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem. 

10  They  are  turned  back  to  the  iniquities  of  their  forefathers, 
which  refused  to  hear  my  words ;  and  they  went  after  other  gods  to 
serve  them  :  the  house  of  Israel  and  the  house  of  Judah  have  broken 
ray  covenant,  which  I  made  with  their  fathers. 

11  IT  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  I  will  bring  evil  upon 
them,  w^hich  they  shall  not  be  able  to  escape  ;  and  though  they  shall 
cry  unto  me,  I  will  not  hearken  unto  them. 

12  Then  shall  the  cities  of  Judah,  and  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem, 
go  and  cry  unto  the  gods  unto  whom  they  offer  incense:  but  they 
shall  not  save  them  at  all  in  the  time  of  their  trouble. 

13  For  according  to  the  number  of  thy  cities  were  thy  gods,  O 
Judah;  and  according  to  the  number  of  the  streets  of  Jerusalem 
have  ye  set  up  altars  to  that  shameful  thing,  even  altars  to  burn 
incense  unto  Baal. 

14  Therefore  pray  not  thou  for  this  people,  neither  lift  up  a  cry 
or  prayer  for  them :  for  I  will  not  hear  them  in  the  time  that  they 
cry  unto  me  for  their  trouble. 

15  What  hath  my  beloved  to  do  in  mine  house,  seeing  she  hath 
wrought  lewdness  with  many,  and  the  holy  flesh  is  passed  from  thee? 
when  thou  doest  evil,  then  thou  rejoicest. 

16  The  Lord  called  thy  name,  A  green  olive-tree,  fair,  and  of 
goodly  fruit:  with  the  noise  of  a  great  tumult  he  hath  kindled  fire 
upon  it,  and  the  branches  of  it  are  broken. 

17  For  the  Lord  of  hosts  that  planted  thee  hath  pronounced  evil 
against  thee,  for  the  evil  of  the  house  of  Israel,  and  of  the  house  of 
Judah,  wiiich  they  have  done  against  themselves,  to  provoke  me  to 
anger,  in  offering  incense  unto  Baal. 

18  TT  And  the  Lord  hath  given  me  knowledge  of  it,  and  I  know 
it:  then  thou  shewedst  me  their  doings. 

19  But  I  was  like  a  lamb,  or  an  ox,  that  is  brought  to  the  slaugh- 
ter ;  and  I  knew  not  that  they  had  devised  devices  against  me,  saying, 
Let  us  destroy  the  tree  with  the  fruit  thereof,  and  let  us  cut  him  off 

20 


238  Jeremiah. 

from  the  land  of  the  Uving,  that  his  name  may  be  no  more  remem- 
bered. 

20  But,  0  Lord  of  hosts,  that  judgest  righteously,  that  triest  the 
reins  and  the  heart,  let  me  see  ihy  vengeance  on  them  ;  for  unto 
thee  have  I  revealed  my  cause. 

21  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  the  men  of  Anathoth,  that 
seek  thy  life,  saying,  Prophesy  not  in  the  name  of  the  Lord,  that 
thou  die  not  by  our  hand  : 

22  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.  Behold,  I  vplll  punish 
them  ;  the  young  men  shall  die  by  the  sword,  their  sons  and  their 
daughters  shall  die  by  famine  ; 

23  And  there  shall  be  no  remnant  of  them  :  for  I  will  bring  evil 
upon  the  men  of  Anathoth,  even  the  year  of  their  visitation. 

JEREMIAH,   XII. 

Jeremiah,  complaining  of  the  wicked's  prosperity,  by  faith  seeth 
their  ruin.     God^s  promise  to  the  penitent. 

1  Righteous  art  thou,  O  Lord,  when  I  plead  with  thee  ;  yet  let 
me  talk  with  thee  of  ^/ly  judgments:  Wherefore  doth  the  way  of  the 
wicked  prosper  ?  wherefore  are  all  they  happy  that  deal  very 
treacherously  ? 

2  Thou  hast  planted  them ;  yea,  they  have  taken  root :  they  grow ; 
yea,  they  bring  forth  fruit :  thou  art  near  in  their  mouth,  and  far 
from  their  reins. 

3  But  thou,  0  Lord,  knowest  me :  thou  hast  seen  me,  and  tried 
mine  heart  toward  thee  :  pull  them  out  like  sheep  for  the  slaughter, 
and  prepare  them  for  the  day  of  slaughter. 

4  How  long  shall  the  land  mourn,  and  the  herbs  of  every  field 
wither,  for  the  wickedness  of  them  that  dwell  therein  ?  The  beasts 
are  consumed,  and  the  birds  ;  because  they  said.  He  shall  not  see 
our  last  end. 

5  TI  If  thou  hast  run  with  the  footmen,  and  they  have  wearied 
thee,  then  how  canst  thou  contend  with  horses  ?  and  if  in.  the  land  of 
peace,  wherein  thou  trustedst,  they  wearied  thee,  then  how  wilt  thou 
do  in  the  swelling  of  Jordan  ? 

6  For  even  thy  brethren,  and  the  house  of  thy  father,  even  they 
have  dealt  treacherously  with  thee  ;  yea,  they  have  called  a  multi- 
tude after  thee  :  believe  them  not,  though  they  speak  fair  words  unto 
thee. 

7  IF  I  have  forsaken  mine  house,  I  have  left  mine  heritage  :  I  have 
given  the  dearly  beloved  of  my  soul  into  the  hand  of  her  enemies, 

8  Mine  heritage  is  unto  me  as  a  lion  in  the  forest ;  it  crieth  out 
against  me  :  therefore  have  I  hated  it. 

9  Mine  heritage  is  unto  me  as  a  speckled  bird,  the  birds  round 
about  are  against  her ;  come  ye,  assemble  all  the  beasts  of  the  field, 
come  to  devour. 

10  Many  pastors  have  destroyed  my  vineyard,  they  have  trodden 
my  portion  under  foot,  they  have  made  my  pleasant  portion  a  desolate 
wilderness. 

11  They  have  made  it  desolate,  a?id  being  desolate  it  mourneth 
unto  me ;  the  w'hole  land  is  made  desolate,  because  no  man  layeth  it 
to  heart. 


Jeremiah,  239 

12  The  spoilers  are  come  upon  all  high  places  through  the  wilder- 
ness :  for  the  sword  of  the  Lord  shall  devour  from  the  one  end  of 
the  land  even  to  the  other  end  of  the  land :  no  flesh  shall  have 
peace. 

13  They  have  sown  wheat,  but  shall  reap  thorns :  they  have  put 
themselves  to  pain,  hut  shall  not  profit ;  and  they  shall  be  ashamed  of 
your  revenues,  because  of  the  fierce  anger  of  the  Lord. 

14  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lord  against  all  mine  evil  neighbors,  that  touch 
the  inheritance  which  I  have  caused  my  people  Israel  to  inherit ; 
Behold,  I  will  pluck  them  out  of  their  land,  and  pluck  out  the  house 
of  Judah  from  among  them. 

15  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  after  that  I  have  plucked  them  out,  I 
will  return,  and  have  compassion  on  them,  and  will  bring  them  again, 
every  man  to  his  heritage,  and  every  man  to  his  land. 

16  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  they  will  diligently  learn  the  ways 
of  my  people,  to  swear  by  my  name.  The  Lord  liveth ;  as  they 
taught  my  people  to  swear  by  Baal ;  then  shall  they  be  built  in  the 
midst  of  my  people. 

17  But  if  they  will  not  obey,  I  will  utterly  pluck  up  and  destroy 
that  nation,  saith  the  Lord. 


JEREMIAH,    XIII. 

By  the  type  of  a  linen  girdle,  the  people's  destruction  is  prefigured. 
By  the  bottles  filled  with  wine,  their  drunkenness  in  misery  is 
foretold. 

1  Thus  saith  the  Lord  unto  me,  Go  and  get  thee  a  linen  girdle, 
and  put  it  upon  thy  loins,  and  put  it  not  in  water. 

2  So  I  got  a  girdle,  according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord,  and  put  it 
on  my  loins. 

3  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me  the  second  time, 
saying, 

4  Take  the  girdle  that  thou  hast  got,  which  is  upon  thy  loins,  and 
arise,  go  to  Euphrates,  and  hide  it  there  in  a  hole  of  the  rock. 

5  So  I  went,  and  hid  it  by  Euphrates,  as  the  Lord  commanded  me. 

6  And  it  came  to  pass  after  many  days,  that  the  Lord  said  unto 
me.  Arise,  go  to  Euphrates,  and  take  the  girdle  from  thence,  which 
I  commanded  thee  to  hide  there. 

7  Then  I  went  to  Euphrates,  and  digged,  and  took  the  girdle  from 
the  place  where  I  had  hid  it ;  and,  behold,  the  girdle  was  marred,  it 
was  profitable  for  nothing. 

8  Then  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

9  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  After  this  manner  will  I  mar  the  pride  of 
Judah,  and  the  great  pride  of  Jerusalem. 

10  This  evil  people,  which  refuse  to  hear  my  words,  which  walk 
in  the  imagination  of  their  heart,  and  walk  after  other  gods  to  serve 
them,  and  to  worship  them,  shall  even  be  as  this  girdle,  which  is 
good  for  nothing. 

11  For  as  the  girdle  cleaveth  to  the  loins  of  a  man,  so  have  I 
caused  to  cleave  unto  me  the  whole  house  of  Israel,  and  the  whole 
house  of  Judah,  saith  the  Lord  ;  that  they  might  be  unto  me  for  a 
people,  and  for  a  name,  and  for  a  praise,  and  for  a  glory  :  but  they 
would  not  hear. 


340  Jeremiah. 

12  IT  Therefore  thou  shalt  speak  unto  them  this  word,  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  Every  bottle  shall  be  filled  with  wine ;  and 
they  shall  say  unto  thee,  Do  we  not  certainly  know  that  every  bottle 
shall  be  filled  with  wine  ? 

13  Then  shalt  thou  say  unto  them,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold, 
I  will  fill  all  the  inhabitants  of  this  land,  even  the  kings  that  sit  upon 
David's  throne,  and  the  priests,  and  the  prophets,  and  all  the  inhabi- 
tants of  Jerusalem,  with  drunkenness. 

14  And  I  will  dash  them  one  against  another,  even  the  fathers  and 
the  sons  together,  saith  the  Lord  ;  I  will  not  pity,  nor  spare,  nor 
have  mercy,  but  destroy  them, 

15  U  Hear  ye,  and  give  ear;  be  not  proud:  for  the  Lord  hath 
spoken. 

16  Give  glory  to  the  Lord  your  God  before  he  cause  darkness, 
and  before  your  feet  stumble  upon  the  dark  mountains,  and  while  ye 
look  for  light,  he  turn  it  into  the  shadow  of  death,  and  make  it  gross 
darkness. 

17  But  if  ye  will  not  hear  it,  my  soul  shall  weep  in  secret  places 
for  your  pride  ;  and  mine  eyes  shall  weep  sore,  and  run  down  with 
tears,  because  the  Lord's  flock  is  carried  away  captive. 

18  Say  unto  the  king  and  to  the  queen.  Humble  yourselves,  sit 
down ;  for  your  principalities  shall  come  down,  even  the  crown  of 
your  glory. 

19  The  cities  of  the  south  shall  be  shut  up,  and  none  shall  open 
them  :  Judah  shall  be  carried  away  captive  all  of  it,  it  shall  be 
wholly  carried  away  captive. 

20  Lift  up  your  eyes,  and  behold  them  that  come  from  the  north  : 
where  is  the  flock  that  was  given  thee,  thy  beautiful  flock  ? 

21  What  wilt  thou  say  when  he  shall  punish  thee  ?  For  thou  hast 
taught  them  to  be  captains,  and  as  chief  over  thee  :  shall  not  sorrows 
take  thee,  as  a  woman  in  travail  ? 

22  11  And  if  thou  say  in  thine  heart.  Wherefore  come  these  things 
upon  me  ?  For  the  greatness  of  thine  iniquity  are  thy  skirts  discov- 
ered, and  thy  heels  made  bare. 

23  Can  the  Ethiopian  change  his  skin,  or  the  leopard  his  spots  ? 
then  may  ye  also  do  good,  that  are  accustomed  to  do  evil. 

24  Therefore  will  I  scatter  them  as  the  stubble  that  passeth  away 
by  the  wind  of  the  wilderness. 

25  This  is  thy  lot,  the  portion  of  thy  measures  from  me,  saith  the 
Lord  ;  because  thou  hast  forgotten  me,  and  trusted  in  falsehood. 

26  Therefore  will  I  discover  thy  skirts  upon  thy  face,  that  thy 
shame  may  appear. 

27  I  have  seen  thine  adulteries  and  thy  neighings,  the  lewdness  of 
thy  whoredom,  and  thine  abominations  on  the  hills  in  the  fields. 
Woe  unto  thee,  0  Jerusalem  I  wilt  thou  not  be  made  clean  ?  when 
shall  it  once  be  7 

JEREMIAH,    XIY. 

The  grievous  famine,  causeth  Jeremiah  to  fray.     The  Ij>rd  will 
not  be  entreated.     Lying  prophets  are  no  excuse. 
1  The  word  of  the  Lord  that  came  to  Jeremiah  concerning  th^ 
dearth. 


Jeremiah,  241 

2  Judah  moiirneth,  and  the  gates  thereof  languish ;  they  are  black 
unto  the  ground  ;  and  the  cry  of  Jerusalem  is  gone  up. 

3  And  their  nobles  have  sent  their  little  ones  to  the  waters :  they 
came  to  the  pits,  and  found  no  water ;  they  returned  with  their 
vessels  empty  ;  they  were  ashamed  and  confounded,  and  covered 
their  heads. 

4  Because  the  ground  is  chapt,  for  there  was  no  rain  in  the  earth, 
the  plowmen  were  ashamed,  they  covered  their  heads. 

5  Yea,  the  hind  also  calved  in  the  field,  and  forsook  it,  because 
there  was  no  grass, 

6  And  the  wild  asses  did  stand  in  the  high  places,  they  snuffed  up 
the  wind  like  dragons ;  their  eyes  did  fail,  because  there  was  no 
grass. 

7  IF  O  Lord,  though  our  iniquities  testify  against  us,  do  thou  it  for 
thy  name's  sake  :  for  our  backslidings  are  many ;  we  have  sinned 
against  thee. 

8  0  the  hope  of  Israel,  the  saviour  thereof  in  time  of  trouble,  why 
shouldest  thou  be  as  a  stranger  in  the  land,  and  as  a  wayfaring  man 
that  turneth  aside  to  tarry  for  a  night  ? 

9  Why  shouldest  thou  be  as  a  man  astonied,  as  a  mighty  man  that 
cannot  save  ?  Yet  thou,  0  Lord,  art  in  the  midst  of  us,  and  we  are 
called  by  thy  name  ;  leave  us  not. 

10  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lord  unto  this  people.  Thus  have  they  loved 
to  wander,  they  have  not  refrained  their  feet,  therefore  the  Lord 
doth  not  accept  them  ;  he  will  now  remember  their  iniquity,  and 
visit  their  sins. 

11  Then  said  the  Lord  unto  me.  Pray  not  for  this  people  for  their 
good. 

12  When  they  fast,  I  will  not  hear  their  cry  ;  and  when  they  offer 
burnt-offering  and  an  oblation,  I  will  not  accept  them  :  but  I  will 
consume  them  by  the  sword,  and  by  the  famine,  and  by  the  pesti- 
lence. 

13  TI  Then  said  I,  Ah,  Lord  God  !  behold,  the  prophets  say  unto 
them,  Ye  shall  not  see  the  sword,  neither  shall  ye  have  famine  :  but 
I  will  give  you  assured  peace  in  this  place. 

14  thence  Lord  said  unto  me.  The  prophets  prophesy  lies  in 
my  name  ;  I  sent  them  not,  neither  have  I  commanded  them,  neither 
spake  unto  them  :  they  prophesy  unto  you  a  false  vision  and  divina- 
tion, and  a  thing  of  nought,  and  the  deceit  of  their  heart. 

15  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  concerning  the  prophets  that 
prophesy  in  my  name,  and  I  sent  them  not,  yet  they  say,  Sword  and 
famine  shall  not  be  in  this  land  ;  By  sword  and  famine  shall  those 
prophets  be  consumed. 

16  And  the  people  to  whom  they  prophesy  shall  be  cast  out  in  the 
streets  of  Jerusalem,  because  of  the  famine  and  the  sword  ;  and  they 
shall  have  none  to  bury  them,  them,  their  wives,  nor  their  sons,  nor 
their  daughters:  for  I  will  pour  their  wickedness  upon  them. 

17  IT  Therefore  thou  shalt  say  this  word  unto  them;  Let  mine  eyes 
run  down  with  tears  night  and  day,  and  let  them  not  cease  :  for  the 
virgin  daughter  of  my  people  is  broken  with  a  great  breach,  with  a 
very  grievous  blow. 

IS  If  I  go  forth  into  the  field,  then  behold  the  slain  with  the  sword ! 
and  if  I  enter  into  the  city,  then  behold   them  that  are  sick  with 
20 '^ 


242  Jeremiah. 

famine  !  yea,  both  the  prophet  and  the  priest  go  about  into  a  land 
that  they  know  not. 

19  Hast  thou  utterly  rejected  Judah  ?  hath  thy  soul  loathed  Zion? 
why  hast  thou  smitten  us,  and  there  is  no  healing  for  us  ?  we  looked 
for  peace,  and  there  is  no  good  ;  and  for  the  time  of  healing,  and 
behold  trouble  ! 

20  We  acknowledge,  0  Lord,  our  wickedness,  and  the  iniquity  of 
our  fathers  ;  for  we  have  sinned  against  thee. 

21  Do  not  abhor  lis,  for  thy  name's  sake  ;  do  not  disgrace  the 
throne  of  thy  glory  :  remember,  break  not  thy  covenant  with  us. 

22  Are  there  anj/  among  the  vanities  of  the  Gentiles  that  can  cause 
rain  ?  or  can  the  heavens  give  showers  ?  Art  not  thou  he,  O  Lord 
our  God  ?  therefore  we  will  wait  upon  thee  ;  for  thou  hast  made  all 
these  thijigs. 

JEREMIAH,    XV. 

The  utter  rejection,  and  manifold  judgments,  of  the  Jews.    Jere- 
miah, complaining,  receivcth  a  gracious  promise. 

1  Then  said  the  Lord  unto  me.  Though  Moses  and  Samuel  stood 
before  me,  yet  my  mind  could  not  be  toward  this  people  :  cast  them 
out  of  my  sight,  and  let  them  go  forth. 

2  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  they  say  unto  thee.  Whither  shall 
we  go  forth  ?  then  thou  shalt  tell  them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Such 
as  are  for  death,  to  death ;  and  such  as  are  for  the  sword,  to  the 
sword,  and  such  as  are  for  the  famine,  to  the  famine,  and  such  as  are 
for  the  captivity,  to  the  captivity. 

3  And  I  will  appoint  over  them  four  kinds,  saith  the  Lord,  the 
sword  to  slay,  and  the  dogs  to  tear,  and  the  fowls  of  the  heaven,  and 
the  beasts  of  the  earth,  to  devour  and  destroy. 

4  And  I  will  cause  them  to  be  removed  into  all  kingdoms  of  the 
earth,  because  of  Manasseh  the  son  of  Hezekiah  king  of  Judah,  for 
that  which  he  did  in  Jerusalem. 

5  But  w'ho  shall  have  pity  upon  thee,  O  Jerusalem  ?  or  who  shall 
bemoan  thee  ?  or  who  shall  go  aside  to  ask  how  thou  doest  ? 

6  Thou  hast  forsaken  me,  saith  the  Lord,  thou  art  gone  backward : 
therefore  will  I  stretch  out  mine  hand  against  thee,  and  destroy  thee, 
I  am  w^eary  with  repenting. 

7  And  I  will  fan  them  with  a  fan  in  the  gates  of  the  land :  I  will 
bereave  thetn  of  children,  I  will  destroy  my  people,  since  they  return 
not  from  their  ways. 

8  Their  widows  are  increased  to  me  above  the  sand  of  the  seas : 
I  have  brought  upon  them  against  the  mother  of  the  young  men  a 
spoiler  at  noonday  :  I  have  caused  hijyi  to  fall  upon  it  suddenly,  and 
terrors  upon  the  city. 

9  She  that  hath  borne  seven  languisheth  :  she  hath  given  up  the 
ghost ;  her  sun  is  gone  down  while  it  was  yet  day  :  she  hath  been 
ashamed  and  confounded :  and  the  residue  of  them  will  I  deliver  to 
the  sword  before  their  enemies,  saith  the  Lord. 

10  TI  Woe  is  me,  my  mother,  that  thou  hast  borne  me  a  man  of 
strife  and  a  man  of  contention  to  the  whole  earth  !  I  have  neither 
lent  on  usury,  nor  men  have  lent  to  me  on  usury  ;  yet  every  one  of 
them  doth  curse  me. 


Jeremiah.  243 

11  The  Lord  said,  Verily  it  shall  be  well  with  thy  remnant ; 
verily  I  will  cause  the  enemy  to  entreat  thee  well  in  the  time  of  evil, 
and  in  the  time  of  affliction. 

12  Shall  iron  break  the  northern  iron,  and  the  steel  ? 

13  Thy  substance  and  thy  treasures  will  I  give  to  the  spoil  without 
price,  and  that  for  all  thy  sins,  even  in  all  thy  borders. 

14  And  I  will  make  thee  to  pass  with  thine  enemies  into  a  land 
which  thou  knowest  not :  for  a  fire  is  kindled  in  mine  anger,  ivhich 
shall  burn  upon  you. 

15  H  0  Lord,  thou  knowest:  remember  me,  and  visit  me,  and 
revenge  me  of  my  persecutors  ;  take  me  not  away  in  thy  long- 
suffering  :  know  that  for  thy  sake  I  have  suffered  rebuke. 

16  Thy  words  were  found,  and  I  did  eat  them  ;  and  thy  word  was 
unto  me  the  joy  and  rejoicing  of  mine  heart :  for  I  am  called  by  thy 
name,  0  Lord  God  of  hosts. 

17  I  sat  not  in  the  assembly  of  the  mockers,  nor  rejoiced  ;  I  sat 
alone,  because  of  thy  hand :  for  thou  hast  filled  me  with  indigna- 
tion. 

18  Why  is  my  pain  perpetual,  and  my  wound  incurable,  which 
refuseth  to  be  healed  ?  Wilt  thou  be  altogether  unto  me  as  a  liar,  and 
as  waters  that  fail  ? 

19  IT  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord,  If  thou  return,  then  will  I 
bring  thee  again,  and  thou  shalt  stand  before  me  :  and  if  thou  tak^ 
forth  the  precious  from  the  vile,  thou  shalt  be  as  my  mouth:  let  them 
return  unto  thee  ;  but  return  not  tliou  unto  them. 

20  And  I  will  make  thee  unto  this  people  a  fenced  brazen  wall  : 
and  they  shall  fight  against  thee,  but  they  shall  not  prevail  against 
thee :  for  I  am  with  thee  to  save  thee,  and  to  deliver  thee,  saith  the 
Lord. 

21  And  I  will  deliver  thee  out  of  the  hand  of  the  wicked,  and  I  will 
redeem  thee  out  of  the  hand  of  the  terrible. 

JKREMIAH,    XXXVI. 

9  And  it  came  to  pass,  in  the  fifth  year  of  Jehoiakim,  the  son  of 
Josiah  king  of  Judah,  in  the  ninth  month,  that  they  proclaimed  a  fast 
before  the  Lord  to  all  the  people  in  Jerusalem,  and  to  all  the  people 
that  came  from  the  cities  of  Judah  unto  Jerusalem. 

10  Then  read  Baruch  in  the  book  the  words  of  Jeremiah  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  in  the  chamber  of  Gemariah,  the  son  of  Shaphan 
the  scribe,  in  the  higher  court,  at  the  entry  of  the  new  gate  of  the 
Lord's  house,  in  the  ears  of  all  the  people. 

11  IT  When  Michaiah,  the  son  of  Gemariah,  the  son  of  Shaphan, 
had  heard  out  of  the  book  all  the  words  of  the  Lord, 

12  Then  he  went  down  into  the  king's  house,  into  the  scribe's 
chamber,  and,  lo,  all  the  princes  sat  there,  even  Elishama  the  scribe, 
and  Delaiah,  the  son  of  Shemaiah,  and  Elnathan,  the  son  of  Achbor, 
and  Gemariah,  the  son  of  Shaphan,  andZedekiah,  the  son  of  Hananiah, 
and  all  the  princes. 

13  Then  Michaiah  declared  unto  them  all  the  words  that  he  had 
heard,  when  Baruch  read  the  book  in  the  ears  of  the  people. 

14  Therefore  all  the  princes  sent  Jehudi,  the  son  of  Nethaniah,  the 
son  of  Shelamiah,  the  son  of  Cushi,  unto  Baruch,  saying.  Take  in 


244  Jeremiah. 

thine  hand  the  roll  wherein  thou  hast  read  in  the  ears  of  the  people 
and  come.  So  Baruch,  the  son  of  Neriah,  took  the  i*oll  in  his  hand, 
and  caine  unto  them. 

15  And  they  said  unto  him,  Sit  down  now  and  read  it  in  our  ears. 
So  Baruch  read  it  in  their  ears. 

16  Now  it  came  to  pass,  when  they  had  heard  all  the  words,  they 
were  afraid,  both  one  and  other,  and  said  unto  Baruch,  We  will  surely 
tell  the  king  of  all  these  words. 

17  And  they  asked  Baruch,  saying.  Tell  us  now,  How  didst  thou 
write  all  these  words  at  his  mouth  ? 

IS  Then  Baruch  answered  them,  He  pronounced  all  these  words 
unto  me  with  his  mouth,  and  I  wrote  them  with  ink  in  the  book. 

19  Then  said  the  princes  unto  Baruch,  Go,  hide  thee,  thou  and 
Jeremiah  ;  and  let  no  man  know  where  ye  be. 

20  H  And  they  went  in  to  the  king  into  the  court,  but  they  laid  up 
the  roll  in  the  chamber  of  Elishama^the  scribe,  and  told  all  the  words 
in  the  ears  of  the  king. 

21  So  the  king  sent  Jehudi  to  fetch  the  roll :  and  he  took  it  out 
of  EUshama  the  scribe's  chamber.  And  Jehudi  read  it  in  the  ears  of 
the  king,  and  in  the  ears  of  all  the  princes  which  stood  beside  the 
king. 

22  Now  the  king  sat  in  the  winter-house  in  the  ninth  month  :  and 
there  was  afire  on  the  hearth  burning  before  him. 

23  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  Jehudi  had  read  three  or  four 
leaves,  he  cut  it  with  the  penknife,  and  cast  it  into  the  fire  that  ivas 
on  the  hearth,  until  all  the  roll  was  consumed  in  the  fire  that  was  on 
the  hearth. 

2-4  Yet  they  were  not  afraid,  nor  rent  their  garments,  neither  the 
king  nor  any  of  his  serv^ants  that  heard  all  these  words. 

25  Nevertheless,  Elnathan  and  Delaiah  and  Gemariah  had  made 
intercession  to  the  king  that  he  would  not  burn  the  roll :  but  he  would 
not  hear  them. 

26  But  the  king  commanded  Jerahmeel  the  son  of  Hammelech,  and 
Seraiah  the  son  of  Azriel,  and  Shelemiah  the  son  of  Abdeel,  to  take 
Baruch  the  scribe  and  Jeremiah  the  propliet ;  but  the  Lord  hid 
them. 

27  H  Then  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Jeremiah,  after  that  the 
king  had  burned  the  roll,  and  the  words  which  Baruch  wrote  at  the 
mouth  of  Jeremiah,  saying, 

28  Take  thee  again  another  roll,  and  write  in  it  all  the  former 
words  that  were  in  the  first  roll,  which  Jehoiakim  king  of  Judah  hath 
burned. 

29  And  thou  shalt  say  to  Jehoiakim  king  of  Judah,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  ;  Thou  hast  burned  this  roll,  saying,  Why  hast  thou  written 
therein,  saying,  The  king  of  Babylon  shall  certainly  come  and 
destroy  this  land,  and  shall  cause  to  cease  from  thence  man  and 
beast  ? 

30  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  Jehoiakim  king  of  Judah  ; 
He  shall  have  none  to  sit  upon  the  throne  of  David,  and  his  dead 
body  shall  be  cast  out  in  the  day  to  the  heat,  and  in  the  night  to  the 
frost. 

31  And  I  W'ill  punish  him  and  his  seed  and  his  servants  for  their 
iniquity ;  and  I  will  bring  upon  them,  and  upon  the  inhabitants  of 


Jeremiah,  245 

Jerusalem,  and  upon  the  men  of  Judah,  all  the  evil  that  I  have  pro- 
nounced against  them  ;  but  they  hearkened  not. 

32  H  Then  took  Jeremiah  another  roll,  and  gave  it  to  Baruch  the 
scribe,  the  son  of  Neriah ;  who  wrote  therein  from  the  mouth  of 
Jeremiah  all  the  words  of  the  book  which  Jehoiakim  king  of  Judah 
had  burned  in  the  fire  :  and  there  M'ere  added  besides  unto  them 
many  like  words. 

JEREMIAH,  XXV. 

Jeremiah,  reproving  the  Jews'  disobedience  to  the  prophets,  fare- 
telleth  the  seventy  years  captivity,  and  after  that,  the  destruction 
of  Babylon. 

1  The  word  that  came  to  Jeremiah  concerning  all  the  people  of 
Judah,  in  the  fourth  year  of  Jehoiakim,  the  son  of  Josiah  king  of 
Judah,  that  was  the  first  year  of  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon  ; 

2  The  which  Jeremiah  the  prophet  spake  unto  all  the  people  of 
Judah,  and  to  all  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  saying, 

3  From  the  thirteenth  year  of  Josiah,  the  son  of  Amon  king  of 
Judah,  even  unto  this  day,  (that  is  the  three  and  twentieth  year,) 
the  word  of  the  Lord  hath  come  unto  me,  and  I  have  spoken  unto 
you,  rising  early  and  speaking  ;  but  ye  have  not  hearkened. 

4  And  the  Lord  hath  sent  unto  you  all  his  servants  the  prophets, 
rising  early  and  sending  than;  but  ye  have  not  hearkened,  nor 
inclined  your  ear  to  hear. 

5  They  said,  Turn  ye  again  now  every  one  from  his  evil  way,  and 
from  the  evil  of  your  doings,  and  dwell  in  the  land  that  the  Lord 
hath  given  unto  you  and  to  your  fathers  for  ever  and  ever  : 

6  And  go  not  after  other  gods  to  serve  them,  and  to  worship  them, 
and  provoke  me  not  to  anger  with  the  works  of  your  hands,  and  I 
will  do  you  no  hurt. 

7  Yet  ye  have  not  hearkened  unto  me,  saith  the  Lord  ;  that  ye 
might  provoke  me  to  anger  with  the  works  of  your  hands  to  your  own 
hurt, 

8  IT  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  Because  ye  have  not 
heard  my  words, 

9  Behold,  I  will  send  and  take  all  the  families  of  the  north,  saith 
the  Lord,  and  Nebuchadrezzar  the  king  of  Babylon,  my  servant,  and 
will  bring  them  against  this  land,  and  against  the  inhabitants  thereof, 
and  against  all  these  nations  round  about,  and  will  utterly  destroy 
them,  and  make  them  an  astonishment,  and  an  hissing,  and  perpetual 
desolations. 

10  Moreover,  I  will  take  from  them  the  voice  of  mirth,  and  the 
voice  of  gladness,  the  voice  of  the  bridegroom,  and  the  voice  of  the 
bride,  the  sound  of  the  mill-stones,  and  the  light  of  the  candle. 

11  And  this  whole  land  shall  be  a  desolation,  and  an  astonish- 
ment ;  and  these  nations  shall  serve  the  king  of  Babylon  seventy 
years. 

12  ^  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  seventy  years  are  accom- 
plished, that  I  will  punish  the  king  of  Babylon,  and  that  nation,  saith 
the  Lord,  for  their  iniquity,  and  the  land  of  the  Chaldeans,  and  will 
make  it  perpetual  desolations. 

13  And  I  will  bring  upon  that  land  all  my  words  which  I  have 


246  Jeremiah, 

pronounced  against  it,  even  all  that  is  written  in  this  book,  which 
Jeremiah  hath  prophesied  against  all  the  nations. 

14  For  many  nations  and  great  kings  shall  serve  themselves  of 
them  also  :  and  I  will  recompense  them  according  to  their  deeds,  and 
according  to  the  works  of  their  own  hands. 

B.  C.  605.  JEREMIAH,    XVI. 

The  utter  ruin  of  the  Jews  for eshewn  :  their  return  from  captivity 
stranger  than  their  deliverance  out  of  Egypt. 

1  The  word  of  the  Lord  came  also  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Thou  shalt  not  take  thee  a  wife,  neither  shalt  thou  have  sons  or 
daughters  in  this  place. 

3  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  concerning  the  sons  and  concerning  the 
daughters  that  are  born  in  this  place,  and  concerning  their  mothers 
that  bare  them,  and  concerning  their  fathers  that  begat  them  in  this 
land  ; 

4  They  shall  die  of  grievous  deaths  :  they  shall  not  be  lamented, 
neither  shall  they  be  buried  ;  hut  they  shall  be  as  dung  upon  the 
face  of  the  earth  :  and  they  shall  be  consumed  by  the  sword,  and  by 
famine  ;  and  their  carcasses  shall  be  meat  for  the  fowls  of  heaven, 
and  for  the  beasts  of  the  earth. 

5  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Enter  not  into  the  house  of  mourning, 
neither  go  to  lament  nor  bemoan  them  :  for  I  have  taken  away  my 
peace  from  this  people,  saith  the  Lord,  even  loving-kindness  and 
mercies. 

6  Both  the  great  and  the  small  shall  die  in  this  land :  they  shall  not 
be  buried,  neither  shall  men  lament  for  them,  nor  cut  themselves,  nor 
make  themselves  bald  for  them  : 

7  Neither  shall  men  tear  themselves  for  them  in  mourning,  to 
comfort  them  for  the  dead  ;  neither  shall  men  give  them  the  cup  of 
consolation  to  drink  for  their  father  or  for  their  mother. 

8  Thou  shalt  not  also  go  into  the  house  of  feasting,  to  sit  with  them 
to  eat  and  to  drink. 

9  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel ;  Behold,  I 
will  cause  to  cease  out  of  this  place  in  your  eyes,  and  in  your 
days,  the  voice  of  mirth,  and  the  voice  of  gladness,  the  voice  of  the 
bridegroom,  and  the  voice  of  the  bride. 

10  IT  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  thou  shalt  shew  this  people 
all  these  words,  and  they  shall  say  unto  thee.  Wherefore  haVh  the 
Lord  pronounced  all  this  great  evil  against  us?  or  what  is  our 
iniquity,  or  what  is  our  sin,  that  we  have  committed  against  the  Lord 
our  God  .' 

11  Then  shalt  thou  say  unto  them,  Because  your  fathers  have  for- 
saken me,  saith  the  Lord,  and  have  walked  after  other  gods,  and 
have  served  them,  and  have  worshipped  them,  and  have  forsaken  me, 
and  have  not  kept  my  law  : 

12  And  ye  have  done  worse  than  your  fathers  ;  (for,  behold,  ye 
walk  every  one  after  the  imagination  of  his  evil  heart,  that  they  may 
not  hearken  unto  me  ;) 

13  Therefore  will  I  cast  you  out  of  this  land  into  a  land  that  ye 
know  not,  neither  ye  nor  your  fathers  ;  and  there  shall  ye  serve 
other  gods  day  and  night,  where  I  will  not  shew  you  favor. 


Jeremiah.  247 

14  IT  Therefore,  behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord,  that  it 
shall  no  more  be  said,  The  Lord  liveth  that  brought  up  the  children 
of  Israel  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt ; 

15  But  the  Lord  liveth  that  brought  up  the  children  of  Israel  from 
the  land  of  the  north,  and  from  all  the  lands  whither  he  had  driven 
them:  and  I  will  bring  them  again  into  their  land  that  I  gave  unto 
their  fathers. 

16  H  Behold,  I  will  send  for  many  fishers,  saith  the  Lord,  and  they 
shall  fish  them  ;  and  after  will  I  send  for  many  hunters,  and  they 
shall  hunt  them  from  every  mountain,  and  from  every  hill,  and  out 
of  the  holes  of  the  rocks. 

17  For  mine  eyes  are  upon  all  their  ways  :  they  are  not  hid  from 
my  face,  neither  is  their  iniquity  hid  from  mine  eyes. 

18  And  first  I  will  recompense  their  iniquity  and  their  sin  double  ; 
because  tliey  have  defiled  my  land,  they  have  filled  mine  inheritance 
with  the  carcasses  of  their  detestable  and  abominable  things. 

19  O  Lord,  my  strength,  and  my  fortress,  and  my  refuge  in  the 
day  of  affliction,  the  Gentiles  shall  come  unto  thee  fromthe  ends  of 
the  earth,  and  shall  say.  Surely  our  fathers  have  inherited  lies,  vanity, 
and  things  wherein  there  is  no  profit. 

20  Shall  a  man  make  gods  unto  himself,  and  they  are  no  gods  ? 

21  Therefore,  behold,  I  will  this  once  cause  them  to  know,  I  will 
cause  them  to  know  mine  hand  and  my  might ;  and  they  shall  know 
that  my  name  is  The  Lord. 

JEREMIAH,  XVII. 

The  captivity  of  Judah  for  sin.  Trust  in  man  is  cursed,  in  God 
is  blessed.  The  deceitful  heart  cannot  deceive  God.  The  salva- 
tion of  God. 

1  The  sin  of  Judah  is  written  with  a  pen  of  iron,  ajid  with  the 
point  of  a  diamond  :  it  is  graven  upon  the  table  of  their  heart,  and 
upon  the  horns  of  your  altars  ; 

2  Whilst  their  children  remember  their  altars  and  their  groves  by 
the  green  trees  upon  the  high  hills. 

3  0  my  mountain  in  the  field,  I  will  give  thy  substance  and  all 
thy  treasures  to  the  spoil,  and  thy  high  places  for  sin,  throughout  all 
thy  borders. 

4  And  thou,  even  thyself,  shalt  disconfinue  from  thine  heritage 
that  I  gave  thee  ;  and  I  will  cause  thee  to  serve  thine  enemies  in  the 
land  that  thou  knowest  not ;  for  ye  have  kindled  a  fire  in  mine  anger, 
which  shall  burn  for  ever. 

5  11  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Cursed  he  the  man  that  trusteth  in 
man,  and  rnaketh  flesh  his  arm,  and  whose  heart  departeth  from  the 
Lord. 

6  For  he  shall  be  like  the  heath  in  the  desert,  and  shall  not  see 
when  good  cometh  ;  but  shall  inhabit  the  parched  places  in  the 
wUderness,  in  a  salt  land  and  not  inhabited. 

7  1i  Blessed  is  the  man  who  trusteth  in  the  Lord,  and  whose  hope 
the  Lord  is. 

8  For  he  shall  be  as  a  tree  planted  by  the  waters,  and  that 
spreadeth  out  her  roots  by  the  river,  and  shall  not  see  when  heat 


248  Jeremiah. 

cometh,  but  her  leaf  shall  be  green  ;    and  shall  not  be  careful  in  the 
year  of  drought,  neither  shall  cease  from  yielding  fruit. 

9  TI  The  heart  is  deceitful  above  all  things,  and  desperately  wicked  ; 
who  can  know  it  ? 

10  I  the  Lord  search  the  heart,  I  try  the  reins,  even  to  give 
every  man  according  to  his  ways,  and  according  to  the  fruit  of  his 
doings. 

11  ^s  the  partridge  sitteth  on  eggs,  and  hatcheth  them  not;  so  he 
that  getteth  riches  and  not  by  right,  shall  leave  them  in  the  midst  of 
his  days,  and  at  his  end  shall  be  a  fool. 

12  IF  A  glorious  high  throne  from  the  beginning  js  the  place  of  our 
sanctuary. 

13  O  Lord,  the  Hope  of  Israel,  all  that  forsake  thee  shall  be 
ashamed,  and  they  that  depart  from  me  shall  be  written  in  the 
earth,  because  they  have  forsaken  the  Lord,  the  fountain  of  living 
waters. 

14  Heal  me,  0  Lord,  and  I  shall  be  healed;  save  me,  and  I  shall 
be  saved  :  for  thou  art  my  praise. 

15  11  Behold,  they  say  unto  me,  Where  is  the  word  of  the  Lord  ? 
Let  it  come  now. 

16  As  for  me,  I  have  not  hastened  from  being  a  pastor  to  follow 
thee,  neither  have  I  desired  the  woeful  day  thou  knowest :  that  which 
came  out  of  my  lips  was  right  before  thee. 

17  Be  not  a  terror  unto  me :  thou  art  my  hope  in  the  day  of 
evil. 

18  Let  them  be  confounded  that  persecute  me,  but  let  not  me  be 
confounded  :  let  them  be  dismayed,  but  let  not  me  be  dismayed : 
bring  upon  them  the  day  of  evil,  and  destroy  them  with  double 
destruction. 

19  H  Thus  said  the  Lord  unto  me ;  Go  and  stand  in  the  gate  of 
the  children  of  the  people,  whereby  the  kings  of  Judah  come  in, 
and  by  the  which  they  go  out,  and  in  all  the  gates  of  Jerusalem  ; 

20  And  say  unto  thein,  Hear  ye  the  word  of  the  Lord,  ye  kings  of 
Judah,  and  all  Judah,  and  all  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  that  enter 
in  by  these  gates  : 

21  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Take  heed  to  yourselves,  and  bear  no 
burden  on  the  sabbath-day,  nor  bring  it  in  by  the  gates  of  Jeru- 
salem ; 

22  Neither  carry  forth  a  burden  out  of  your  houses  on  the  sabbath- 
day,  neither  do  ye  any  work,  but  hallow  ye  the  sabbath-day,  as  I 
commanded  your  fathers. 

23  But  they  obeyed  not,  neither  inclined  their  ear,  but  made 
their  neck  stiff,  that  they  might  not  hear,  nor  receive  instruction. 

24  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  ye  diligently  hearken  unto  me, 
saith  the  Lord,  to  bring  in  no  burden  through  the  gates  of  this  city 
on  the  sabbath-day,  but  hallow  the  sabbath- day  to  do  no  work 
therein ;    , 

25  Then  shall  there  enter  into  the  gates  of  this  city  kings  and 
princes  sitting  upon  the  throne  of  David,  riding  in  chariots  and  on 
horses,  thej-jand  their  princes,  the  men  of  Judah,  and  the  inhabitants 
of  Jerusalem  :  and  this  city  shall  remain  for  ever. 

26  And  they  shall  come  from  the  cities  of  Judah,  and  from  the 
places  about  Jerusalem,  and  from  the  land  of  Benjamin,  and  from  the 


Jeremiah.  249 

plain,  and  from  the  mountains,  and  from  the  south,  bringing  burnt- 
offerings,  and  sacrifices,  and  meat-offerings,  and  incense,  and  bringing 
sacrifices  of  praise  unto  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

27  *  But  if  ye  will  not  hearken  unto  me  to  hallow  the  sabbath-day, 
and  not  to  bear  a  burden,  even  entering  in  at  the  gates  of  Jerusalem 
on  the  sabbath-day ;  then  will  I  kindie  a  fire  in  the  gates  thereof, 
and  it  shall  devour  the  palaces  of  Jerusalem,  and  it  shall  not  be 
quenched. 

JEREMIAH,    XLVIII. 

11  H  Moab  hath  been  at  ease  from  his  youth,  and  he  hath  settled 
on  his  lees,  and  hath  not  been  emptied  from  vessel  to  vessel,  neither 
hath  he  gone  into  captivity :  therefore  his  taste  remained  in  him,  and 
his  scent  is  not  changed. 

12  Therefore,  behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord,  that  I  will 
send  unto  him  wanderers  that  shall  cause  him  to  wander,  and  shall 
empty  his  vessels,  and  break  their  bottles. 

13  And  Moab  shall  be  ashamed  of  Chemosh,  as  the  house  of  Israel 
was  ashamed  of  Beth-el  their  confidence. 

14  IT  How  say  ye,  AVe  are  mighty  and  strong  men  for  the  war  ? 

15  Moab  is  spoiled,  and  gone  up  out  of  her  cities,  and  his  chosen 
young  men  are  gone  down  to  the  slaughter,  saith  the  king,  whose 
name  is  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

16  The  calamity  of  Moab  is  near  to  come,  and  his  affliction  haste th 
fast. 

17  All  ye  that  are  about  him,  bemoan  him  ;  and  all  ye  that  know 
his  name,  say.  How  is  the  strong  staff  broken,  and  the  beautiful 
rod ! 

18  Thou  daughter  that  dost  inhabit  Dibon,  come  down  from  thy 
glory,  and  sit  in  thirst ;  for  the  spoiler  of  Moab  shall  come  upon  thee, 
and  he  shall  destroy  thy  strongholds. 

19  O  inhabitant  of  Aroer,  stand  by  the  way,  and  espy;  ask  him 
that  fleeth,  and  her  that  escapeth,  and  say,  What  is  done  ? 

20  Moab  is  confounded  ;  for  it  is  broken  down  :  howl  and  cry  ;  tell 
ye  it  in  Arnon,  that  Moab  is  spoiled, 

21  And  judgment  is  come  apon  the  plain  country;  upon  Holon, 
and  upon  Jaiiazah,  and  upon  Mephaath, 

22  And  upon  Dibon,  and  upon  Nebo,  and  upon  Beth-diblathaim, 

23  And  upon  Kiriathaim,  and  upon  Bethgamul,  and  upon  Beth- 
meon, 

24  And  upon  Kerioth,  and  upon  Bozrah,  and  upon  all  the  cities  of 
the  land  of  Moab,  far  or  near. 

25  The  horn  of  Moab  is  cut  off,  and  his  arm  is  broken,  saith  the 
Lord. 

26  TI  Make  ye  him  drunken  :  for  he  magnified  himself  against  the 
Lord  :  Moab  also  shall  wallow  in  his  vomit,  and  he  also  shall  be  in 
derision. 

27  For  was  not  Israel  a  derision  unto  thee  ?  was  he  found  among 
thieves  ?  for  since  thou  spakest  of  him,  thou  skippedst  for  joy. 

28  O  ye  that  dwell  in  Moab,  leave  the  cities,  and  dwell  in  the 

*  See  2  Chronicles,  xxxvi.  16— 2J. 

21 


250  Jeremiah. 

rock,  and  be  like  the  dove  that  maketh  her  nest  in  the  sides  of  the 
hole's  mouth. 

29  We  have  heard  the  pride  of  Moab,  (he  is  exceeding  proud,)  his 
loftiness,  and  his  arrogancy,  and  his  pride,  and  the  haughtiness  of  his 
heart. 

30  I  know  his  wrath,  saith  the  Lord  ;  but  it  shall  not  he  so  :  his 
lies  shall  not  so  effect  it. 

31  Therefore  will  I  howl  for  Moab,  and  I  will  cry  out  for  all 
Moab ;  7nine  heart  shall  mourn  for  the  men  of  Kir-heres. 

32  O  vine  of  Sibraah,  I  will  weep  for  thee  with  the  weeping  of 
Jazer :  thy  plants  are  gone  over  the  sea,  they  reach  even  to  thegsea 
of  Jazer  :  the  spoiler  is  fallen  upon  thy  summer  fruits  and  uponjthy 
vintage. 

33  And  joy  and  gladness  is  taken  from  the  plentiful  field,  and  from 
the  land  of  Moab  ;  and  I  have  caused  wine  to  fail  from  the  wine- 
presses :  none  shall  tread  with  shouting ;  i/icir  shouting  shall  be  no 
shouting. 

34  From  the  cry  of  Hesbbon  even  unto  Elealeh,  and  even  unto 
Jahaz,  have  they  uttered  their  voice,  from  Zoar  even  unto  Horonaira, 
as  an  heifer  of  three  years  old  :  for  the  waters  also  of  Niinrim  shall 
be  desolate. 

35  Moreover  I  will  cause  to  cease  in  Moab,  saith  the  Lord,  him 
that  otfereth  in  the  high  places,  and  him  that  burneth  incense  to  his 
gods. 

36  Therefore  mine  heart  shall  sound  for  Moab  like  pipes,  and  mine 
heart  shall  sound  like  pipes  for  the  men  of  Kir-heres  :  because  the 
riches  that  he  hath  gotten  are  perished. 

37  For  every  head  shall  be  bald,  and  every  beard  clipped  :  upon 
all  the  hands  shall  be  cuttings,  and  upon  the  loins  sackcloth. 

38  There  shall  be  lamentation  generally  upon  all  the  house-tops  of 
Moab,  and  in  the  streets  thereof,  for  I  have  broken  Moab  like  a  vessel 
wherein  is  no  pleasure,  saith  the  Lord. 

39  They  shall  howl,  saying.  How  is  it  broken  down  !  how  hath 
Moab  turned  the  back  with  shame  !  so  shall  Moab  be  a  derision  and 
a  dismaying  to  all  them  -about  him. 

40  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  lie  shall  fly  as  an  eagle,  and 
shall  spread  his  vfings  over  Moab. 

41  Kerioth  is  taken,  and  the  strong  holds  are  surprised,  and  the 
mighty  men's  hearts  in  Moab  at  that  day  shall  be  as  the  heart  of  a 
woman  in  her  pangs. 

42  And  Moab  shall  be  destroyed  from  being  a  people,  because  he 
hath  magnified  ^iw?se// against  the  Lord. 

43  Fear,  and  the  pit,  and  the  snare,  shall  be  upon  thee,  O  inhab- 
itant of  Moab,  saith  the  Lord. 

44  He  that  fleeth  from  the  fear  shall  fall  into  the  pit ;  and  he  that 
gettetb  up  out  of  the  pit  shall  be  taken  in  the  snare  :  for  I  will  bring 
upon  it,  even  upon  Moab,  the  year  of  their  visitation,  saith  the 
Lord. 

45  They  that  fled  stood  upon  the  shadow  of  Hesbbon,  because  of 
the  force  :  but  a  fire  shall  come  forth  out  of  H[eshbon,  and  a  flame 
from  the  midst  of  Sihon,  and  shall  devour  the  corner  of  Moab,  and  the 
crown  of  the  head  of  the  tumultuous  ones. 


Jeremiah.     JehoiaJcim.     Daniel.  251 

46  Woe  be  unto  thee,  0  Moab !  the  people  of  Chemosh  perisheth  : 
for  thy  sons  are  taken  captives,  and  thy  daughters  captives. 

47  IT  Yet  will  I  bring  again  the  captivity  of  Moab  ia  the  latter 
days,  saith  the  Lord.     Thus  far  is  the  judgment  of  Moab. 

2  KINGS,  XXIV.  B.  C.  603. 

1  Then  Jehoiakim  turned  and  rebelled  against  him,  [Nebuchad- 
nezzar.] 

2  And  the  Lord  sent  against  him  bands  of  the  Chaldees,  and  bands 
of  the  Syrians,  and  bands  of  the  Moabites,  and  bands  of  the  children 
of  Ammon,  and  sent  them  against  Judah  to  destroy  it,  according  to 
the  word  of  the  Lord,  which  he  spake  by  his  servants  the 
prophets. 

3  Sui'ely  at  the  commandment  of  the  Lord  came  this  upon  Judah, 
to  remove  them  out  of  his  sight,  for  the  sins  of  Manasseh,  according 
to  all  that  he  did : 

4  And  also  for  the  innocent  blood  that  he  shed,  (for  he  filled 
Jerusalem  with  innocent  blood,)  which  the  Lord  would  not 
pardon. 

DANIEL,    II. 

JVebuchadnezzar  forgetteth  his  dream:    Daniel  findeth  it.      The 
dream,  and  interpretation  thereof. 

1  And  in  the  second  year  of  the  reign  of  Nebuchadnezzar,  Nebu- 
chadnezzar dreamed  dreams,  wherewith  his  spirit  was  troubled,  and 
his  sleep  brake  from  him. 

2  Then  the  king  commanded  to  call  the  magicians,  and  the  astrolo- 
gers, and  the  sorcerers,  and  the  Chaldeans,  for  to  shew  the  king  his 
dreams.     So  they  came  and  stood  before  the  king. 

3  And  the  king  said  unto  them,  I  have  dreamed  a  dream,  and  my 
spirit  was  troubled  to  know  the  dream. 

4  Then  spake  the  Chaldeans  to  the  king  in  Syriac,  O  king,  live 
for  ever:  tell  thy  servants  the  dream,  and  we  will  shew  the  inter- 
pretation. 

5  The  king  answered  and  said  to  the  Chaldeans,  The  thing  is  gone 
from  me  :  if  ye  will  not  make  known  unto  me  the  dream,  with  the 
interpretation  thereof,  ye  shall  be  cut  in  pieces,  and  your  houses  shall 
be  made  a  dung-hill : 

6  But  if  ye  shew  the  dream,  and  the  interpretation  thereof,  ye 
shall  receive  of  me  gifts,  and  rewards,  and  great  honor  :  therefore 
shew  me  the  dream,  and  the  interpretation  thereof. 

7  They  answered  again  and  said.  Let  the  king  tell  his  servants  the 
dream,  and  we  will  shew  the  interpretation  of  it. 

8  The  king  answered  and  said,  I  know  of  certainty  that  ye  would 
gain  the  time,  because  ye  see  the  thing  is  gone  from  me. 

9  But  if  ye  will  not  make  known  unto  me  the  dream,  there  is  but 
one  decree  for  you  :  for  ye  have  prepared  lying  and  corrupt  words  to 
speak  before  me  till  the  time  be  changed :  therefore  tell  me  the 
dream,  and  I  shall  know  that  ye  can  shew  me  the  interpretation 
thereof. 

10  H  The  Chaldeans  answered  before  the  king,  and  said.  There  is 


252  Daniel. 

not  a  man  upon  the  earth  that  can  shew  the  king's  matter  :  therefore 
there  is  no  king,  lord,  nor  ruler,  that  asked  such  things  at  any  magi- 
cian, or  astrologer,  or  Chaldean. 

11  And  it  is  a  rare  thing  that  the  king  requireth,  and  there  is  none 
other  that  can  shew  it  before  the  king,  except  the  gods,  whose  dwel- 
ling is  not  with  flesh. 

12  For  this  cause  the  king  was  angry  and  very  furious,  and  com- 
manded to  destroy  all  the  wise  me7i  of  Babylon. 

1-3  And  the  decree  went  forth  that  the  wise  men  should  be  slain  ; 
and  they  sought  Daniel  and  his  fellows  to  be  slain. 

14  Ti  Then  Daniel  answered  with  counsel  and  wisdom  to  Arioch 
the  captain  of  the  king's  guard,  which  was  gone  forth  to  slay  the 
WMse  men  of  Babylon  : 

15  He  answered  and  said  to  Arioch  the  king's  captain,  Why  is  the 
decree  so  hasty  from  the  king  ?  Then  Arioch  made  the  thing  known 
to  Daniel. 

16  Then  Daniel  went  in,  and  desired  of  the  king  that  he  would 
give  him  time,  and  that  he  would  shew  the  king  the  interpreta- 
tion. 

17  Then  Daniel  went  to  his  house,  and  made  the  thing  knovrn  to 
Hananiah,  Mishael,  and  Azariah  his  companions  : 

18  That  they  would  desire  mercies  of  the  God  of  heaven  con- 
cerning this  secret ;  that  Daniel  and  his  fellows  should  not  perish 
with  tiie  rest  of  the  wise  men  of  Babylon. 

19  IT  Then  was  the  secret  revealed  unto  Daniel  in  a  night  vision. 
Then  Daniel  blessed  the  God  of  heaven. 

20  Daniel  answered  and  said.  Blessed  be  the  name  of  God  for  ever 
and  ever  :  for  wisdom  and  might  are  his  : 

21  And  he  changeth  the  times  and  the  seasons  :  he  removeth  kings, 
and  setteth  up  kings  :  he  giveth  wisdom  unto  the  wise,  and  know- 
ledge to  them  that  know  understanding  : 

22  He  revealeth  the  deep  and  secret  things  :  he  knoweth  what  is 
in  the  darkness,  and  the  light  dwelleth  with  him. 

23  1  thank  thee,  and  praise  thee,  0  thou  God  of  my  fathers,  who 
hast  given  me  wisdom  and  might,  and  hast  made  known  unto  nie 
now  what  we  desired  of  thee  :  for  thou  hast  now  made  known  unto 
us  the  king's  matter. 

24  H  Therefore  Daniel  went  in  unto  Arioch,  whom  the  king  had 
ordained  to  destroy  the  wise  mew  of  Babylon  :  he  went  and  said 
thus  unto  him  ;  Destroy  not  the  wise  men  of  Babylon  :  bring  me  in 
before  the  king,  and  I  will  shew  unto  the  king  the  interpretation. 

25  Then  Arioch  brought  in  Daniel  before  the  king  in  haste,  and 
said  thus  unto  him,  I  have  found  a  man  of  the  captives  of  Judah,  that 
will  make  known  unto  the  king  the  interpretation. 

26  The  king  answered  and  said  to  Daniel,  whose  name  was  Belte- 
shazzar,  Art  Ihou  able  to  make  known  unto  me  the  dream  which  I 
have  seen,  and  the  interpretation  thereof? 

27  Daniel  answered  in  the  presence  of  the  king,  and  said,  The 
secret  which  the  king  hath  demanded  cannot  the  wise  7nen,  the 
astrologers,  the  magicians,  the  sooth-sayers  shew  unto  the  king  : 

28  But  there  is  a  God  in  heaven  that  revealeth  secrets,  and  maketh 
known  to  the  king  Nebuchadnezzar  what  shall  be  in  the  latter  days. 
Thy  dream,  and  the  visions  of  thy  head  upon  thy  bed,  are  these  : 


Daniel  253 

29  As  for  thee,  0  king,  thy  thoughts  came  into  thy  mind  upon  thy 
bed,  what  should  come  to  pass  hereafter  ;  and  he  that  revealeth 
secrets  maketh  known  to  thee  what  shall  coriie  to  pass. 

30  But  as  for  me,  this  secret  is  not  revealed  to  me  for  any  wis- 
dom that  I  have  more  than  any  living,  but  for  their  sakes  that 
shall  make  known  the  interpretation  to  the  king,  and  that  thou 
mightest  know  the  thoughts  of  thy  heart. 

31  H  Thou,  O  king,  sawest,  and  behold  a  great  image.  This  great 
image,  whose  brightness  was  excellent,  stood  before  thee ;  and  the 
form  thereof  ?x?a5  terrible. 

32  This  image's  head  was  of  fine  gold,  his  breast  and  his  arms  of 
silver,  his  belly  and  his  thighs  of  brass. 

33  His  legs  of  iron,  his  feet  part  of  iron  and  part  of  clay. 

34  Thou  sawest  till  that  a  stone  was  cut  out  without  hands,  which 
smote  the  image  upon  his  feet  that  were  of  iron  and  clay,  and  brake 
them  to  pieces. 

35  Then  was  the  iron,  the  clay,  the  brass,  the  silver,  and  the  gold, 
broken  to  pieces  together,  and  became  like  the  chaff  of  tlie  summer 
threshing-floors ;  and  the  wind  carried  them  away,  that  no  place  was 
found  for  them  :  and  the  stone  that  smote  the  image  became  a  great 
mountain,  and  filled  the  whole  earth. 

36  !!  This  is  the  dream  ;  and  we  will  tell  the  interpretation  thereof 
before  the  king. 

37  Thou,  0  king,  art  a  king  of  kings  :  for  the  God  of  heaven  hath 
given  thee  a  kingdom,  power,  and  strength,  and  glory. 

38  And  wheresoever  the  children  of  men  dwell,  the  beasts  of  the 
field,  and  the  fowls  of  heaven  hafh  he  given  into  thine  hand,  and 
hath  made  thee  ruler  over  them  all :  thou  art  this  liead  of  gold. 

39  And  after  thee  shall  arise  another  kingdom  inferior  to  thee,  and 
another  third  kingdom  of  brass,  which  shall  bear  rule  over  all  the 
earth. 

40  And  the  fourth  kingdom  shall  be  strong  as  iron :  forasmuch  as 
iron  breaketh  in  pieces, "and  subdueth  all  tilings:  and  as  iron  that 
breaketh  all  these  shall  it  break  in  pieces,  and  bruise. 

41  And  whereas  thou  sawest  the  feet  and  toes,  part  of  potter's  clay, 
and  part  of  iron:  the  kingdom  shall  be  divided,  but  there  shall  be  in  it 
the  strength  of  the  iron,  forasmuch  as  thou  sawest  the  iron  mixed 
with  miry  clay. 

42  Anil  as  the  toes  of  the  feet  were  part  of  iron,  and  part  of  clay  ; 
so  the  kingdom  shall  be  partly  strong,  and  partly  broken. 

43  And  whereas  thou  sawest  iron  mixt  with  miry  clay,  they  shall 
mingle  themselves  with  the  seed  of  nien  :  but  they  shall  not  cleave 
one  "to  another,  even  as  iron  is  not  mixed  with  clay. 

44  And  in  the  days  of  these  kings  shall  the  God  of  heaven  set  up  a 
kingdom,  which  shall  never  be  destroyed  :  and  the  kingdom  shall  not 
be  left  to  other  people,  hut  it  shall  break  in  pieces  and  consume  all 
these  kino;doms,  and  it  shall  stand  for  ever. 

45  Forasmuch  as  thou  sawest  that  the  stone  was  cut  out  of  the 
mountain  without  hands,  and  that  it  brake  in  pieces  the  iron,  the 
brass,  the  clay,  the  silver,  and  the  gold  ;  the  great  God  hath  made 
known  to  the  king  what  shall  come  to  pass  hereafter  :  and  the  dream 
is  certain,  and  the  interpretation  thereof  sure. 

46  U  Then  the  king  Nebuchadnezzar  fell  upon  his  face,  and  wor» 

21  * 


254  Daniel.     Jeremiah. 

shipped  Daniel,  and  commanded  that  they  should  offer  an  oblation, 
and  riweet  odors  unto  him. 

47  The  king  answered  unto  Daniel,  and  said,  Of  a  truth  it  is,  that 
your  God  is  a  God  of  gods,  and  a  Lord  of  kings,  and  a  revealer  of 
secrets,  seeing  thou  couldest  reveal  this  secret. 

48  Then  the  king  made  Daniel  a  great  man,  and  gave  him  many 
great  gifts,  and  made  him  ruler  over  the  whole  province  of  Babylon, 
and  chief  of  the  governors  over  all  the  wise  men  of  Babylon. 

49  Then  Daniel  requested  of  the  king,  and  he  set  Shadrach, 
Meshach,  and  Abed-nego,  over  the  affairs  of  the  province  of  Babylon: 
but  Daniel  sat  in  the  gate  of  the  king. 

B.    C.    600.  JERE31IAH,    XVIII. 

Under  the  type  of  a  potter,  God  sheiveth  his  absolute  power  in  dis- 
posing of  nations.     Judgments  threatened  to  Judah. 

1  The  word  which  came  to  Jeremiah  from  the  Lord,  saying, 

2  Arise,  and  go  down  to  the  potter's  house,  and  there  I  will  cause 
thee  to  hear  my  words. 

3  Then  I  went  down  to  the  potter's  house,  and,  behold,  he  wrought 
a  work  on  the  wheels. 

4  And  the  vessel  that  he  made  of  clay  was  marred  in  the  hand  of 
the  potter  ;  so  he  made  it  again  another  vessel,  as  seemed  good  to  the 
potter  to  make  it. 

5  Then  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying, 

6  O  house  of  Israel,  cannot  I  do  with  you  as  this  potter  ?  saith  the 
Lord.  Behold,  as  the  clay  is  in  the  potter's  hand,  so  are  ye  in  mine 
hand,  O  house  of  Israel. 

7  At  what  instant  I  shall  speak  concerning  a  nation,  and  con- 
cerning a  kingdom,  to  pluck  up,  and  to  pull  down,  and  to  destroy 
it  ; 

8  If  that  nation,  against  whom  I  have  pronounced,  turn  from 
their  evil,  I  will  repent  of  the  evil  that  I  thought  to  do  unto 
them. 

9  And  at  u'hat  instant  I  shall  speak  concerning  a  nation,  and  con- 
cerning a  kingdom,  to  build  and  to  plant  it. 

10  If  it  do  evil  in  my  sight,  that  it  obey  not  my  voice,  then  I  will 
repent  of  the  good  wherewith  I  said  I  would  benefit  them. 

11  1  Now  therefore  go  to,  speak  to  the  men  of  Judah,  and  to  the 
inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  saying,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  I 
frame  evil  against  you,  and  devise  a  device  against  you  :  return  ye 
now  every  one  from  his  evil  way,  and  make  your  ways  and  your 
doings  good. 

12"  And  they  said.  There  is  no  hope  ;  but  we  will  walk  after  our 
own  devices,  and  we  will  every  one  do  the  imagination  of  his  evil 
heart. 

13  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Ask  ye  now  among  the 
heathen,  who  hath  heard  such  things  :  the  virgin  of  Israel  hath  done 
a  very  horrible  thing. 

14  Will  a.  man  leave  the  snow  of  Lebanon  which  Cometh  from  the 
rock  of  the  field  ?  or  shall  the  cold  llowing  waters  that  come  from 
another  place  be  forsaken  ? 

15  Because   my   people   hath  forgotten   me,   they   have   burned 


Jeremiah.  255 

incense  to  vanity,  and  they  have  caused  them  to  stumble  in  their 
ways  from  the  ancient  paths,  to  walk  in  paths,  in  a  way  not  cast 
up; 

16  To  make  their  land  desolate,  and  a  perpetual  hissing :  every 
one  that  passeth  thereby  shall  be  astonished,  and  wag  his  head. 

17  I  will  scatter  them  as  with  an  east  wind  before  the  enemy  ;  I 
will  shew  them  the  back,  and  not  the  face,  in  the  day  of  their 
calamity, 

18  H  Then  said  they,  Come,  and  let  us  devise  devices  against  Jere- 
miah ;  for  the  law  shall  not  perish  from  the  priest,  nor  counsel  from 
the  wise,  nor  the  word  from  the  prophet.  Come,  and  let  us  smite 
him  with  the  tongue,  and  let  us  not  give  heed  to  any  of  his  words. 

19  Give  heed  to  me,  O  Lord,  and  hearken  to  the  voice  of  them  that 
contend  with  me. 

20  Shall  evil  be  recompensed  for  good  ?  for  they  have  digged  a  pit 
for  my  soul.  Remember  that  I  stood  before  thee  to  speak  good  for 
them,  and  to  turn  away  thy  wrath  from  them. 

21  Therefore  deliver  up  their  children  to  the  famine,  and  pour  out 
their  hlood  by  the  force  of  the  sword  ;  and  let  their  wives  be  be- 
reaved of  their  children,  and  he  widows ;  and  let  their  men  be  put  to 
death  ;  let  their  young  men  he  slain  by  the  sword  in  battle. 

22  Let  a  cry  be  heard  from  their  houses,  when  thou  shalt  bring  a 
troop  suddenly  upon  them  :  for  they  have  digged  a  pit  to  take  me> 
and  hid  snares  for  my  feet. 

23  Yet,  Lord,  thou  knowest  all  their  counsel  against  me  to  slay 
me :  forgive  not  their  iniquity,  neither  blot  out  their  sin  from  thy 
sight,  but,  let  them  be  overthrown  before  thee  :  deal  thus  with  them 
in  the  time  of  thine  anger. 

JEREMIAH,    XIX. 

Under  the  type   of  breaking  a  potter^s  vessel,  is  foreshewed  the 
desolation  of  the  Jews. 

1  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Go  and  get  a  potter's  earthen  bottle,  and 
take  of  the  ancients  of  the  people,  and  of  the  ancients  of  the 
priests ; 

2  And  go  forth  unto  the  valley  of  the  son  of  Hinnom,  which  is  by 
the  entry  of  the  east  gate,  and  proclaim  there  the  words  that  I  shall 
tell  thee, 

3  And  say,  Hear  ye  the  word  of  the  Lord,  O  kings  of  Judah,  and 
Inhabitants  of  Jerusalem ;  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of 
Israel ;  Behold,  I  will  bring  evil  upon  this  place,  the  which  whoso- 
ever heareth,  his  ears  shall  tingle. 

4  Because  they  have  forsaken  me,  and  have  estranged  this  place, 
and  have  burned  incense  in  it  unto  other  gods,  whom  neither  they 
nor  their  fathers  have  known,  nor  the  kings  of  Judah,  and  have  filled 
this  place  with  the  blood  of  innocents  ; 

5  They  have  built  also  the  high  places  of  Baal,  to  burn  their  sons 
with  fire  for  burnt-offerings  unto  Baal,  which  I  commanded  not,  nor 
spake  it,  neither  came  it  into  my  mind  : 

6  Therefore,  behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord,  that  this 
place  shall  no  more  be  called  Tophet,  nor  The  valley  of  the  son  of 
Hinnom,  but  The  valley  of  slaughter. 


356  Jereminh. 

7  And  I  will  make  void  the  counsel  of  Judah  and  Jerusalem  in 
this  place  ;  and  I  will  cause  them  to  fall  by  the  sword  before  their 
enemies,  and  by  the  hands  of  them  that  seek  their  lives ;  and  their 
carcasses  will  I  give  to  be  meat  for  the  fowls  of  the  heaven,  and  for 
the  beasts  of  the  earth. 

8  And  I  will  make  this  city  desolate,  and  an  hissing :  every  one 
that  passeth  thereby  shall  be  astonished  and  hiss,  because  of  all  the 
plagues  thereof. 

9  And  I  will  cause  them  to  eat  the  flesh  of  their  sons,  and  the 
flesh  of  their  daughters,  and  they  shall  eat  every  one  the  flesh  of  his 
friend,  in  the  siege  and  straitness  wherewith  their  enemies,  and  they 
that  seek  their  lives,  shall  straiten  them. 

10  Then  shalt  thou  break  the  bottle  in  the  sight  of  the  men  that 
go  with  thee, 

11  And  shalt  say  unto  them,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.  Even 
so  will  I  break  this  people,  and  this  city,  as  one  breaketh  a  potter's 
vessel,  that  cannot  be  made  whole  again,  and  they  shall  bury  them 
in  Tophet,  till  there  be  no  place  to  bury. 

12  Thus  will  I  do  unto  this  place,  saith  the  Lord,  and  to  the 
inhabitants  thereof,  and  eve7i  make  this  city  as  Topbet: 

1.3  And  the  houses  of  Jerusalem,  and  the  houses  of  the  kings  of 
Judah,  shall  be  defiled  as  the  place  of  Tophet,  because  of  all  the 
houses  upon  whose  roofs  they  have  burnt  incense  unto  all  the  host  of 
heaven,  and  have  poured  out  drink-offerings  unto  other  gods. 

14  Then  came  Jeremiah  from  Tophet,  whither  the  Lord  had 
sent  him  to  prophesy  ;  and  he  stood  in  the  court  of  the  Lord's  house, 
and  said  to  all  the  people, 

15  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  Behold,  I 
will  bring  upon  this  city,  and  upon  all  her  towns,  all  the  evil  that  I 
have  pronounced  against  it;  because  they  have  hardened  their  necks, 
that  they  might  not  hear  my  words. 

JEREMIAH,    XX. 

Pashur,  smiting  Jeremiah,  receiveih  a  new  name,  and  a  fearful 
doom.  Jeremiah  complaineth  of  contempt,  of  treachery,  and  of 
his  birth. 

1  Now  Pashur,  the  son  of  Immer  the  priest,  who  icas  also  chief 
2;overnor  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  heard  that  Jeremiah  prophesied 
these  things. 

2  Then  Pashur  smote  Jeremiah  the  prophet,  and  put  him  in  the 
stocks  that  were  ii^the  high  gate  of  Benjamin,  which  was  by  the 
house  of  the  Lord. 

3  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow,  that  Pashur  brought  forth 
Jeremiah  out  of  the  stocks.  Then  said  Jeremiah  unto  him,  The 
Lord  hath  not  called  thy  name  Pashur,  but  Magor-missabib. 

4  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  I  will  make  thee  a  terror  to 
thyself,  and  to  all  thy  friends;  and  they  shall  fall  by  the  swoid  of 
their  enemies,  and  thine  eyes  shall  behold  it :  and  I  will  give  all 
Judah  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Babylon,  and  he  shall  carry 
them  captive  into  Babylon,  and  shall  slay  them  with  the  sword. 

5  Moreover,  I  will  deliver  all  the  strength  of  this  city,  and  all  the 
labors  thereof,  and  all  the  precious  things  thereof,  and  all  the  treasures 


Jeremiah,  257 

of  the  kings  of  Judah  will  I  give  into  the  hand  of  their  enemies, 
which  shall  spoil  them,  and  take  them,  and  carry  them  to  Babylon. 

6  And  thou,  Pashur,  and  all  that  dwell  in  thine  house,  shall  go 
into  captivity  :  and  thou  shalt  come  to  Babylon,  and  there  thou  shalt 
die,  and  shalt  be  buried  there,  thou  and  all  thy  friends,  to  whom  thou 
hast  prophesied  lies. 

7  IT  O  Lord,  thou  hast  deceived  me,  and  I  was  deceived  ;  thou  art 
stronger  than  I,  and  hast  prevailed :  I  am  in  derision  daily,  everyone 
mocketh  me. 

8  For  since  I  spake  I  cried  out,  \  cried  violence  and  spoil ;  because 
the  word  of  the  Lord  was  made  a  reproach  unto  me,  and  a  derision 
daily. 

9  Then  I  said,  I  will  not  make  mention  of  him,  nor  speak  any 
more  in  his  name  :  but  his  word  was  in  mine  heart  as  a  burning  fire 
shut  up  in  my  bones,  and  I  was  weary  with  forbearing,  and  I  could 
not  stay. 

10  II  For  1  heard  the  defaming  of  many,  fear  on  every  side.  Re- 
port, say  they,  and  we  will  report  it.  All  my  familiars  watched  for 
my  hailing,  saying,  Peradventure  he  will  be  enticed,  and  we  shall 
prevail  against  him,  and  we  shall  take  our  revenge  on  him. 

11  But  the  Lord  is  with  me  as  a  mighty  terrible  one  ;  therefore 
my  persecutors  shall  stumble,  and  they  shall  not  prevail :  they  shall 
be  greatly  ashamed  ;  for  they  shall  not  prosper :  their  everlasting 
confusion  shall  never  be  forgotten. 

12  But,  0  Lord  of  hosts,  that  triest  the  righteous,  and  seest  the 
reins  and  the  heart,  let  me  see  thy  vengeance  on  them :  for  unto 
thee  have  I  opened  my  cause. 

13  Sing  unto  the  Lord,  praise  ye  the  Lord  ;  for  he  hath  delivered 
the  soul  of  the  poor  from  the  hand  of  evil-doers. 

14  TT  Cursed  be  the  day  wherein  I  was  born:  let  not  the  day 
wherein  my  mother  bare  me  be  blessed. 

15  Cursed  he  the  man  who  brought  tidings  to  my  father,  saying, 
A  man-child  is  born  unto  thee,  making  him  very  glad. 

16  And  let  that  man  be  as  the  cities  which  the  Lord  overthrew, 
and  repented  not :  and  let  him  hear  the  cry  in  the  morning,  and  the 
shouting  at  noon-tide  : 

17  Because  he  slew  me  not  from  the  womb  :  or  that  my  mother 
might  have  been  my  grave,  and  her  womb  to  he  always  great 
with  me. 

18  Wherefore  came  I  forth  out  of  the  womb  to  see  labor  and 
sorrow,  that  my  days  should  be  confirmed  with  shame  ? 

JEREMIAH,    XXIII. 

Jeremiah  prophesieth  a  restoration  of  the  scattered  flock.     Against 
false  prophets. 

1  Woe  be  unto  the  pastors  that  destroy  and  scatter  the  sheep  of  my 
pasture  !  saith  the  Lord. 

2  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  Israel  against  the  pastors 
that  feed  my  people,  Ye  have  scattered  my  flock,  and  driven  them 
away,  and  have  not  visited  them  ;  behold,  I  will  visit  upon  you  the 
evil  of  your  doings,  saith  the  Lord. 


258  Jeremiah. 

3  And  I  will  gather  the  remnant  of  my  flock  out  of  all  countries 
whither  I  have  driven  them,  and  will  bring  them  again  to  their  folds; 
and  they  shall  be  fruitful  and  increase. 

4  And  I  will  set  up  shepherds  over  them,  which  shall  feed  them  ; 
and  they  shall  fear  no  more,  nor  be  dismayed,  neither  shall  they  be 
lacking,  saith  the  Lord. 

5  T^  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord,  that  I  will  raise  unto 
David  a  righteous  Branch,  and  a  King  shall  reign  and  prosper,  and 
shall  execute  judgment  and  justice  in  the  earth. 

6  In  his  days  Judah  shall  be  saved,  and  Israel  shall  dwell  safely  ; 
and  this  is  his  name  whereby  he  shall  be  called,  THE  LORD  OUll 
RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

7  Therefore,  behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord,  that  they 
shall  no  more  say.  The  Lord  liveth,  which  brought  up  the  children 
of  Israel  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt ; 

8  But,  The  Lord  liveth,  which  brought  up,  and  which  led,  the 
seed  of  the  house  of  Israel  out  of  the  north  country,  and  from  all 
countries  whither  I  had  driven  them  ;  and  they  shall  dwell  in  their 
own  land. 

9  IT  Mine  heart  within  me  is  broken  because  of  the  prophets ;  all 
my  bones  shake  :  I  am  like  a  drunken  man,  and  like  a  man  whom 
wine  hath  overcome,  because  of  the  Lord,  and  because  of  the  words 
of  his  holiness. 

10  For  the  land  is  full  of  adulterers;  for  because  of  swearing  the 
land  mourneth,  the  pleasant  places  of  the  wilderness  are  dried  up, 
and  their  course  is  evil,  and  their  force  is  not  right. 

11  For  both  prophet  and  priest  are  profane  ;  yea,  in  my  house  have 
I  found  their  wickedness,  saith  the  Lord. 

12  Wherefore  their  way  shall  be  unto  them  as  slippery  icays  in 
tlie  darkness  ;  they  shall  be  driven  on,  and  fall  therein  :  for  I  will 
bring  evil  upon  them,  even  the  year  of  their  visitation,  saith  the 
Lord. 

13  And  I  have  seen  folly  in  the  prophets  of  Samaria ;  they 
prophesied  in  Baal,  and  caused  my  people  Israel  to  err. 

14  I  have  seen  also  in  the  prophets  of  Jerusalem  an  horrible 
thing :  they  commit  adultery,  and  walk  in  lies ;  they  strengthen  also 
the  hands  of  evil-doers,  that  none  doth  return  from  his  wickedness  : 
they  are  all  of  them  unto  me  as  Sodom,  and  the  inhabitants  thereof 
as  Gomorrah. 

15  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  concerning  the  prophets, 
Behold,  I  will  feed  them  with  wormwood,  and  make  them  drink  the 
water  of  gall ;  for  from  the  prophets  of  Jerusalem  is  profaneness 
gone  forth  into  all  the  land. 

16  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  Hearken  not  unto  the  words  of 
Oie  prophets  that  prophesy  unto  you ;  they  make  you  vain :  they 
speak  a  vision  of  their  own  heart,  and  not  out  of  the  mouth  of  the 
Lord. 

17  They  say  still  unto  them  that  despise  me.  The  Lord  hath  said, 
Ye  shall  have  peace  ;  and  they  say  unto  every  one  that  walketh  after 
the  imagination  of  his  own  heart,  No  evil  shall  come  upon  you. 

18  For  wlio  hath  stood  in  the  counsel  of  the  Lord,  and  hath 
perceived  and  heard  his  word .'  Who  hath  marked  his  word,  and 
heard  it? 


Jeremiah.  259 

19  Behold,  a  whirlwind  of  the  Lord  is  gone  forth  in  fury,  even  a 
grievous  whirlwind :  it  shall  fall  grievously  upon  the  head  of  the 
wicked. 

20  The  anger  of  the  Lord  shall  not  return,  until  he  have  executed, 
and  till  he  have  performed  the  thoughts  of  his  heart :  in  the  latter 
days  ye  shall  consider  it  perfectly. 

21  I  have  not  sent  these  prophets,  yet  they  ran:  I  have  not  spoken 
to  them,  yet  they  prophesied. 

22  Bat  if  they  had  stood  in  my  counsel,  and  had  caused  my  people 
to  hear  my  words,  then  they  should  have  turned  thera  from  their^vil 
way,  and  from  the  evil  of  their  doings. 

23  Am  I  a  God  at  hand,  saith  the  Lord,  and  not  a  God  afar 
off? 

24  Can  any  hide  himself  in  secret  places  that  I  shall  not  see 
him  ?  saith  the  Lord.  Do  not  I  fill  heaven  and  earth  .'  saith  the 
Lord. 

25  I  have  heard  what  the  prophets  said,  that  prophesy  lies  in  my 
name,  saying,  I  have  dreamed,  I  have  dreamed. 

26  How  long  shall  ihis  be  in  the  heart  of  the  prophets  that  prophesy 
lies  ?     Yea,  they  are  prophets  of  the  deceit  of  their  own  heart ; 

27  Which  think  to  cause  my  people  to  forget  my  name  by  their 
dreams  which  they  tell  every  man  to  his  neighbor,  as  their  fathers 
have  forgotten  my  name  for  Baal. 

28  The  prophet  that  hath  a  dream,  let  him  tell  a  dream  ;  and  he 
that  hath  my  word,  let  him  speak  my  word  faithfully :  what  is  the 
chaff  to  the  wheat  ?  saith  the  Lord. 

29  Is  not  my  Vv^ord  like  as  a  fire  ?  saith  the  Lord  ;  and  like  a 
hammer  that  breaketh  the  rock  in  pieces  ? 

30  Therefore,  behold  I  am  against  the  prophets,  saith  the  Lord, 
that  steal  my  words  every  one  from  his  neighbor. 

31  Behold,  I  am  against  the  prophets,  saith  the  Lord,  that  use 
their  tongues,  and  say.  He  saith. 

32  Behold,  I  am  against  them  that  prophesy  false  dreams,  saith  the 
Lord,  and  do  tell  them,  and  cause  my  people  to  err  by  their  lies, 
and  by  their  lightness  ;  yet  I  sent  them  not,  nor  commanded  them  : 
therefore  they  shall  not  profit  this  people  at  all,  saith  the  Lord. 

33  IF  And  when  this  people,  or  the  prophet,  or  a  priest,  shall  ask 
thee,  saying.  What  is  the  burden  of  the  Lord  ?  thou  shalt  then  say 
unto  them,  What  burden  ?  1  will  even  forsake  you,  saith  the 
Lord. 

34  And  as  for  the  prophet,  and  the  priest,  and  the  people,  that 
shall  say,  The  burden  of  the  Lord,  I  will  even  punish  that  man  and 
his  house. 

35  Thus  shall  ye  say  every  one  to  his  neighbor,  and  everj'  one  to 
his  brother,  What  hath  the  Lord  answered  .'  and,  What  hath  the 
Lord  spoken  ? 

36  And  the  burden  of  the  Lord  shall  ye  mention  no  more  ;  for 
every  man's  word  shall  be  his  burden  :  for  ye  have  perverted  the 
words  of  the  living  God,  of  the  Lord  of  hosts,  our  God. 

37  Thus  shalt  thou  say  to  the  prophet,  What  halh  the  Lord 
answered  thee?  and,  AVhat  hath  the  Lord  spoken  ? 

38  But  since  ye  say,  The  burden  of  the  Lord  ;  therefore  thus 
saith  the  Lord,  Because  ye  say  this  word,  The  burden  of  the  Lord, 


260  Zedelciah.     Jehoiachin.     Jeremiah. 

and  I  have  sent  unto  yon,  saying,  Ye  shall  not  say.  The  burden  of 
the  Lord  : 

39  Therefore,  behold  I,  even  I,  will  utterly  forget  you,  and  I  will 
forsake  you,  and  the  city  that  1  gave  you  and  your  fathers,  and  cast 
you  out  of  my  presence  : 

40  And  I  will  bring  an  everlasting  reproach  upon  you,  and  a  per- 
petual shame,  which  shall  not  be  forgotten. 

B.  C.  599.  2  KINGS,  XXIV. 

6  So  Jehoiakim  slept  with  his  fathers  :  and  Jehoiachin  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead. 

7  And  the  king  of  Egypt  came  not  again  any  more  out  of  his  land: 
for  the  king  of  Babylon  had  taken,  from  the  river  of  Egypt  unto  the 
river  Euphrates,  all  that  pertained  to  the  king  of  Egypt. 

8  H  Jehoiachin  was  eighteen  years  old  when  he  began  to  reign, 
and  he  reigned  in  Jerusalem  three  months.  And  his  mother's  name 
was  Nehushta,  the  daughter  of  Elnathan  of  Jerusalem. 

9  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord, 
according  to  all  that  his  father  had  done. 

10  IT  At  that  time  the  servants  of  Nebuchadnezzar  king  of  Babylon 
came  up  against  Jerusalem,  and  the  city  was  besieged. 

11  And  Nebuchadnezzar  king  of  Babylon  came  against  the  city, 
and  his  servants  did  besiege  it. 

12  And  Jehoiachin  the  king  of  Judah  went  out  to  the  king  of 
Babylon,  he,  and  his  mother,  and  his  servants,  and  his  princes,  and 
his  oflHcers :  and  the  king  of  Babylon  took  him  in  the  eighth  year  of 
his  reign. 

13  And  he  carried  out  thence  all  the  treasures  of  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  and  the  treasures  of  the  king's  house,  and  cut  in  pieces  all  the 
vessels  of  gold  which  Solomon  king  of  Israel  had  made  in  the  temple 
of  the  Lord,  as  the  Lord  had  said. 

14  And  he  carried  away  all  Jerusalem,  and  all  the  princes,  and 
all  the  mighty  men  of  valor,  even  ten  thousand  captiv^es,  and  all  the 
craftsmen  and  smiths :  none  remained,  save  the  poorest  sort  of  people 
of  the  land. 

15  And  he  carried  away  Jehoiachin  to  Babylon,  and  the  king's 
mother,  and  the  king's  wives,  and  his  officers,  and  the  mighty  of  the 
land,  those  carried  he  into  captivity  from  Jerusalem  to  Babylon. 

16  And  all  the  men  of  might,  even  seven  thousand,  and  craftsmen 
and  smiths  a  thousand,  all  that  were  strong  and  apt  for  war,  even 
them  the  king  of  Babylon  brought  captive  lo  Babylon. 

17  II  And  the  king  of  Babylon  made  Mattaniah  his  father's  brother 
king  in  his  stead,  and  changed  his  name  to  Zedekiab. 

18  Zedekiab  loas  twenty  and  one  years  old  when  he  began  to 
reign,  and  he  reigned  eleven  years  in  Jerusalem.  And  his  mother's 
name  was  Hamutal,  the  daughter  of  Jeremiah  of  Libnah. 

19  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord, 
according  to  all  that  Jehoiakim  had  done. 

JEREMIAH,    XXIV. 

By  good  and  had  figs,  he  foresheweth  the  restoration  from  captivity, 
and  the  desolation  of  Zedekiah  and  the  rest. 
1  The  Lord  shewed  me,  and,  behold,  two  baskets  of  figs  were  set 


Jeremiah.  261 

before  the  temple  of  the  Lord,  after  that  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of 
Babylon  had  carried  away  captive  Jeconiah  the  son  of  Jehoiakini  king 
of  Judah,  and  the  princes  of  Judah,  with  the  carpenters  and  smiths, 
from  Jerusalem,  and  had  brought  them  to  Babylon. 

2  One  basket  had  very  good  figs,  even  like  the  figs  that  are  first 
ripe  :  and  the  other  basket  had  very  naughty  figs,  which  could  not 
be  eaten,  they  were  so  bad. 

3  Then  said  the  Lord  unto  me,  Whatseest  thou,  Jeremiah  .'  And 
I  said.  Figs  ;  the  good  figs,  very  good;  and  the  evil,  very  evil,  that 
cannot  be  eaten,  they  are  so  evil. 

4  TT  Again  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

5  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Israel  ;  Like  these  good  figs, 
so  will  I  acknowledge  them  that  are  carried  away  captive  of  Judah, 
whom  I  have  sent  out  of  this  place  into  the  land  of  the  Chaldeans  for 
their  good. 

6  For  I  will  set  mine  eyes  upon  them  for  good,  and  I  will  bring 
them  again  to  this  land  :  and  I  will  build  them,  and  not  pull  them 
down ;  and  1  will  plant  them,  and  not  pluck  them  up. 

7  And  I  will  give  them  an  heart  to  know  me,  that  I  am  the  Lord: 
and  they  shall  be  my  people,  and  I  will  be  their  God  :  for  they  shall 
return  unto  me  with  their  whole  heart. 

8  H  And  as  the  evil  figs,  which  cannot  be  eaten,  they  are  so  evil ; 
surely  thus  saith  the  Lord,  So  will  I  give  Zedekiah  the  king  of 
Judah,  and  his  princes,  and  the  residue  of  Jerusalem,  that  remain  in 
this  land,  and  them  that  dwell  in  the  land  of  Egypt: 

9  And  I  will  deliver  them  to  be  removed  into  all  the  kingdoms  of 
the  earth  for  their  hurt,  to  be  a  reproach  and  a  proverb,  a  taunt  and 
a  curse,  in  all  places  whither  I  shall  drive  them. 

10  And  I  will  send  the  sword,  the  famine,  and  the  pestilence, 
among  them,  till  they  be  consumed  from  off  the  land  that  1  gave  unto 
them  and  to  their  fathers. 

JEREMIAH,  XLIX. 

The  judgment  of  the  Ammonites,  of  Edom,  of  Damascus,  of  Ke- 
dar,  of  Hazor,  and  of  Elam. 

1  Concerning  the  Ammonites,  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Hath  Israel  no 
sons?  hath  he  no  heir.?  why  then  doth  their  king  inherit  Gad,  and 
his  people  dwell  in  his  cities  ? 

2  Therefore,  behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord,  that  I  will 
cause  an  alarm  of  war  to  be  heard  in  Rabbah  of  the  Ammonites  ; 
and  it  shall  be  a  desolate  heap,  and  her  daughters  shall  be  burnt  with 
fire  :  then  shall  Israel  be  heir  unto  them  that  were  his  heirs,  saith  the 
Lord. 

3  Howl,  O  Heshbon  ;  for  Ai  is  spoiled  :  cry,  ye  daughters  of  Rab- 
bah, gird  you  with  sackcloth  ;  lament,  and  run  to  and  fro  by  the 
hedges  :  for  their  king  shall  go  into  captivity,  and  his  priests  and  his 
princes  together. 

4  Vv'herefore  gloriest  thou  in  the  valleys,  thy  flowing  valley,  O 
backsliding  daughter  ?  that  trusted  in  her  treasures,  saying.  Who 
shall  come  unto  me  ? 

5  Behold,  I  will  bring  a  fear  upon  thee,  saith  the  Lord  God  of 
hosts,  from  all  those  that  be  about  thee ;  and  ye  shall  be  driven  out 

22 


262  Jeremiah. 

every  man  right  forth  ;  and  none  shall  gather  up  him   that  wan- 
dereth. 

6  And  afterward  I  will  bring  again  the  captivity  of  the  children  of 
Amnion,  saith  the  Lord. 

7  TI  Concerning  Edom,  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  Is  wisdom 
no  more  in  Teman  ?  is  counsel  perished  from  the  prudent  ?  is  their 
wisdom  vanished  ? 

8  Flee  ye,  turn  back,  dwell  deep,  O  inhabitants  of  Dedan  ;  for  I 
will  bring  the  calamity  of  Esau  upon  him,  the  time  iliat  I  will  visit  him. 

9  If  grapegatherers  come  to  thee,  would  they  not  leave  some 
gleaning  grapes  ?  if  thieves  by  night,  they  will  destroy  till  they  have 
enough. 

10  But  I  have  made  Esau  bare,  I  have  uncovered  his  secret  places, 
and  he  shall  not  be  able  to  hide  himself:  his  seed  is  spoiled,  and  his 
brethren,  and  his  neighbors,  and  he  is  not. 

11  Leave  thj^  fatherless  children,  I  will  preserve  them  alive  ;  and 
let  thy  widows  trust  in  me.  * 

12  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Behold,  they  whose  judgment  icas 
not  to  drink  of  the  cup  have  assuredly  drunken  ;  and  art  thou  he  that 
shall  altogether  go  unpunished  ?  thou  shalt  not  go  unpunished,  but 
thou  shalt  surely  drink  of  it. 

13  For  I  have  sworn  by  myself,  saith  the  Lord,  that  Bozrah  shall 
become  a  desolation,  a  reproach,  a  waste,  and  a  curse;  and  all  the 
cities  thereof  shall  be  perpetual  wastes. 

14  I  have  heard  a  rumor  from  the  Lord,  and  an  ambassador  is  sent 
unto  the  heathen,  saying,  gather  ye  together,  and  come  against  her, 
and  rise  up  to  the  battle. 

15  For,  lo.  1  will  make  thee  small  among  the  heathen,  and 
despised  among  men. 

16  Thy  terribleness  hath  deceived  thee,  and  the  pride  of  thine 
heart,  O  thou  that  dwellest  in  the  clefts  of  the  rock,  that  boldest 
the  height  of  the  hill  :  though  thou  shouldcst  make  thy  nest  as 
high  as  the  eagle,  1  will  bring  thee  down  from  thence,  saith  the 
Lord. 

17  Also  Edom  shall  be  a  desolation :  every  one  that  goeth  by  it 
shall  be  astonished,  and  shall  hiss  at  all  the  plagues  thereof. 

18  As  in  the  overthrow  of  Sodom  and  Gomorrah  and  the  neighbor 
cities  thereof,  saith  the  Lord,  no  man  shall  abide  there,  neither  shall 
a  son  of  man  dwell  in  it. 

19  Behold,  he  shall  come  up  like  alien  from  the  swelling  of  Jordan 
against  the  habitation  of  the  strong  :  but  I  will  suddenly  make  him 
run  away  from  her:  and  who  is  a  chosen  man,  that  I  may  appoint 
over  her  ?  for  who  is  like  me  ?  and  who  will  appoint  me  the  time  ? 
and  who  is  that  shepherd  that  will  stand  before  me  ? 

20  Therefore  hear  the  counsel  of  the  Lord,  that  he  hath  taken 
against  Edom  :  and  his  purposes,  that  he  liath  purposed  against  the 
inhabitants  of  Teman  :  Surely  the  least  of  the  flock  shall  dravv  them 
out:  surely  he  shall  make  their  habitations  desolate  with  them. 

21  The  earth  is  moved  at  the  noise  of  their  fall  ;  at  the  cry,  the 
noise  thereof  was  heard  in  the  Red  sea. 

22  Behold,  he  shall  come  up  and  fly  as  the  eagle,  and  spread  his 
wings  over  Bozrah  :  and  at  that  day  shall  the  heart  of  the  mighty 
men  of  Edom  be  as  the  heart  of  a  woman  in  her  pangs. 


Jeremiah.  263 

23  U  Concerning  Divraascus.  Hamath  is  confounded,  andArpad: 
for  they  have  heard  evil  tidings  :  they  are  faint  hearted ;  there,  is 
sorrow  on  the  sea  ;  it  cannot  be  quiet. 

24  Damascus  is  waxed  feeble,  and  turneth  herself  to  flee,  and  fear 
hath  seized  on  her  :  anguish  and  sorrows  have  taken  her,  as  a  woman 
in  travail. 

25  How  is  the  city  of  praise  not  left,  the  city  of  my  joy  ! 

26  Therefore  her  young  men  shall  fall  in  her  streets,  and  all  the 
men  of  war  shall  be  cutoff  in  that  day,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

27  And  I  will  kindle  a  fire  in  the  wall  of  Damascus,  and  it  shall 
consume  the  palaces  of  Ben-hadad. 

28  H  Concerning  Kedar,  and  concerning  the  kingdoms  of  Hazor, 
which  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon  shall  smite,  thus  saith  the 
Lord,  Arise  ye,  go  up  to  Kedar,  and  spoil  the  men  of  the  east. 

29  Their  tents  and  their  flocks  shall  they  take  away  :  they  shall 
take  to  themselves  their  curtains,  and  all  their  vessels,  and  their 
camels ;  and  they  shall  cry  unto  them.  Fear  is  on  every  side. 

30  IT  Flee,  get  you  far  off,  dwell  deep,  0  ye  inhabitants  of  Hazor, 
saith  the  Lord  ;  for  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon  hath  taken 
counsel  against  you,  and  hath  conceived  a  purpose  against  you. 

31  Arise,  get  you  up  unto  the  wealthy  nation,  that  dwelleth  without 
care,  saith  the  Lord,  which  have  neither  gates  nor  bars,  which  dwell 
alone. 

32  And  their  camels  shall  be  a  booty,  and  the  multitude  of  their 
cattle  a  spoil :  and  I  will  scatter  into  all  winds  them  that  are  in  the 
utmost  corners  ;  and  I  will  bring  their  calamity  from  all  sides  thereof, 
saith  the  Lord. 

33  And  Hazor  shall  be  a  dwelling  for  dragons,  a7ul  a  desolation 
for  ever :  there  shall  no  man  abide  there,  nor  any  son  of  man  dwell 
in  it. 

34  IT  The  word  of  the  Lord  that  came  to  Jeremiah  the  prophet 
against  Elam,  in  the  beginning  of  the  reign  of  Zedediah  king  of 

•Judah,  saying, 

35  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  Behold,  I  will  break  the  bow  of 
Elam,  the  chief  of  their  might. 

36  And  upon  Elam  will  I  bring  the  four  winds  from  the  four  quar- 
ters of  heaven,  and  will  scatter  them  toward  all  those  winds  ;  and 
there  shall  be  no  nation  whither  the  outcasts  of  Elam  shall  not 
come . 

37  For  I  will  cause  Elam  to  be  dismayed  before  their  enemies,  and 
before  them  that  seek  their  life  ;  and  I  will  bring  evil  upon  them, 
even  my  fierce  anger,  saith  the  Lord  :  and  1  will  send  the  sword 
after  them,  till  I  have  consumed  them: 

38  And  I  will  set  my  throne  in  Elam,  and  will  destroy  from  thence 
the  king  and  the  princes,  saith  the  Lord. 

39  H  But  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  the  latter  days,  that  I  will  bring 
again  the  captivity  of  Elam,  saith  the  Lord. 

JEREMIAH,  XXIX.  B.  C.  598. 

Jeremiah's  letter  to  the  captives  in  Babylon.     The  fearful  end  of 
Ahah  and  Zedekiah,  two  lying  prophets. 
1  Now  these  are  the  words  of  the  letter  that  Jeremiah  the  prophet 


264  Zedehiah.     Jeremiah. 

sent  from  Jerusalem  unto  the  residue  of  the  elders  which  were 
carried  away  captives,  and  to  the  priests,  and  to  the  prophets,  and  to 
all  the  people  whom  Nebuchadnezzar  had  carried  away  captive  from 
Jerusalem  to  Babylon. 

2  (After  that  Jeconiah  the  king,  and  the  queen,  and  the  eunuchs, 
the  piinces  of  Judah  and  Jerusalem,  and  the  carpenters,  and  the 
smiths,  were  departed  from  Jerusalem.) 

3  By  the  hand  of  Elasah  the  son  of  Shaphan,  and  Gemariah  the 
son  of  Hilkiah,  (whom  Zedekiah  king  of  Judah  sent  unto  Babylon  to 
Nebuchadnezzar,  king  of  Babylon,)  saying, 

4  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  unto  all  that  are 
carried  away  captives,  whom  1  have  caused  to  be  carried  away  from 
Jerusalem  unto  Babylon  : 

5  Build  ye  houses,  and  dwell  in  them  ;  and  plant  gardens,  and  eat 
the  fruit  of  them  ; 

6  Take  ye  wives,  and  beget  sons  and  daughters ;  and  take  wives 
for  your  sons,  and  give  your  daughters  to  husbands,  that  tliey  may 
bear  sons  and  daughters  ;  that  ye  may  be  increased  there,  and  not 
diminished. 

7  And  seek  the  peace  of  the  city  whither  I  have  caused  you  to  be 
carried  away  captives,  and  pray  unto  the  Lord  for  it :  for  in  the 
peace  tliereof  shall  ye  have  peace. 

8  ^  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel  ;  Let  not 
your  prophets  and  your  diviners  that  be  in  the  midst  of  you,  deceive 
you,  neither  hearken  to  your  dreams  which  ye  cause  to  be  dreamed. 

9  For  they  prophesy  falsely  unto  you  in  my  name  :  I  have  not 
sent  them,  saith  the  Lord. 

10  fl  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  That  after  seventy  years  be  accom- 
plished at  Babylon  I  will  visit  yon,  and  perform  my  good  word  toward 
you,  in  causing  you  to  return  to  this  place. 

11  For  I  know  the  thoughts  that  1  think  toward  you,  saith  the 
Lord,  thoughts  of  peace,  and  not  of  evil,  to  give  you  an  expected 
end. 

12  Then  shall  ye  call  upon  me,  and  ye  shall  go  and  pray  unto  me, 
and  I  will  hearken  unto  you. 

13  And  ye  shall  seek  me,  and  find  me,  when  ye  shall  search  for 
me  with  all  your  heart. 

14  And  I  will  be  found  of  you,  saith  the  Lord  ;  and  I  will  turn 
away  your  captivity,  and  I  will  gather  you  from  all  the  nations,  and 
from  all  the  places  whither  I  have  driven  you,  saith  the  Lord  ;  and 
I  will  bring  you  again  into  the  place  whence  I  caused  you  to  be 
carried  away  captive. 

15  IT  Because  ye  have  said.  The  Lord  hath  raised  us  up  prophets 
in  Babylon  ; 

16  Know  that  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  the  king  that  sitteth  upon 
the  throne  of  David,  and  of  all  the  people  that  dwelleth  in  this  city, 
and  of  your  biethren  that  are  not  gone  forth  with  you  into  cap- 
tivity ; 

17  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts;  Behold,  I  will  send  upon  them 
the  sword,  the  famine,  and  the  pestilence,  and  will  make  them  like 
vile  figs,  that  cannot  be  eaten,  they  are  so  evil. 

18  And  I  will  persecute  them  with  the  sword,  with  the  famine, 
and  with  the  pestilence,  and  will  deliver  them  to  be  removed  to  all 


Zedekiah.     Jeremiah.  265 

the  kingdoms  of  the  earth,  to  be  a  curse,  and  an  astonishment,  and  an 
hissing,  and  a  reproach  among  all  the  nations  whither  1  have  driven 
them. 

19  Because  they  have  not  hearkened  to  my  words,  saith  the  Lord, 
which  I  sent  unto  them  by  my  servants  the  prophets,  rising  up  early 
and  sending  them  ;  but  ye  would  not  hear,  saith  the  Lord. 

20  H  Hear  ye  therefore  tiie  word  of  the  Lord,  all  ye  of  the  cap- 
tivity, whom  J  have  sent  from  Jerusalem  to  Babylon  : 

21  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  of  Ahab  the 
son  of  Kolaiah,  and  of  Zedekiah  the  sonof  Maaseiah,  which  prophesy 
a  lie  unto  you  in  my  name  ;  Behold,  I  will  deliver  them  into  the 
hand  of  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon  ;  and  he  shall  slay  them 
before  your  eyes  : 

22  And  of  them  shall  be  taken  up  a  curse  by  all  the  captivity  of 
Judah  which  are  in  Babylon,  saying.  The  Lord  make  thee  like 
Zedekiah  and  like  Ahab,  whom  the  king  of  Babylon  roasted  in  the 
fire  ; 

23  Because  they  have  committed  villany  in  Israel,  and  have  com- 
mitted adultery  with  their  neighbors'  wives,  and  have  spoken  lying 
words  in  my  name,  which  I  have  not  commanded  them ;  even  I 
know,  and  am  a  witness,  saith  the  Lord. 

24  ^  Thus  shalt  thou  also  speak  to  Shemaiah  the  Nehelamite, 
saying, 

25  Thus  speaketh  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  saying. 
Because  thou  hast  sent  letters  in  thy  name  unto  all  the  people  that 
are  at  Jerusalem,  and  to  Zephaniah  the  son  of  Maaseiah  the  priest, 
and  to  all  the  priests,  saying, 

26  The  Lord  hath  made  thee  priest  in  the  stead  of  Jehoiada  the 
priest,  that  ye  should  be  officers  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  ior  every 
man  that  is  mad,  and  maketh  himself  a  prophet,  that  thou  shouldest 
put  him  in  prison,  and  in  the  stocks. 

27  Now  tlierefore  why  hast  thou  not  reproved  Jeremiah  of  Ana- 
thoth,  which  maketh  himself  a  prophet  to  you  .' 

23  For  therefore  he  sent  unto  us  in  Babylon,  saying.  This  captivity 
is  long;  build  ye  houses,  and  dwell  in  them;  and  plant  gardens,  and 
eat  the  fruit  of  them. 

29  And  Zephaniah  the  priest  read  this  letter  in  the  ears  of  Jere- 
miah the  prophet. 

30  IF  Then  came  the  word  of  the  Lord  unto  Jeremiah,  saying, 

31  Send  to  all  them  of  the  captivity,  saying,  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
concerning  Shemaiah  the  Nehelamite  ;  Because  that  Shemaiah  hath 
prophesied  unto  you,  and  I  sent  him  not,  and  he  caused  you  to  trust 
in  a  lie  : 

32  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Behold,  I  will  punish  She- 
maiah the  Nehelamite,  and  his  seed :  he  shall  not  have  a  man  to 
dwell  among  this  people  ;  neither  shall  he  behold  the  good  that  I 
will  do  for  my  people,  saith  the  Lord  ;  because  he  hath  taught 
rebellion  against  the  Lord. 

22* 


266  Zedekiah.     Jeremiah. 

B.  C.  597.  JEREMIAH,    XXVII. 

Under  the  tyiye  of  bonds  and  yokes,  he  prophesieth  the  subduing  of 
the  neighbor  kings  unto  J\"ebuchadnezzar. 

1  In  the  beginning  of  the  reign  of  Jehoiakini*  the  son  of  Josiah 
king  of  Judah,  came  this  word  unto  Jeremiah  from  the  Lord, 
saying, 

2  Thus  saith  the  I^ord  to  me,  Make  thee  bonds  and  yokes,  and 
put  them  upon  thy  neck, 

3  And  send  them  to  the  king  of  Edom,  and  to  the  king  of  Moab, 
and  to  the  king  of  the  Ammonites,  and  to  the  king  of  Tyrus,  and  to 
the  king  of  Zidon,  by  the  hand  of  the  messengers  which  come  to 
Jerusalem  unto  Zedekiah  king  of  Judah  ; 

4  And  command  them  to  say  unto  their  masters.  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  Thus  shall  ye  say  unto  your  mas- 
ters; 

5  I  have  made  the  earth,  the  man  and  the  beast  that  are  upon  the 
ground,  by  my  great  power,  and  by  my  outstretched  arm,  and  have 
given  it  unto  whom  it  seemed  meet  unto  me. 

6  And  now  have  I  given  all  these  lands  into  the  hand  of  Nebu- 
chadnezzar the  king  of  Babylon  my  servant ;  and  the  beasts  of  the 
field  have  I  given  him  also  to  serve  him. 

7  And  all  nations  shall  serve  him,  and  his  son,  and  his  son's  son, 
until  the  very  time  of  his  land  come ;  and  then  many  nations  and 
great  kings  shall  serve  themselves  of  him. 

8  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  the  nation  and  kingdom  which 
will  not  serve  the  same  Nebuchadnezzar  the  king  of  Babylon,  and 
that  will  not  put  their  neck  under  the  yoke  of  the  king  of  Babyon, 
that  nation  will  I  punish,  saith  the  Lord,  with  the  sword,  and  with 
the  iamine,  and  with  the  pestilence,  until  I  have  consumed  them  by 
his  hand. 

9  Therefore  hearken  not  ye  to  your  prophets,  nor  to  your  diviners, 
nor  to  your  dreamers,  nor  to  your  inchanters,  nor  to  your  sorcerers, 
which  speak  unto  you,  saying,  Ye  shall  not  serve  the  king  of 
Babylon  : 

10  For  they  prophesy  a  lie  unto  you,  to  remove  you  far  from  your 
land ;  and  that  1  should  drive  you  out,  and  ye  should  perish. 

11  But  the  nations  that  bring  their  neck  under  the  yoke  of  the 
king  of  Babylon,  and  serve  him,  those  will  I  let  remain  still  in  their 
own  land,  saith  the  Lord  ;  and  they  shall  till  it,  and  dwell  therein. 

12  H  I  spake  also  to  Zedekiah  king  of  Judah  according  to  all  these 
words,  saying.  Bring  your  necks  under  the  yoke  of  the  king  of 
Babylon,  and  serve  him  and  his  people,  and  live. 

13  Why  will  ye  die,  thou  and  thy  people,  by  the  sword,  by  the 
famine,  and  by  the  pestilence,  as  the  Lord  hath  spoken  against  the 
nation  that  will  not  serve  the  king  of  Babylon  ? 

14  Therefore  hearken  not  unto  the  words  of  the  prophets  that  speak 
unto  you,  saying,  Ye  shall  not  serve  the  king  of  Babylon :  for  they 
prophesy  a  lie  unto  you. 

*  This  whole  transaction  seems  evidently  to  refer  to  the  days,  and  to  be  ad- 
dressed to  Zedekiah  ;  therefore  commentators  have  concluded  that  Jehoiakim  was 
erroneously  transcribed  for  Zedekiah  in  some  early  copy  of  the  Scriptures. 


ZedeMah.     Jeremiah.  267 

15  For  I  have  not  sent  them,  saith  the  Lord,  yet  they  prophesy  a 
lie  in  my  name,  that  I  might  drive  you  out,  and  that  ye  might  perish, 
ye,  and  the  prophets  that  prophesy  unto  you. 

16  Also  I  spake  to  the  priests,  and  to  all  this  people,  saying.  Thus 
saith  the  Lord,  Hearken  not  to  the  words  of  your  prophets  that 
prophesy  unto  you,  saying,  Behold,  the  vessels  of  the  Lord's  house 
shall  now  shortly  be  brought  again  from  Babylon :  for  they  prophesy 
a  lie  unto  you. 

17  Hearken  not  unto  them  ;  serve  the  king  of  Babylon  and  live  : 
wherefore  should  this  city  be  laid  waste  ? 

18  But  if  they  he  prophets,  and  if  the  word  of  the  Lord  be  with 
them,  let  them  now  make  intercession  to  the  Lord  of  hosts,  that  the 
vessels  which  are  left  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  in  the  house  of 
the  king  of  Judah,  and  at  Jerusalem,  go  not  to  Babylon. 

19  IT  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  concerning  the  pillars,  and 
concerning  the  sea,  and  concerning  the  bases,  and  concerning  the 
residue  of  the  vessels  that  remain  in  this  city, 

20  Which  Nebuchadnezzar  king  of  Babylon  took  not,  when  he 
carried^away  captive  Jeconiah,  the" son  of  Jehoiakim  king  of  Judah, 
from  Jerusalem  to  Babylon,  and  all  the  nobles  of  Judah  and  Jeru- 
salem ; 

21  Yea,  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  concerning 
the  vessels  that  remain  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  in  the  house 
of  the  king  of  Judah  and  of  Jerusalem, 

22  They  shall  be  carried  to  Babylon,  and  there  shall  they  be  until 
the  day  that  i  visit  them,  saith  the  Lord  :  then  will  I  bring  them 
up,  and  restore  them  to  this  place. 

JEREMIAH,    XXVIII. 

Hananiah's  false  prophesy :  he  breaketh  Jeremiah's  yoke.     Jere- 
miah foretelleth  of  an  iron  yoke,  and  Hananiah's  death. 

1  And  it  came  to  pass  the  same  year,  in  the  beginning  of  the  reign 
of  Zedekiah  king  of  Judah,  in  the  fourth  year,  and  in  the  lifth  month, 
that  Hananiah,  the  son  of  Azur,  the  prophet,  which  was  of  Gibeon, 
spake  unto  me  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  in  the  presence  of  the 
priests,  and  of  all  the  people,  saying, 

2  Thus  speaketh  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  saying,  I 
have  broken  the  yoke  of  the  king  of  Babylon. 

3  Within  two  full  years  will  I  bring  again  into  this  place  all  the 
vessels  of  the  Lord's  house,  that  Nebuchadnezzar  king  of  Babylon 
took  away  from  this  place,  and  carried  them  to  Babylon : 

4  And  1  will  bring  again  to  this  place  Jeconiah,  the  son  of  Jehoia- 
kim king  of  Judah,  with  all  the  captives  of  Judah,  that  went  into 
Babylon,  saith  the  Lord  :  for  I  will  break  the  yoke  of  the  king  of 
Babylon. 

5  TI  Then  the  prophet  Jeremiah  said  unto  the  prophet  Hananiah,  in 
the  presence  of  the  priests,  and  in  the  presence  of  all  the  people  that 
stood  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 

6  Even  the  prophet  Jeremiah  said.  Amen :  the  Lord  do  so ;  the 
Lord  perform  thy  words  which  thou  hast  prophesied,  to  bring  again 
the  vessels  of  the  Lord's  house,  and  all  that  is  carried  away  captive, 
from  Babylon  into  this  place. 


268  Jeremiah. 

7  Nevertheless,  hear  tliou  now  this  word  that  1  speak  in  thine 
ears,  and  in  the  ears  of  all  the  people  ; 

8  The  prophets  that  have  been  before  me,  and  before  thee  of  old, 
prophesied  both  against  many  countries,  and  against  great  kingdpms, 
of  war,  and  of  evil,  and  of  pestilence. 

9  The  prophet  which  prophesieth  of  peace,  when  the  word  of  the 
prophet  shall  come  to  pass,  then  shall  the  prophet  be  known  that  the 
Lord  hath  tiuly  sent  him. 

10  H  Then  Hananiah  the  prophet  took  the  yoke  from  off  the 
prophet  Jeremiah's  neck,  and  brake  it. 

11  And  Hananiah  spake  in  the  presence  of  all  the  people,  saying, 
Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Even  so  will  I  break  the  yoke  of  Nebuchad- 
nezzar king  of  Babylon  from  the  neck  of  all  nations,  within  the  space 
of  two  full  years.     And  the  prophet  Jeremiah  went  his  way. 

12  IT  Then  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  Jeremiah  the  2'>'>'ophet, 
(after  that  Hananiah  the  prophet  had  broken  the  yoke  from  oti"  the 
neck  of  the  prophet  Jeremiah,)  saying, 

13  Go,  and  tell  Hananiah,  saying,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Thou  hast 
hroken  the  yokes  of  wood ;  but  thou  shalt  make  for  them  yokes  of 
iron. 

14  For  tlius  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  I  have  put 
a  yoke  of  iron  upon  the  neek  of  all  these  nations,  that  they  may  serve 
Nebuchadnezzar  king  of  Babylon  ;  and  they  shall  serve  him  :  and  I 
liave  given  him  the  beasts  of  the  field  also. 

15  II  Then  said  the  prophet  Jeremiah  unto  Hananiah  the  prophet. 
Hear  now,  Hananiah,  The  Lord  hath  not  sent  thee  ;  but  thou  makest 
this  people  to  trust  in  a  lie. 

16  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  I  will  cast  thee  from  off 
the  face  of  the  earth:  this  year  thou  shalt  die,  because  thou  hast 
taught  rebellion  against  the  Lord. 

17  So  Hananiah  the  prophet  died  the  same  year,  in  the  seventh 
month. 

B.  C.  505.  JEREMIAH,  L. 

1  The  word  that  the  Lord  spake  against  Babylon,  and  against  the 
land  of  the  Chaldeans  by  Jeremiah  the  prophet. 

2  Declare  ye  among  the  nations,  and  publish,  and  set  up  a  stand- 
ard, publish  and  conceal  not :  say,  Babylon  is  taken,  Bell  is  con- 
founded, Merodach  is  broken  in  pieces,  her  idols  are  confounded,  her 
images  are  broken  in  pieces. 

3  For  out  of  the  north  there  cometh  up  a  nation  against  her, 
which  shall  make  her  land  desolate  ;  and  none  shall  dwell  therein  : 
they  shall  remove,  they  shall  depart  both  man  and  beast. 

4  II  In  those  da5's,  and  in  that  time,  saith  (he  Lord,  the  children 
of  Israel  shall  come,  they,  and  the  children  of  Judah  together,  going, 
and  weeping  they  shall  go,  and  seek  the  Lord  their  God. 

5  They  shall  ask  the  way  to  Zion  with  their  faces  thitherward, 
saying,  Come,  and  let  us  join  ourselves  to  the  Lord,  in  a  perpetual 
covenant  that  shall  not  be  forgotten. 

6  My  people  hath  been  lost  sheep  :  their  sliepherds  have  caused 
them  to  go  astray,  they  have  turned  them  away  on  the  mountains : 


Jeremiah.  269 

they  have  gone  from  mountain  to  hill,  they  have  forgotten  their 
resting-place. 

7  All  that  found  them  have  devoured  them  :  and  their  adversaries 
said,  We  offend  not,  because  they  have  sinned  against  the  Lord, 
the  habitation  of  justice,  even  the  Lord,  the  hope  of  their  fathers. 

8  Remove  out  of  the  midst  of  Babylon,  and  go  forth  out  of  the  land 
of  the  Chaldeans,  and  be  as  the  he-goats  before  the  fiocks. 

9  IT  For  lo,  I  will  raise  and  cause  to  come  up  against  Babylon  an 
assembly  of  great  nations  from  the  north  country  :  and  they  shall  set 
themselves  in  array  against  her  ;  from  thence  she  shall  be  taken  : 
their  arrows  shall  be  as  of  a  mighty  expert  man  ;  none  shall  return  in 
vain. 

10  And  Chaldea  shall  be  a  spoil :  all  that  spoil  her  shall  be  satisfied, 
saith  the  Lord. 

11  Because  ye  were  glad,  because  ye  rejoiced,  O  ye  destroyers  of 
mine  heritage  ;  because  ye  are  grown  fat  as  the  heifer  at  grass,  and 
bellow  as  bulls ; 

12  Your  mother  shall  be  sore  confounded  ;  she  that  bear  you  shall 
be  ashamed;  behold,  the  hindermost  of  the  nation  shall  he  a  wilder- 
ness, a  dry  land,  and  a  desert. 

13  Because  of  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  it  shall  not  be  inhabited,  but 
it  shall  be  wholly  desolate  :  every  one  that  goeth  by  Babylon  shall 
be  astonished,  and  hiss  at  all  her  plagues. 

14  Put  yourselves  in  array  against  Babylon  round  about :  all  ye 
that  bend  the  bow,  shoot  at  her,  spare  no  arrows :  for  she  hath  sinned 
against  the  Lord, 

15  Shout  against  her  round  about :  she  hath  given  her  hand  :  her 
foundations  are  fallen,  her  walls  are  thrown  down :  for  it  is  the  ven- 
geance of  the  Lord  :  take  vengeance  upon  her  ;  as  she  hath  done,  do 
unto  her. 

16  Cut  of!  the  sower  from  Babylon,  and  him  that  handleth  the 
sickle  in  the  time  of  harvest :  for  fear  of  the  oppressing  sword  they 
shall  turn  every  one  to  his  people,  and  they  shall  flee  every  one  to 
his  own  land. 

17  !I  Israel  is  a  scattered  sheep,  the  lions  have  driven  him  away  : 
first  the  king  of  Assyria  hath  devoured  him  ;  and  last  this  Nebuchad- 
rezzar king  of  Babylon  hath  broken  his  bones. 

18  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  the  God  of  Israel ; 
Behold,  I  will  punish  the  king  of  Babylon  and  his  land,  as  I  have 
punished  the  king  of  Assyria. 

19  And  I  will  bring  Israel  again  to  his  habitation,  and  he  shall 
feed  on  Carmel  and  Bashan,and  his  soul  shall  be  satisfied  upon  mount 
Ephraim  and  Gilead. 

20  In  those  days,  and  in  that  time,  saith  the  Lord,  the  iniquity  of 
Isiael  shall  be  sought  for,  and  there  shall  he  none  \  and  the  sins  of 
Judah,  and  they  shall  not  be  found  :  for  I  will  pardon  them  whom  I 
reserve. 

21  IT  Go  up  against  the  land  of  Merathaim,  even  against  it,  and 
against  the  inhabitants  of  Pekod :  waste  and  utterly  destroy  after 
them,  saith  the  Lord,  and  do  according  to  all  that  I  have  commanded 
thee. 

22  A  sound  of  battle  is  in  the  land,  and  of  great  destruction. 


270  Jeremiah. 

23  How  is  the  hammer  of  the  whole  earth  cut  asunder  and 
broken  !  how  is  Babylon  become  a  desolation  among  the  nations ! 

24  I  have  laid  a  snare  for  thee,  and  thou  art  also  taken,  O  Babylon, 
and  thou  wast  not  aware  :  thou  art  found,  and  also  caught,  because 
thou  hast  striven  against  the  Lord. 

25  The  Lord  hath  opened  his  armory,  and  hath  brought  forth  the 
weapons  of  his  indignation  :  for  this  is  the  work  of  the  Lord  God  of 
hosts  in  the  land  of  the  Chaldeans. 

26  Come  against  her  from  the  utmost  border,  open  her  store- 
houses ;  cast  her  up  as  heaps,  and  destroy  her  utterly  :  let  nothing 
of  her  be  left. 

27  Slay  all  her  bullocks ;  let  them  go  down  to  the  slaughter : 
woe  unto  them  I  for  their  day  is  come,  the  time  of  their  visita- 
tion. 

28  The  voice  of  them  that  flee  and  escape  out  of  the  land  of 
Babylon,  to  declare  in  Zion  the  vengeance  of  the  Lord  our  God,  the 
vengeance  of  his  temple. 

29  Call  together  the  archers  against  Babylon :  all  ye  that  bend  the 
bow,  camp  against  it  round  about ;  let  none  thereof  escape  :  recom- 
pense her  according  to  her  work ;  according  to  all  that  she  hath  done 
do  unto  her :  for  she  hath  been  proud  against  the  Lord,  against  the 
holy  One  of  Israel. 

30  Therefore  shall  her  young  men  fall  in  the  streets,  and  all  her 
men  of  war  shall  be  cut  off  in  that  day,  saith  the  Lord. 

31  Behold,  I  am  against  thee,  O  thou  most  proud,  saith  the  Lord 
God  of  hosts :  for  thy  day  is  come,  the  time  that  I  will  visit  thee. 

32  And  the  most  proud  shall  stumble  and  fall,  and  none  shall  raise 
him  up  :  and  I  will  kindle  a  tire  in  his  cities,  and  it  shall  devour  all 
round  about  him. 

33  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.  The  children  of  Israel,  and  the 
children  of  Judah,  were  oppressed  together;  and  all  that  took  them 
captives  held  them  fast ;  they  refused  to  let  them  go. 

34  Their  Redeemer  is  strong ;  The  Lord  of  hosts  is  his  name  : 
he  shall  thoroughly  plead  their  cause,  that  he  may  give  rest  to  the 
land,  and  disquiet  the  inhabitants  of  Babylon. 

35  H  A  sword  is  upon  the  Chaldeans,  saith  the  Lord,  and  upon  the 
inhabitants  of  Babylon,  and  upon  her  princes,  and  upon  her  wise 
men. 

36  A  sword  is  upon  the  liars  ;  and  they  shall  dote  :  a  sword  is  upon 
her  mighty  men  ;  and  they  shall  be  dismayed. 

37  A  sword  is  upon  their  horses,  and  upon  their  chariots,  and 
upon  all  the  mingled  people  that  are  in  the  midst  of  her ;  and  they 
shall  become  as  women  :  a  sword  is  upon  her  treasures  ;  and  they 
shall  be  robbed. 

38  A  drought  is  upon  her  waters ;  and  they  shall  be  dried  up  :  for 
it  is  the  land  of  graven  images,  and  they  are  mad  upon  their  idols. 

39  Therefore  ^he  wild  beasts  of  the  desert,  with  the  wnld  beasts  of 
the  islands,  shall  dwell  there,  and  the  owls  shall  dwell  therein  :  and  it 
shall  be  no  more  inhabited  for  ever ;  neither  shall  it  be  dwelt  in  from 
generation  to  generation. 

40  As  God  overthrew  Sodom  and  Gomorrah,  and  the  neighbor 
cities  thereof,  saith  the  Lord  ;  so  shall  no  man  abide  there,  neither 
shall  any  son  of  man  dwell  therein. 


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41  Behold,  a  people  shall  come  from  the  north,  and  a  great  nation, 
and  many  kings  shall  be  raised  up  from  the  coasts  of  the  earth. 

42  They  shall  hold  the  bow  and  the  lance  ;  they  are  cruel,  and 
will  not  shew  mercy  :  their  voice  shall  roar  like  the  sea,  and  they 
shall  ride  upon  horses,  every  one  put  in  array,  like  a  man  to  the 
battle,  against  thee,  O  daughter  of  Babylon. 

43  The  king  of  Babylon  hath  heard  the  report  of  them,  and  his 
hands  waxed  feeble  ;  anguish  took  hold  of  him  and  pangs  as  of  a 
woman  in  travail. 

44  Behold,  he  shall  come  up  like  a  lion  from  the  swelling  of 
Jordan,  unto  the  habitation  of  the  strong  :  but  i  will  make  them 
suddenly  run  away  from  her:  and  who  is  a  chosen  man,  that  I  may 
appoint  over  her  ?  for  who  is  like  me  :  and  who  will  appoint  me  the 
time  ?  and  who  is  that  shepherd  that  will  stand  before  me  ? 

45  Therefore  hear  ye  the  counsel  of  the  Lord,  that  he  hath  taken 
against  Babylon  ;  and  his  purposes,  that  he  hath  purposed  against  the 
land  of  the  Chaldeans  :  Surely  the  least  of  the  fleck  shall  draw 
them  out ;  surely  he  shall  make  their  habitation  desolate  with 
them. 

46  At  the  noise  of  the  taking  of  Babylon  the  earth  is  moved,  and 
the  cry  is  heard  among  the  nations. 

JEREMIAH,    LI. 

God's  severe  judgment  against  Babylon  in  revenge  of  Israel. 

1  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Behold,  I  will  raise  up  against  Babylon, 
and  against  them  that  dwell  in  the  midst  of  them  that  rise  up  against 
me,  a  destroying  wind  ; 

2  And  will  send  unto  Babylon  fanners,  that  ^hail  fan  her,  and 
shall  empty  her  land  :  for  in  the  day  of  trouble  they  shall  be  against 
her  round  about. 

3  Against  /n?n  that  bendeth  let  the  archer  bend  his  bow,  and 
against  him  that  lifteth  himself  up  in  his  brigandine  :  and  spare  ye 
not  her  young  men;  destroy  ye  utterly  all  lier  host. 

4  Thus  the  slain  shall  fall  in  the  land  of  the  Chaldeans,  and  they 
that  are  thrust  through  in  her  streets. 

5  For  Israel  hath  not  been  forsaken,  nor  Judah  of  bis  God,  of  the 
Lord  of  hosts  ;  though  their  land  was  filled  with  sin  against  the  Holy 
One  of  Israel. 

6  Flee  out  of  the  midst  of  Babylon,  and  deliver  every  man  his 
soul :  be  not  cutolf  in  her  iniquity;  for  thists  the  time  of  the  Lord's 
vengeance  ;  he  will  render  unto  her  a  recompense. 

7  Babylon  hath  been  a  golden  cup  in  the  Lord's  hand,  that  made 
all  the  earth  drunken  :  the  nations  have  drunken  of  her  wine  ;  there- 
fore the  nations  are  mad. 

8  Babylon  is  suddenly  fallen  and  destroyed  :  howl  for  her  :  take 
balm  for  her  pain,  if  so  be  she  may  be  healed. 

9  We  would  have  healed  Babylon,  but  she  is  not  healed  :  forsake 
her,  and  let  us  go  every  one  into  his  own  country  :  for  her  judgment 
reacheth  unto  heaven,  and  is  lifted  up  even  to  the  skies. 

10  The  Lord  hath  brought  forth  our  righteousness  :  come,  and  let 
us  declare  in  Zion  the  work  of  the  Lord  our  God. 

11  Make  bright  the  arrows  ;    gather  the  shields  :  the   Lord  hath 


272  Jeremiah. 

raised  up  the  spirit  of  tlie  kings  of  the  Medes  :  for  his  device  is  against 
Babylon,  to  destroy  it ;  because  it  is  the  vengeance  of  the  Lord,  the 
vengeance  of  his  temple. 

12  Set  up  the  standard  upon  the  walls  of  Babylon,  make  the  watch 
strong  ;  set  up  the  watchmen,  prepare  the  ambushes  :  for  the  Lord 
hath  "both  devised  and  done  that  which  he  spake  against  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Babylon. 

13  O  thou  that  dwellest  upon  many  waters,  abundant  in  treasures, 
thine  end  is  come,  and  the  measure  of  thy  covetousness. 

14  The  Lord  of  hosts  hath  sworn  by  himself,  saying.  Surely  I  will 
fill  thee  with  men,  as  with  caterpillars  ;  and  they  shall  lift  up  a  shout 
against  thee. 

15  He  hath  made  the  earth  by  his  power,  he  hath  established  the 
world  by  his  wisdom,  and  hath  stretched  out  the  heaven  by  his  under- 
standing. 

16  When  he  uttereth  his  voice  there  is  a  multitude  of  waters  in  the 
heavens ;  and  he  causeth  the  vapors  to  ascend  from  the  ends  of  the 
earth  :  he  maketh  lightnings  with  rain,  and  bringeth  forth  the  wind 
out  of  his  treasures. 

17  Every  man  is  brutish  by  his  knowledge  ;  every  founder  is  con- 
founded by  the  graven  image  :  for  his  molten  image  is  falsehood,  and 
there  is  no  breath  in  them. 

18  They  are  vanity,  the  work  of  errors:  in  the  time  of  their  visita- 
tion they  shall  perish. 

19  The  portion  of  Jacob  is  not  like  them  ;  for  he  is  the  former  of 
all  things ;  and  Israel  is  the  rod  of  his  inheritance  ;  the  Lord  of  hosts 
is  his  name. 

20  Thou  art  my  battle-axe  and  weapons  of  war :  for  with  thee 
will  I  break  in  pieces  the  nations ;  and  with  thee  will  I  destroy 
kingdoms  ; 

21  And  with  thee  will  I  break  in  pieces  the  horse  and  his  rider; 
and  with  thee  will  I  break  in  pieces  the  chariot  and  his  rider; 

22  With  thee  also  will  I  break  in  pieces  man  and  woman  ;  and 
with  thee  will  I  break  in  pieces  old  and  young ;  and  with  thee  will  I 
break  in  pieces  the  young  man  and  the  maid ; 

23  I  will  also  break  in  pieces  with  thee  the  shepherd  and  his  flock; 
and  with  thee  will  I  break  in  pieces  the  husbandman  and  his  yoke  of 
oxen  ;  and  with  thee  will  I  break  in  pieces  captains  and  rulers. 

24  And  I  will  render  unto  Babylon,  and  to  all  the  inhabitants  of 
Chaldea,  all  their  evil  that  they  have  done  in  Zion  in  your  sight, 
saith  the  Lord. 

25  Behold,  1  a?n  against  thee,  0  destroying  mountain,  saith  the 
Lord,  which  destroyest  all  the  earth;  and  I  will  stretch  out  mine 
hand  upon  thee,  and  roll  thee  down  from  the  rocks,  and  will  make 
thee  a  burnt  mountain. 

26  And  they  shall  not  take  of  thee  a  stone  for  a  corner,  nor  a 
stone  for  foundations  ;  but  thou  shalt  be  desolate  for  ever,  saith  the 
Lord. 

27  Set  ye  up  a  standard  in  the  land,  blow  the  trumpet  among  the 
nations,  prepare  the  nations  against  her,  call  together  against  her 
the  kingdoms  of  Ararat,  Minni,  and  Ashchenaz  ;  appoint  a  captain 
against  her ;  cause  the  horses  to  come  up  as  the  rough  cater- 
pillars. 


Jeremiah.  273 

28  Prepare  against  her  the  nations,  with  the  kings  of  the  Medes, 
the  captains  thereof,  and  all  the  rulers  thereof,  and  all  the  land  of  his 
dominion. 

29  And  the  land  shall  tremble  and  sorrow  :  for  every  purpose  of 
the  Lord  shall  be  performed  against  Babylon,  to  make  the  land  of 
Babylon  a  desolation  without  an  inhabitant. 

30  The  mighty  men  of  Babylon  have  forborne  to  fight,  they  have 
remained  in  their  holds  :  their  might  hath  failed,  they  became  as 
women :  they  have  burnt  her  dwelling-places  ;  her  bars  are  bro- 
ken. 

31  One  post  shall  run  to  meet  another,  and  one  messenger  to  meet 
another,  to  shew  the  king  of  Babylon  that  his  city  is  taken  at  one 
end. 

32  And  that  the  passages  are  stopped,  and  the  reeds  they  have 
burnt  with  fire,  and  the  men  of  war  are  affrighted. 

33  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  The 
daughter  of  Babylon  is  like  a  threshing-floor,  it  is  time  to  thresh 
her  :  yet  a  little  while,  and  the  time  of  her  harvest  shall  come. 

34  Nebuchadrezzar  the  king  of  Babylon  hath  devoured  me,  he  hath 
crushed  me,  he  hath  made  me  an  empty  vessel,  he  hath  swallowed 
me  up  like  a  dragon,  Ire  hath  filled  his  belly  with  my  delicates,  he 
hath  cast  me  out. 

35  The  violence  done  to  me  and  to  my  flesh  be  upon  Babylon, 
shall  the  inhabitant  of  Zion  say  ;  and.  My  blood  upon  tlie  inhabitants 
of  Chaldea,  shall  Jerusalem  say. 

36  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  I  will  plead  thy  cause, 
and  take  vengeance  for  thee  ;  and  I  will  dry  up  her  sea,  and  make 
her  springs  dry. 

37  And  Babylon  shall  become  heaps,  a  dwelling-place  for  dragons, 
an  astonishment  and  an  hissing  without  an  inhabitant. 

38  They  shall  roar  together  like  lions:  they  shall  yell  as  lion's 
whelps. 

39  In  their  heat  I  will  inrvce  their  feasts,  and  I  will  make  them 
drunken,  that  they  may  rejoice,  and  sleep  a  perpetual  sleep,  and  not 
wake,  saith  the  Lord. 

40  I  will  bring  them  down  like  lambs  to  the  slaughter,  like  rams 
with  he-goats. 

41  How  is  Sheshach  taken!  and  how  is  the  praise  of  the  whole 
earth  surprised  !  how  is  Babylon  become  an  astonishment  among  the 
nations ! 

42  The  sea  is  come  up  upon  Babylon  :  she  is  covered  with  the 
multitude  of  the  waves  thereof. 

43  Her  cities  are  a  desolation,  a  dry  land,  and  a  wilderness,  a  land 
wherein  no  man  dwelleth,  neither  doth  any  son  of  man  pass 
thereby. 

44  And  I  will  punish  Bel  in  Babylon  ;  and  I  will  bring  forth  out  of 
his  mouth  that  which  he  hath  swallowed  up  :  and  the  nations  shall 
not  flow  together  any  more  unto  him  ;  yea,  the  wall  of  Babylon  shall 
fall. 

45  My  people,  go  ye  out  of  the  midst  of  her,  and  deliver  ye  every 
man  his  soul  from  the  fierce  anger  of  the  Lord. 

46  And  lest  your  heart  faint,   and  ye  fear  for  the  rumor  that  shall 

23 


274  Jeremiah. 

be  heard  in  the  land  ;  a  rumor  shall  both  come  one  year,  and  after 
that  in  another  year  shall  come  a  rumor,  and  violence  in  the  land, 
ruler  ao;ainst  ruler, 

47  Therefore,  behold,  the  days  come,  that  I  will  do  judgment 
upon  the  graven  images  of  Babylon :  and  her  whole  land  shall  be 
confounded,  and  all  her  slain  shall  fall  in  the  midst  of  her. 

48  Then  the  heaven  and  the  earth,  and  all  that  is  therein,  shall 
sing  for  Babylon  :  for  the  spoilers  shall  come  unto  her  from  tlie  north, 
saith  the  Lord. 

49  As  Babylon  hath  caused  the  slain  of  Israel  to  fall,  so  at  Babylon 
shall  fall  the  slain  of  all  the  earth. 

50  Ye  that  have  escaped  the  sword  go  away,  stand  not  still : 
remember  the  Lord  afar  off,  and  let  Jerusalem  come  into  your 
mind. 

51  We  are  confounded,  because  we  have  heard  reproach  :  shame 
hath  covered  our  faces;  for  strangers  are  come  into  the  sanctuaries  of 
the  Lord's  house. 

52  Wherefore,  behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord,  that  I  will 
do  judgment  upon  her  graven  images  ;  and  through  all  her  land  the 
wounded  shall  groan. 

53  Though  Babylon  should  mount  up  to  heaven,  and  though  she 
should  fortify  the  height  of  her  strength,  yet  from  me  shall  spoilers 
come  unto  her,  saith  the  Lord. 

54  A  sound  of  a  cry  cometh  from  Babylon,  and  great  destruction 
from  the  land  of  the  Chaldeans  : 

55  Because  the  Lord  hath  spoiled  Babylon,  and  destroyed  out  of 
lier  the  great  voice  ;  when  her  waves  do  roar  like  great  waters,  a 
noise  of  their  voice  is  uttered  : 

56  Because  the  spoiler  is  ceme  upon  her,  even  upon  Babylon,  and 
her  miglity  men  are  taken  ;  every  one  of  their  bows  is  broken  :  for 
the  Lord  God  of  recompenses  shall  surely  requite. 

57  And  1  will  make  drunk  her  princes,  and  her  wise  men,  her 
captains,  and  her  rulers,  and  her  mighty  men  :  and  they  shall  sleep  a 
perpetual  sleep,  and  not  v.ake,  saith  the  King,  whose  name  is  The 
Lord  of-hosts. 

53  Thus  saitli  the  Lord  of  liosts ;  The  broad  walls  of  Babylon 
shall  be  utterly  broken,  and  her  high  gates  shall  be  burnt  with  tire  ; 
and  ihe  people  shall  labor  in  vain,  and  the  folk  in  the  fire,  and  they 
shall  be  weary. 

59  H  The  wQj'd  which  Jeremiah  the  prophet  commanded  Seraiah 
the  son  of  Xeriah,  the  son  of  Maaseiah,  when  he  went  v.ilh  Zedekiah 
the  king  of  Judah  into  Babylon  in  the  fourth  year  of  his  reign.  And 
this  Seraiah  was  a  quiet  prince. 

60  So  Jeremiah  wrote  in  a  book  all  the  evil  that  should  come 
upon  Babylon,  even  all  these  words  that  are  written  against 
Babylon. 

61  And  Jeremiah  said  to  Seraiah,  When  thou  comest  to  Babylon, 
and  shalt  see,  and  shalt  read  all  these  words ; 

62  Then  shalt  thou  say,  O  Lord,  thou  hast  spoken  against  this 
place,  to  cut  it  off,  that  none  shall  remain  in  it,  neither  man  nor  beast, 
but  that  it  shall  be  desolate  for  ever. 

63  And  it  shall   be,  when  thou  hast  made  an  end  of  reading  this 


Jeremiah.  275 

book,  that  thou  shalt  bind  a  stone  to  it,  and  cast  it  into  the  midst  of 
Euphrates : 

64  And  thou  shalt  say.  Thus  shall  Babylon  sink,  and  shall  not  rise 
from  the  evil  that  I  will  bring  upon  her :  and  they  shall  be  weary. 
Thus  far  are  the  words  of  Jeremiah. 

JEREMIAH,    XXX.  B.  C.  594. 

The    Jews^    return.      Joab    comforted.      Their    return  shall   be 
gracious. 

1  The  word  that  came  to  Jeremiah  from  the  Lord,  saying, 

2  Thus  speaketh  the  Lord  God  of  L^i  ael,  saying,  Write  thee  all 
the  words  that  I  have  spoken  unto  thee  in  a  book. 

'  3  For,  lo,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord  ;  that  1  will  bring  again 
the  captivity  of  my  people  Israel  and  Judah,  saith  the  Lord  :  and  I 
will  cause  them  to  return  to  the  land  that  I  gave  to  their  fathers,  and 
they  shall  possess  it. 

4  li  And  these  are  the  words  that  the  Lord  spake  concerning 
Israel  and  concerning  Judah. 

5  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  We  have  heard  a  voice  of  trembling, 
of  fear,  and  not  of  peace. 

6  Ask  ye  now,  and  see  whether  a  man  doth  travail  with  child  ? 
Wherefore  do  I  see  every  man  with  his  hands  on  his  loins,  as  a 
woman  in  travail,  and  all  faces  are  turned  into  paleness  ? 

7  Alas  !  for  that  day  is  greatj  so  that  none  is  like  it :  it  is  even  the 
time  of  Jacob's  trouble  :  but  he  shall  be  saved  out  of  it. 

8  For  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
that  I  will  break  his  yoke  from  off  thy  neck,  and  will  burst  thy 
bonds,  and  strangers  shall  no  more  serve  themselves  of  him  : 

9  But  they  shall  serve  the  Lord  their  God,  and  David  their  king, 
whom  I  will  raise  up  unto  them. 

10  IT  Therefore  fear  thou  not,  0  ray  servant  Jacob,  saith  the 
Lord  ;  neither  be  dismayed,  O  Israel :  for,  lo,  I  will  save  thee  from 
afar,  and  thy  seed  from  the  land  of  their  captivity  ;  and  Jacob  shall 
return,  and  shall  be  in  rest,  and  be  quiet,  and  none  shall  make  him 
afraid. 

11  For  I  am  with  thee,  saith  the  Lord,  to  save  thee  :  though  I 
make  a  full  end  of  all  nations  whither  I  have  scattered  thee,  yet  will 
I  not  make  a  full  end  of  thee  :  but  I  will  correct  thee  in  measure, 
and  will  not  leave  thee  altogether  unpunished. 

12  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Thy  bruise  is  incurable,  ayid  thy 
w^ound  is  grievous. 

13  There  is  none  to  plead  thy  cause,  that  thou  mayest  be  bound 
up  :  thou  hast  no  healing  medicines. 

14  All  thy  lovers  have  forgotten  thee  :  they  seek  thee  not :  for  I 
have  wounded  thee  with  the  wound  of  an  enemy,  with  the  chastise- 
ment of  a  cruel  one,  for  the  multitude  of  thine  iniquity;  because  thy 
sins  were  increased. 

15  Why  cryest  thou  for  thine  affliction  ?  Thy  sorrow  is  incurable 
for  the  multitude  of  thine  iniquity  :  because  thy  sins  were  increased, 
I  have  done  these  things  unto  thee. 

16  Therefore  all  they  that  devour  thee  shall  be  devoured  ;  and  all 
thine  adversaries,  every  one  of  them,  shall  go  into  captivity ;    and 


276  Jeremiah. 

they  that  spoil  thee  shall  be  a  spoil,  and  all  that  prey  upon  thee  will 
I  give  for  a  prey. 

17  For  I  will  restore  health  unto  thee,  and  I  will  heal  thee  of  thy 
wounds,  saith  the  Lord  ;  because  they  called  thee  an  Outcast,  say- 
ing. This  is  Zion,  whom  no  man  seeketh  after. 

18  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Behold,  I  will  bring  again  the  captivity 
of  Jacob's  tents,  and  have  mercy  on  his  dwelling  places  ;  and  the  city 
shall  be  builded  upon  her  own  heap,  and  the  palace  shall  remain  after 
the  manner  thereof. 

19  And  out  of  them  shall  proceed  thanksgiving  and  the  voice  of 
them  that  make  merry  :  and  I  will  multiply  them,  and  they  shall  not 
be  few ;  I  will  also  glorify  them,  and  they  shall  not  be  small. 

20  Their  children  also  shall  be  as  aforetime,  and  their  congrega- 
tion shall  be  established  before  me,  and  I  will  punish  all  that  oppress 
them. 

21  And  their  nobles  shall  be  of  themselves,  and  their  governor 
shall  proceed  from  the  midst  of  them  :  and  I  will  cause  him  to  draw- 
near,  and  he  shall  approach  unto  me  :  for  who  is  this  that  engaged 
his  heart  to  approach  unto  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

22  And  ye  shall  be  my  people,  and  I  will  be  your  God. 

23  Behold,  the  whirlwind  of  the  Lord  goeth  forth  with  fury,  a 
continuing  whirlwind  :  it  shall  fall  with  pain  upon  the  head  of  the 
wicked. 

24  The  fierce  anger  of  the  Lord  shall  not  return,  until  he  have 
done  it,  and  until  he  have  performed  the  intents  of  his  heart :  in  the 
latter  days  ye  shall  consider  it. 

JEREMIAH,    XXXI. 

The  restoration  of  Israel.     Christ  promised :    his  care  over  the 
church. 

1  At  the  same  time,  saith  the  Lord,  will  I  be  the  God  of  all  the 
families  of  Israel,  and  they  shall  be  my  people. 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  The  people  which  ivere  left  of  the  sword 
found  grace  in  the  wilderness  ;  even  Israel,  when  I  went  to  cause 
him  to  rest. 

3  The  Lord  hath  appeared  of  old  unto  me,  saying.  Yea,  I  have 
loved  thee  with  an  everlasting  love  :  therefore  with  loving-kindness 
have  I  drawn  thee. 

4  Again  I  will  build  thee,  and  thou  shalt  be  built,  O  virgin  af 
Israel :  thou  shalt  again  be  adorned  with  thy  tabrets,  and  shalt  go 
forth  in  the  dances  of  them  that  make  merry. 

5  Thou  slialt  yet  plant  vines  upon  the  mountains  of  Samaria  :  the 
planters  shall  plant,  and  shall  eat  themns  comujon  things. 

6  For  there  shall  be  a  day,  that  the  watchmen  upon  the  mount 
Ephraim  shall  cry.  Arise  ye,  and  let  us  go  up  to  Zion  unto  the  Lord 
our  God. 

7  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Sing  with  gladness  for  Jacob,  and 
shout  among  the  chief  of  the  nations  :  publish  ye,  praise  ye,  and  say, 
O  Lord,  save  thy  people,  the  remnant  of  Israel. 

8  Behold  I  will  bring  them  from  the  north  country,  and  gather 
them  from  the  coasts  of  the  earth,  and  with  them  the   blind  and 


Jeremiah.  277 

the  lame,  the  woman  with  child  and  her  that  travaileth  with  child 
together  :  a  great  company  shall  return  thither. 

9  They  shall  come  with  weeping,  and  with  supplications  will  I 
lead  them  :  I  will  cause  them  to  walk  by  the  rivers  of  waters  in  a 
straight  way,  wherein  they  shall  not  stumble ;  for  I  am  father  to 
Israel,  and  Ephraim  is  my  first-born. 

10  Ti  Hear  the  word  of  the  I.ord,  O  ye  nations,  and  declare  it  in 
the  isles  afar  off,  and  say,  He  that  scattered  Israel  will  gather  him, 
and  keep  him,  as  a  shepherd  doth  his  flock. 

11  For  the  Lord  hath  redeemed  Jacob,  and  ransomed  him  from 
the  hand  of  him  that  was  stronger  than  he. 

12  Therefore  they  shall  come  and  sing  in  the  height  of  Zion,  and 
shall  sow  together  to  the  goodness  of  the  Lord,  for  wheat,  and  for 
wine,  and  for  oil,  and  for  the  young  of  the  flock,  and  of  the  herd:  and 
their  soul  shall  be  as  a  watered  garden  ;  and  they  shall  not  sorrow 
any  more  at  all. 

13  Then  shall  the  virgin  rejoice  in  the  dance,  both  young  men  and 
old  together  :  for  I  will  turn  their  mourning  into  joy,  and  will  comfort 
them,  and  make  them  rejoice  from  their  sorrow. 

14  And  I  will  satiate  the  soul  of  the  priests  with  fatness,  and  my 
people  shall  be  satisfied  with  my  goodness,  saith  the  Lord. 

15  H  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  A  voice  was  heard  in  Ramah,  Lamenta- 
tion, and  bitter  weeping  ;  Rachel  weeping  for  her  children,  refused 
to  be  comforted  for  her  children,  because  they  ivere  not. , 

16  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  refrain  thy  voice  from  weeping,  and  thine 
eyes  from  tears  :  for  thy  work  shall  be  rewarded,  saith  the  Lord  ; 
and  they  shall  come  again  from  the  land  of  the  enemy. 

17  And  there  is  hope  in  thine  end,  saith  the  Lord,  that  ^Ay  children 
shall  come  again  to  their  own  border. 

18  II  I  have  surely  heard  Ephraim  bemoaning  himself  thus.  Thou 
hast  chastised  me,  and  I  was  chastised,  as  a  bullock  unaccustomed 
to  the  yoke  :  turn  thou  me,  and  I  shall  be  turned ;  for  thou  art  the 
Lord  my  God. 

19  Surely  after  that  I  was  turned  I  repented  ;  and  after  that  I  was 
instructed  1  smote  upon  7nj/  thigh  :  I  was  ashamed,  yea,  even  con- 
founded, because  I  did  bear  the  reproach  of  my  youth. 

20  Is  Ephraim  my  dear  son  ?  is  he  a  pleasant  cliild  ?  for  since  I 
spake  against  him  I  do  earnestly  reniember  him  still  ;  therefore  my 
bowels  are  troubled  for  him  :  I  will  surely  have  mercy  upon  him, 
saith  the  Lord. 

21  Set  thee  up  way-marks,  make  thee  high  heaps  :  set  thine  heart 
toward  the  highway,  ei\-.i  the  way  which  thou  wentest :  turn  again, 
O  virgin  of  Israel,  turn  ajain  to  these  thy  cities. 

22  H  How  long  wilt  thou  go  about,  0  thou  backsliding  daughter  ? 
for  the  Lord  hath  created  a  new  thing  in  the  earth,  a  woman  shall 
compjss  a  man. 

23  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  As  yet  they 
shall  use  this  speech  in  the  land  of  Judah,  and  in  the  cities  thereof, 
when  1  shall  bring  again  their  captivity.  The  Lord  bless  thee,  O 
habitation  of  justice,  and  mountain  of  holiness. 

24  And  there  shall  dwell  in  Judah  itself,  and  in  all  the  cities 
thereof  together,  husbandmen,  and  they  that  go  forth  with  flocks, 

23* 


278  Jeremiah. 

25  For  I  have  satiated  the  weary  soul,  and  1  have  replenished 
every  sorrowful  soul. 

26  Upon  this  I  awaked,  and  beheld  ;  and  my  sleep  was  sweet  unto 
me. 

27  H  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord,  that  I  will  sow  the 
house  of  Israel,  and  the  house  of  Judah,  with  the  seed  of  man,  and 
with  the  seed  of  beast. 

28  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  like  as  I  have  watched  over 
them,  to  pluck  up,  and  to  break  down,  and  to  throw  down,  and  to 
destroy,  and  to  atflict ;  so  will  I  watch  over  them,  to  build,  and  to 
plant,  saith  the  Lord. 

29  In  those  daj's  they  shall  say  no  more.  The  fathers  have  eaten  a 
sour  grape,  and  the  children's  teeth  are  set  on  edge. 

30  But  every  one  shall  die  for  his  own  iniquity  :  every  man  that 
eateth  the  sour  grapc%  his  teeth  shall  be  set  on  edge. 

31  IT  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord,  that  I  will  make  a 
new  covenant  with  the  house  of  Israel  and  with  the  house  of 
Judah  ; 

32  Not  according  to  the  covenant  that  I  made  with  their 
fathers,  in  the  day  that  I  took  them  by  the  hand,  to  bring  them  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt;  (which  my  covenant  they  brake,  although  I 
was  an  husband  unto  them,  saith  the  Lord  ;) 

33  But  this  shall  he  the  covenant  that  1  will  make  with  the  house 
of  Israel ;  After  those  days,  saith  the  Lord,  I  will  put  my  law  in 
their  inward  paits,  and  write  it  in  their  hearts  ;  and  will  be  their 
God,  and  they  shall  be  my  people. 

34  And  they  shall  teach  no  more  every  man  his  neighbor,  and 
every  man  his  brother,  saying,  Know  the  Lord  :  for  they  shall  all 
know  me,  from  the  least  of  them  unto  the  greatest  of  them,  saith  the 
Lord  :  for  I  will  forgive  their  iniquity,  and  I  will  remember  their 
sin  no  more. 

35  %  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  which  giveth  the  sun  for  a  light  by  day, 
and  the  ordinances  of  the  moon  and  of  the  stars  for  a  light  by  night, 
which  divideth  the  sea  when  the  waves  thereof  roar ;  The  Lord  of 
hosts  is  his  name  : 

36  If  tho^e  ordinances  depart  from  before  me,  saith  the  Lord, 
then  the  seed  of  Israel  also  shall  cease  from  being  a  nation  before  me 
for  ever. 

37  Thus  saitli  the  Lord,  If  heaven  above  can  be  measured, 
and  the  foundations  of  the  earth  searched  out  beneath,  I  will  also 
cast  off  all  the  seed  of  Israel,  for  all  that  they  have  done,  saith  the 
Lord. 

38  1i  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord,  that  tlie  city  shall  be 
built  to  the  Lord,  from  the  tower  of  Hananeel  unto  the  gate  of  the 
corner. 

39  And  the  measuring-line  shall  go  forth  over  against  it  upon  the 
hill  Gareh,  and  shall  compass  about  to  Goath. 

40  Ai'd  the  whole  valley  of  the  dead  bodies,  and  of  the  ashes,  and 
all  the  fields,  unto  the  brook  of  Kidron,  unto  the  corner  of  the  horse- 
gate  toward  the  east,  shall  he  holy  unto  the  Lord  ;  it  shall  not  be 
plucked  up,  nor  thrown  down,  any  more  for  ever, 


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EZEKIEL,    I. 

1  Now  it  came  to  pass  in  the  thirtieth*  year,  in  the  fourth  month, 
in  the  fifth  day  of  the  month,  as  I  was  among  the  captives  by  the 
river  of  Chebar,  that  the  heavens  were  opened,  and  I  saw  visions  of 
God. 

2  In  the  fifth  day  of  the  month,  which  was  the  fifth  year  of  king 
Jehoiachin's  captivity, 

3  Tlie  word  of  tlie  Lord  came  expressly  unto  Ezekiel  the  priest, 
the  son  of  Buzi,  in  the  land  of  the  Chaldeans,  by  the  river  Chebar  ; 
and  the  hand  of  the  Lord  was  there  upon  him. 

4  TI  And  I  looked,  and,  behold,  a  whirlwind  came  out  of  the  north, 
a  great  cloud,  and  a  fire  infolding  itself,  and  a  brightness  ivas  about 
it,  and  out  of  the  midst  thereof  as  the  color  of  amber,  out  of  the 
midst  of  the  fire, 

5  Also  out  of  the  midst  thereof  came  the  likeness  of  four  living 
creatures.  And  this  was  their  appearance  ;  they  had  the  likeness  of 
a  man. 

6  And  every  one  had  four  faces,  and  every  one  had  four  wings. 

7  And  their  feet  were  straight  feet ;  and  the  sole  of  their  feet  was 
like  the  sole  of  a  calf's  foot :  and  they  sparkled  like  the  color  of 
burnished  brass. 

8  And  they  had  the  hands  of  a  man  under  their  wings  on  their 
four  sides  ;  and  they  four  had  their  faces  and  their  wings. 

9  Their  wings  were  joined  one  to  another  ;  they  turned  not  when 
they  went ;  they  went  every  one  straight  forward. 

10  As  for  the  likeness  of  their  faces,  they  four  had  the  face  of  a 
man,  and  the  face  of  a  lion,  on  the  right  side  ;  and  they  four  had  the 
face  of  an  ox  on  the  left  side ;  they  four  also  had  the  face  of  an 
eagle. 

11  Thus  tcere  their  faces  :  and  their  wings  were  stretched  up- 
ward;  two  wings  of  every  one  were  joined  one  to  another,  and  two 
covered  their  bodies. 

12  And  they  went  every  one  straight  forward  :  whither  the  spirit 
was  to  go  they  went ;  and  they  turned  not  when  they  went. 

13  As  for  the  likeness  of  the  living  creatures,  their  appearance  tt>as 
like  burning  coals  of  fire,  and  like  the  appearance  of  lamps  :  it  went  ' 
up  and  down  among  the  living  creatures  ;  and  the  fire  was  bright, 
and  out  of  the  fire  went  forth  lightning. 

14  And  the  living  creatures  ran  and  returned  as  the  appearance  of 
a  flash  of  lightning. 

15  TT  Now,  as  I  beheld  the  living  creatures,  behold,  one  wheel 
upon  the  earth  by  the  living  creatiu'es,  with  his  four  faces. 

16  The  appearance  of  the  wheels  and  their  work  ivas  like  unto  the 
color  of  a  beryl ;  and  they  four  had  one  likeness  :  and  their  appear- 
ance and  their  work  was  as  it  were  a  wheel  in  the  middle  of  a 
wheel. 

*  Thirtieth  year.  It  is  difficult  to  determine  to  what  date  the  prophet  here 
alludes.  Some  suppose  he  refers  to  the  time  of  Josiah's  reformation;  some  to  the 
accession  of  Nabo-holassar  to  the  throne  of  Babylon  ;  and  others  still  to  the  years 
of  his  own  life.  Let  those  who  would  see  the  arguments  on  this  subject  consult 
Scott,  and  other  commentators. 


280  Ezelciel. 

17  When  they  went,  they  went  upon  their  four  sides ;  and  they 
turned  not  when  they  went. 

18  As  for  their  rin2;s,  they  were  so  high  that  they  were  dreadful ; 
and  their  rings  icere  full  of  eyes  round  about  them  four. 

19  And  when  the  living  creatures  went,  the  wheels  went  by 
them  ;  and  when  the  living  creatures  were  lifted  up  from  the  earth, 
the  wheels  were  lifted  up. 

20  Whithersoever  the  spirit  was  to  go  they  went,  thither  was  their 
spirit  to  go ;  and  the  wheels  were  lifted  up  over  against  them  :  for 
the  spirit  of  the  living  creature  was  in  the  wheels. 

21  >Yhen  those  went,  these  went -^  and  when  those  stood,  these 
stood  ;  and  when  those  were  lifted  up  from  the  earth,  the  wheels 
were  lifted  up  over  against  them  :  for  the  spirit  of  the  living  crea- 
tures teas  in  the  wheels, 

22  And  the  likeness  of  the  firmament  upon  the  heads  of  the  living 
creature  was  as  the  color  of  the  terrible  crystal,  stretched  forth  over 
their  heads  above. 

23  And  under  the  firmament  were  their  wings  straight,  the  one 
toward  the  other  :  every  one  had  two,  which  covered  on  this  side, 
and  every  one  had  two,  which  covered  on  that  side,  their  bodies. 

24  And  when  they  went,  I  heard  the  noise  of  their  wings,  like  the 
noise  of  great  waters,  as  the  voice  of  the  Almighty,  the  voice  of 
speech  as  the  noise  of  an  host :  when  they  stood  they  let  down  their 
wings. 

2-5  And  there  w^as  a  voice  from  the  firmament  that  was  over  their 
heads,  when  they  stood,  and  had  let  down  their  wings. 

26  U  And  above  the  firmament  that  icas  over  their  heads  was  the 
likeness  of  a  throne  as  the  appearance  of  a  sapphire  stone:  and  upon 
the  likeness  of  the  throne  loas  the  likeness  as  the  appearance  of  a 
man  above  upon  it. 

27  And  I  saw  as  the  color  of  amber,  as  the  appeaiance  of  fire 
round  about  within  it,  from  the  appearance  of  his  loins  even  upward, 
and  from  the  appearance  of  his  loins  even  downward,  I  saw  as  it 
were  the  appearance  of  fire,  and  it  had  brightness  round  about. 

28  As  the  appearance  of  the  bow  that  is  in  the  cloud  in  the  day  of 
rain,  so  ivas  the  appearance  of  the  brightness  round  about.  This  icas 
the  appearance  of  the  likeness  of  the  glory  of  the  Lord.  And 
when  1  saw  it,  I  fell  upon  my  face,  and  I  heard  a  voice  of  one  that 
spake. 

EZEKIEL,    11. 

EzekieVs  coimnission  :  his  instructions  :  the  roll  of  his  heavy  pro- 
phecy. 

1  And  he  said  unto  me,  Son  of  man,  stand  upon  thy  feet,  and  I 
will  speak  unto  thee. 

2  And  the  spirit  entered  into  me  when  he  spake  unto  me,  and  set 
me  upon  my  feet,  that  1  heard  him  that  spake  unto  me. 

3  And  he  said  unto  me,  Son  of  man,  I  send  thee  to  the  children  of 
Israel,  to  a  rebelUous  nation  that  hath  rebelled  against  me  :  they  and 
their  fathers  have  transgressed  against  me,  even  unto  this  very  day. 

4  For  they  are  impudent  children,   and  stiff-hearted :  I  do  send 


Ezekiel  281 

thee  unto  them  ;  and  thou  shalt  say  unto  them,  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God. 

5  And  they,  whether  they  will  hear,  or  whether  they  will  forbear, 
(for  they  are  a  rebellious  house,)  yet  shall  know  that  there  hath  been 
a  prophet  among  them. 

6  IT  And  thou,  son  of  man,  be  not  afraid  of  them,  neither  Be  afraid 
of  their  words,  though  briers  and  thorns  he  with  thee,  and  thou  dost 
dwell  among  scorpions  :  be  not  afraid  of  their  words,  nor  be  dismayed 
at  their  looks,  though  they  be  a  rebellious  house. 

7  And  thou  shalt  speak  my  words  unto  them,  whether  they  will 
hear,  or  whether  they  will  forbear  ;  for  they  are  most  rebellious. 

8  But  thou,  son  of  man,  hear  what  I  say  unto  thee  ;  Be  not  thou 
rebellious  like  that  rebellious  house  :  open  thy  mouth,  and  eat  that  I 
give  thee. 

9  TT  And  when  I  looked,  behold,  an  hand  was  sent  unto  me  ;  and, 
lo,  a  roll  of  a  book  was  therein  ; 

10  And  he  spread  it  before  me  :  and  it  was  written  within  and 
without :  and  there  was  written  therein  lamentations,  and  mourning, 
and  woe. 


EZEKIEL,    III. 

Ezekiel  eateth  the  roll:  God  shewethhim  the  rule  of  prophesy,  and 
shutteth  and  openeth  the  propheVs  mouth. 

1  Moreover  he  said  unto  me.  Son  of  man,  eat  that  thou  findest ; 
eat  this  roll,  and  go  speak  unto  the  house  of  Israel. 

2  So  I  opened  my  mouth,  and  he  caused  me  to  eat  that  roll. 

3  And  he  said  unto  me.  Son  of  man,  cause  thy  belly  to  eat  and  fill 
thy  bowels  with  this  roll  that  I  give  thee.  Then  did  I  eat  it:  and  it 
was  in  my  mouth  as  honey  for  sweetness. 

4  Tl  And  he  said  unto  me,  Son  of  man,  go  get  thee  unto  the  house 
of  Israel,  and  speak  with  my  words  unto  them. 

5j.For  thou  art  not  sent  to  a  people  of  a  strange  speech,  and  of  an 
hard  language,  but  to  the  house  of  Israel : 

6  Not  to  many  people  of  a  strange  speech,  and  of  an  hard  lan- 
guage, whose  words  thou  canst  not  understand  :  surely,  had  I  sent 
thee  to  them,  they  would  have  hearkened  unto  thee. 

7  But  the  house  of  Israel  will  not  hearken  unto  thee  ;  for  they 
will  not  hearken  unto  me  :  for  all  the  house  of  Israel  are  impudent 
and  hard-hearted. 

8  Behold,  I  have  made  thy  face  strong  against  their  faces,  and  thy 
forehead  strong  against  their  foreheads. 

9  As  an  adamant,  harder  than  flint,  have  I  made  thy  forehead  : 
fear  them  not,  neither  be  dismayed  at  their  looks,  though  they  be  a 
rebellious  house. 

10  Moreover,  he  said  unto  me.  Son  of  man,  all  my  words  that  I 
shall  speak  unto  thee  receive  in  thine 'heart,  and  hear  with  thine 
ears. 

11  And  go,  get  thee  to  them  of  the  captivity,  unto  the  children  of 
thy  people,  and  speak  unto  them,  and  tell  them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God,  whether  they  will  hear,  or  whether  they  will  forbear. 

12  Then  the  spirit  took  me  up,  and  I  heard  behind  me  a  voice  of  a 


282  Ezekiel. 

great  rushing,  saying.  Blessed  he  the  glory  of  the  Lord  from  his 
place. 

13  I  heard  also  the  noise  of  the  wings  of  the  living  creatures  that 
touched  one  another,  and  the  noise  of  the  wheels  over  against  them, 
and  a  noise  of  a  great  lushing. 

14  So  the  spirit  lifted  me  up,  and  took  me  away,  and  I  went  in 
bitterness,  in  the  heat  of  my  spirit;  but  the  hand  of  the  Lord  was 
strong  upon  me.. 

15  *I  Then  I  came  to  them  of  the  captivity  at  Tel-abib,  that  dwelt 
by  the  river  of  Chebar,  and  I  sat  where  they  sat,  and  remained  there 
astonislied  among  them  seven  days. 

16  And  it  came  to  pass,  at  the  end  of  seven  days,  that  the  word  of 
the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

17  Son  of  man,  I  have  made  thee  a  watchman  unto  the  house  of 
Israel :  therefore,  hear  the  word  at  my  mouth,  and  give  them  warn- 
ing from  n>e. 

18  When  I  say  unto  the  wicked.  Thou  shalt  surely  die  ;  and  thou 
givest  him  not  warning,  nor  speakest  to  warn  the  wicked  from  his 
wicked  way,  to  save  his  life ;  the  same  wicked  man  shall  die  in  his 
iniquity  :  belt  his  blood  wall  I  require  at  thine  hand. 

19  Yet  if  thou  warn  the  wicked,  and  he  turn  not  from  his  wicked- 
ness, nor  from  his  wicked  way,  he  shall  die  in  his  iniquity :  but  thou 
hast  delivered  thy  soul. 

20  Again,  when  a  righteous  man  doth  turn  from  his  righteousness, 
and  commit  iniquity,  and  I  lay  a  stumbling-block  before  him,  he  shall 
die  :  because  thou  hast  not  given  him  warning,  he  shall  die  in  his  sin, 
and  his  righteousness  which  he  hath  done  shall  not  be  remembered  ; 
but  his  blood  will  I  require  at  thine  hand. 

21  Nevertheless,  if  thou  warn  the  righteous  man,  that,  the  right- 
eous sin  not,  and  he  doth  not  sin,  he  shall  surely  live,  because  he  is 
warned  :  also  thou  hast  delivered  thy  soul. 

22  IT  And  the  hand  of  the  Lord  was  there  upon  me,  and  said  unto 
me,  Arise,  go  forth  into  the  plain,  and  I  will  there  talk  with  thee. 

23  Then  I  arose,  and  went  forth  into  the  plain,  and  behold,  the 
glory  of  the  Lord  stood  there,  as  the  glory  which  I  saw  by  the  river 
of  Chebar  ;  and  I  fell  on  my  face. 

24  Then  the  spirit  entered  into  me,  and  set  me  upon  my  feet,  and 
spake  with  me,  and  said  unto  me,  Go,  shut  thyself  within  thine  house. 

25  But  thou,  O  son  of  man,  behold,  they  shall  put  bands  upon 
thee,  and  siiall  bind  thee  with  them,  and  thou  shalt  not  go  out  among 
them : 

26  And  I  will  make  thy  tongue  cleave  to  the  roof  of  thy  mouth, 
that  thou  shalt  be  dumb,  and  shalt  not  be  to  them  a  reprover:  for 
they  are  a  rebellious  house. 

27  But  when  I  speak  with  thee,  I  will  open  thy  mouth,  and  thou 
shalt  say  unto  them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  He  that  heareth,  let 
him  hear ;  and  he  that  forbeareth,  let  him  forbear  :  for  they  are  a 
rebellious  house. 


By  the  type  of  a  siege  is  shewed  the  time  from   Jerusalem-s  defec- 
tion to  the  captivity. 
1  Thou  also,  son  of  man,  take  thee  a  tile,  and  lay  it  before  thee, 
and  pourtray  upon  it  the  city,  even  Jerusalem : 


Ezekiel  283 

2  And  lay  siege  against  it,  and  build  a  fort  against  it,  and  cast  a 
mount  against  it ;  set  the  camp  also  against  it,  and  set  battering  rams 
against  it  round  about. 

3  Moreover  take  thou  unto  thee  an  iron  pan,  and  set  it  for  a  wall 
of  iron  between  thee  and  the  city  ;  and  set  thy  face  against  it,  and  it 
shall  be  besieged,  and  thou  shalt  lay  siege  against  it.  This  .s7ta//  he 
a  sign  to  the  house  of  Israel. 

4"  Lie  thou  also  upon  thy  left  side,  and  lay  the  iniquity  of  the  house 
of  Israel  upon  it :  according  to  the  number  of  the  days  that  thou 
shalt  lie  upon  it  thou  shalt  bear  their  iniquity. 

5  For  I  have  laid  upon  thee  the  years  of  their  iniquity,  according 
to  the  number  Of  the  days,  three  hundred  and  ninety  days :  so  shalt 
thou  bear  the  iniquity  of  the  house  of  Israel. 

6  And  when  tliou  hast  accomplished  them,  lie  again  on  thy  right 
side,  and  thou  shalt  bear  the  iniquity  of  the  house  of  Judah  forty 
days :  I  have  appointed  thee  each  day  for  a  year. 

7  Therefore  thou  shalt  set  thy  face  toward  the  siege  of  Jerusalem, 
and  thine  arm  shall  he  uncovered,  and  thou  shalt  prophesy  against 
it. 

8  And  behold,  I  will  lay  bands  upon  thee,  and  thou  shalt  not  turn 
thee  from  one  side  to  another,  till  thou  hast  ended  the  daj^s  of  thy 
siege. 

9  If  Take  thou  also  unto  thee  wheat,  and  barley,  and  beans,  and 
lentiles,  and  millet,  and  fitches,  and  put  them  in  one  ves?e!,aiK]  make 
thee  bread  thereof,  according  to  the  number  of  the  days  that  (l\ou 
shalt  lie  upon  thy  side  :  three  hundred  and  ninety  days  shalt  thou  eat 
thereof. 

10  And  thy  meat  which  thou  shalt  eat  shall  he  by  weight,  tvvetity 
shekels  a  day  :  from  time  to  time  shalt  thou  eat  it. 

11  Thou  shalt  drink  also  water  by  measure,  the  s\\i\\  part  of  an 
hin  :  from  (imo  to  time  shalt  thou  druik, 

12  And  thou  shalt  eat  it  as  barley  cakes,  and  tlsou  shalt  bake  it 
with  dung  that  cometh^out  of  man,  in  (heir  sight. 

13  And  the  Lord  satcl,  Even  thus  shall  the  children  of  Israel  eat 
their  defiled  bread  among  the  Gentiles,  whither  1  will  drive  them. 

14  Then  said  I,  Ah  Lord  God  !  behold,  my  soul  hath  not  been 
polluted  :  for  from  my  youth  up,  even  till  now,  have  I  not  eaten  of 
that  which  dicth  of  itself,  or  is  torn  in  pieces ;  neither  came  tl-.ere 
abominable  flesh  into  mv  mouth. 

15  Then  he  said  unto'me,  Lo,  i  have  given  thee  cow's  dung  for 
man's  dung,  and  thou  shalt  prepaie  thy  bread  therewith. 

16  TI  Moreover  he  said  unto  me.  Son  of  man,  behold,  I  will  break 
the  staff  of  bread  in  Jerusalem  ;  and  they  shall  eat  bread  by  weight, 
and  with  care  ;  and  they  shall  drink  water  by  measure,  and  with 
astonishment : 

17  That  they  may  want  bread  and  water,  and  be  astonied  one  wit'; 
another,  and  consume  away  for  their  iniquity. 

EZEKIEL,    v. 

Under  the  type  of  hair,  is  shelved  the  judgment  of  Jerusalem  for 
their  rebellion,  by  famine,  sword,  and  dispersion. 
1  And  thou,  son  of  man,  take  thee  a  sharp  knife,  take  thee  a  bar- 


284  Ezckicl 

ber's  razor,  and  cause  it  to  pass  upon  thine  head,  and  upon  thy 
beard ;  then  take  thee  bahances  to  weigh  and  divide  the  hair. 

2  Thou  shalt  burn  with  fire  a  third  part  in  the  midst  of  the  city, 
when  the  days  of  the  siege  are  fulfilled  ;  and  thou  shalt  take  a  third 
part  and  smite  about  it  with  a  knife  ;  and  a  thhd  part  thou  shalt 
scatter  in  the  wind  :  and  I  will  draw  out  a  sword  after  them. 

3  Thou  shalt  also  take  thereof  a  few  in  number,  and  bind  them  in 
thy  skirts. 

4  Then  take  of  tlfem  again,  and  cast  them  into  the  "midst  of  the 
fire,  and  burn  them  in  the  lire  ;  for  thereof  shall  a  fire  come  forth 
into  all  the  house  of  Israel. 

5  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  This  is  Jerusalem  :  I  have  set  it 
in  the  midst  of  the  nations  and  countries  that  are  round  about 
her. 

6  And  she  hath  changed  my  judgments  into  wickedness  more  than 
the  nations,  and  my  statutes  more  than  the  countries  that  are  round 
about  her  ;  for  they  have  refused  my  judgments  and  my  statutes, 
they  have  not  walked  in  them. 

7  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Because  ye  multiplied  more 
than  the  nations  that  are  round  about  you,  and  have  not  walked  in 
my  statutes,  neither  have  kept  my  judgments,  neither  have  done 
according  to  the  judgments  of  the  nations  that  are  round  about 
you ; 

8  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Behold  I,  even  I,  am  against 
thee,  and  will  execute  judgments  in  the  midst  of  thee,  in  the  sight 
of  the  nations. 

9  And  I  w  ill  do  in  thee  that  which  I  have  not  done,  and  where- 
unto  I  will  not  do  any  more  the  like  ;  because  of  all  thine  abomina- 
tions. 

10  Therefore  the  fathers  shall  eat  the  sons  in  the  midst  of  thee,  and 
the  sons  shall  eat  their  fathers  ;  and  I  will  execute  judgments  in 
thee,  and  the  whole  remnant  of  thee  will  I  scatter  into  all  the 
winds. 

11  WTierefore,  as  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  Gb^,  Surely,  because  thou 
hast  defiled  my  sanctuary  with  all  thy  detestable  things,  and  with  all 
thine  abominations,  therefore  will  I  also  diminish  thee ;  neither  shall 
mine  eye  spare,  neither  will  I  have  any  pity. 

12  Tl  A  third  part  of  thee  shall  die  with  the  pestilence,  and  with 
famine  shall  they  be  consumed  in  the  midst  of  thee  ;  and  a  third  part 
shall  fall  by  the  sword  round  about  thee  ;  and  I  will  scatter  a  third 
part  into  all  the  winds  ;  and  I  will  draw  out  a  sword  after  them. 

13  Thus  shall  mine  anger  be  accomplished,  and  I  will  cause  my 
fury  to  rest  upon  them,  and  I  will  be  comforted:  and  they  shall  know 
that  I  the  Lord  liave  spoken  it  in  my  zeal,  when  1  have  accom- 
plished my  fury  in  them. 

14  Moreover,  I  will  make  thee  waste,  and  a  reproach  among  the 
nations  that  are  round  about  thee,  in  the  sight  of  all  that  pass  by. 

15  So  it  shall  be  a  reproach  and  a  taunt,  an  instruction  and  an 
astonishment,  unto  the  nations  that  ore  round  about  thee,  when  I 
shall  execute  judgments  in  thee,  in  anger  and  in  fury,  and  in  furious 
rebukes.     I  the  Lord  have  spoken  it.  " 

16  When  I  shall  send  upon  them  the  evil  arrows  of  famine,  which 
shall  be  for  their  destruction,  and  which  I  will  send  to  destroy  you  : 


Ezekiel  285 

and  I  will  increase  the  famine  upon  you,  and  will  break  your  staff  of 
bread. 

17  So  will  I  send  upon  you  famine,  and  evil  beasts,  and  they  shall 
bereave  thee ;  and  pestilence  and  blood  shall  pass  through  thee  ;  and 
I  will  bring  the  sword  upon  thee.     I  the  Lord  have  spoken  it. 

EZEKIEL,    VI. 

The  judgment  of  Israel  for  their  idolatry.     A  remnant  shall  be 
eaved.     The  faithful  are  exhorted  to  lament  their  calajnities. 

1  And  the  woi-d  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  set  thy  face  toward  the  mountains  of  Israel,  and 
prophesy  against  them, 

3  And  say,  Ye  mountains  of  Israel,  hear  the  word  of  the  Lord 
God  ;  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  to  the  mountains  and  to  the  hills,  to 
the  rivers  and  to  the  valleys,  Behold  I,  even  I,  will  bring  a  sword 
upon  you,  and  I  will  destroy  your  high  places  : 

4  And  your  altars  shall  be  desolate,  and  your  images  shall  be 
broken  ;  and  I  will  cast  down  your  slain  men  before  your  idols. 

5  And  I  will  lay  the  dead  carcasses  of  the  children  of  Israel  before 
their  idols;  and  I  will  scatter  your  bones  round  about  your  altars. 

6  In  all  your  dwelling-places  the  cities  shall  be  laid  waste,  and  the 
high  places  shall  be  desolate ;  that  your  altars  may  be  laid  waste  and 
made  desolate,  and  your  idols  may  be  broken  and  cease,  and  your 
images  may  be  cut  down,  and  your  works  may  be  abolished, 

7  And  the  slain  shall  fall  in  the  midst  of  you  ;  and  ye  shall  know 
that  I  a?n  the  Lord. 

8  IT  Yet  will  I  leave  a  remnant,  that  ye  may  have  some  that  shall 
escape  the  sword  among  the  nations,  when  ye  shall  be  scattered 
through  the  countries. 

9  And  they  that  escape  of  you  shall  remember  me  among  the 
nations,  whither  they  shall  be  cairied  captives,  because  I  am  broken 
with  their  whorish  heart,  which  hath  departed  from  me,  and  with 
their  eye;:,  which  go  a  whoring  after  their  idols  :  and  they  shall 
loathe  theiTiselves  tor  the  evils  which  they  have  committed  in  all 
their  abominations. 

10  And  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord,  and  that  I  have  not 
said  in  vain  that  I  would  do  this  evil  unto  them. 

11  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Smite  with  thine  hand,  and  stamp 
with  thy  foot,  and  say,  Alas,  for  all  the  evil  abominations  of  the  house 
of  Israel !  for  they  shall  fall  by  the  sword,  by  the  famine,  and  by  the 
pestilence. 

12  He  that  is  far  off  shall  die  of  the  pestilence  ;  and  he  that  is 
near  shall  fall  by  the  sword ;  and  he  that  remaineth  and  is  besieged 
shall  die  by  the  famine  :  thus  will  I  accomplish  rny  fury  upon 
them. 

13  Then  shall  ye  know  that  I  am  the  Lord,  when  their  slain  men 
shall  be  among  their  idols  round  about  their  altars,  upon  every  high 
hill,  in  all  the  tops  of  the  mountains,  and  under  every  green  tree, 
and  under  every  thick  oak,  the  place  where  they  did  offer  sweet 
savor  to  all  their  idols. 

14  So  will  I  stretch  out  my  hand  upon  them,  and  make  the  land 

24 


286  Ezekiel 

desolate ;  yea,  more  desolate  than  the  wilderness  toward  Diblatb, 
in  all  their  habitations  ;  and  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

EZEKIEL,    VII. 

IsraeVs  final  desolation.  The  mournful  repentance  of  them  that 
escape.  Under  the  type  of  a  chain  is  shelved  their  miserable 
captivity. 

1  Moreover  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying;, 

2  Also,  thou  son  of  man,  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  unto  the  land  of 
Israel ;  An  end,  the  end  is  come  upon  the  four  corners  of  the 
land. 

Z  Now  is  the  end  come  upon  thee,  and  I  will  send  mine  anger 
upon  thee,  and  will  judge  thee  according  to  thy  ways,  and  will 
recompense  upon  thee  all  thine  abominations. 

4  And  mine  eye  shall  not  spare  thee,  neither  will  I  have  pity  :  but 
I  will  recompense  thy  ways  upon  thee,  and  thine  abominations  shall 
be  in  the  midst  of  thee  ;  and  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

5  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  An  evil,  an  only  evil,  behold,  is 
come. 

6  An  end  is  come,  the  end  is  come :  it  watcheth  for  thee  ;  behold, 
it  is  come. 

7  The  morning  is  come  unto  thee,  O  thou  that  dwellest  in  the 
land  :  the  time  is  come,  the  day  of  trouble  is  near,  and  not  the  sound- 
ing again  of  the  mountains. 

8  Now  will  I  shortly  pour  out  my  fury  upon  thee,  and  accomplish 
mine  anger  upon  thee  ;  and  1  will  judge  thee  according  to  thy  ways, 
and  will  recompense  thee  for  all  thine  abominations. 

9  And  mine  eye  shall  not  spare,  neither  will  I  have  pity  :  I  will 
recompen!=e  thee  according  to  thy  ways,  and  thine  abominations  that 
are  in  the  midst  of  thee  ;  and  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  that 
smiteth. 

10  BehoUl  the  day,  behold,  it  is  come  :  the  morning  is  gone  forth  : 
the  rod  hath  blossomed,  pride  hath  budded. 

11  Violence  is  risen  up  into  a  rod  of  wickedness:  none  of  them 
shall  remain,  nor  of  their  multitude,  nor  of  any  of  theirs  :  neither 
shall  there  he  wailing  for  them. 

12  The  tijne  is  come,  the  day  draweth  near:  let  not  the  buyer 
rejoice,  nor  the  seller  mourn :  for  wrath  is  upon  all  the  multitude 
thereof. 

13  For  the  seller  shall  not  return  to  that  which  is  sold,  although 
they  were  yet  alive  :  for  the  vision  is  touching  the  whole  multitude 
thereof,  which  shall  not  return  ;  neither  shall  any  strengthen  himself 
in  the  iniquity  of  his  life. 

14  They  have  blown  the  trumpet,  even  to  make  all  ready  ;  but 
none  goeth  to  the  battle  :  for  my  wrath  is  upon  all  the  multitude 
thereof. 

15  The  sword  is  without,  and  the  pestilence  and  the  famine  with- 
in :  he  that  is  in  the  field  shall  die  with  the  sword  ;  and  he  that  is  in 
the  city,  famine  and  pestilence  shall  devour  him. 

16  U  But  they  that  escape  of  them  shall  escape,  and  shall  be  on 
the  mountains  like  doves  of  the  valleys,  all  of  them  mourning,  every 
one  for  his  iniquity. 


JEzekiel.     Zedekiah.  287 

17  All  hands  shall  be  feeble,  and  all  knees  shall  be  weak  as 
water. 

18  They  shall  also  gird  thetnselves  with  sackcloth,  and  horror  shall 
cover  them  ;  and  shame  shall  he  upon  all  faces,  and  baldness  upon  all 
their  heads. 

19  They  shall  cast  their  silver  in  the  streets,  and  their  gold  shall  be 
removed  ;  their  silver  and  their  gold  shall  not  be  able  to  deliver  them 
in  the  day  of  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  :  they  shall  not  satisfy  their 
souls,  neither  fill  their  bowels ;  because  it  is  the  stumbling-block  of 
their  iniquity. 

20  TF  As  for  the  beauty  of  his  ornament,  he  set  it  in  majesty  ;  but 
they  made  the  images  of  their  abominations,  and  of  their  detestable 
things  therein:  therefore  have  I  set  it  far  from  them. 

21  And  I  will  give  it  into  the  hands  of  the  strangers  for  a  prey, 
and  to  the  wicked  of  the  earth  for  a  spoil ;  and  they  shall  pollute 
it. 

22  My  face  will  I  turn  also  from  them,  and  they  shall  pollute  my 
secret  place  :  for  the  robbers  shall  enter  into  it,  and  defile  it. 

23  T[  Make  a  chain ;  for  the  land  is  full  of  bloody  crimes,  and  the 
city  is  full  of  violence. 

24  Wherefore  I  will  bring  the  worst  of  the  heathen,  and  they 
shall  possess  their  houses  :  I  will  also  make  the  pomp  of  the  strong 
to  cease,  and  their  holy  places  shall  be  defiled. 

25  Destruction  cometh;  and  they  shall  seek  peace,  and  there  shall 
be  none. 

26  Mischief  shall  come  upon  mischief,  and  rumor  shall  be  upon 
rumor ;  then  shall  they  seek  a  vision  of  the  prophet  :  but  the  law 
shall  perish  from  the  priest,  and  counsel  from  the  ancients. 

27  The  king  shall  mourn,  and  the  prince  shall  be  clothed  with 
desolation,  and  the  hands  of  the  people  of  the  land  shall  be  troubled : 
I  will  do  unto  them  after  their  way,  and  according  to  their  deserts 
will  I  judge  them;  and  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

2   CHRONICLES,  XXXVI.  B.  C.  593. 

11  IT  Zedekiah  was  one  and  twenty  years  old  when  he  began  to 
reign,  and  reigned  eleven  years  in  Jerusalem. 

12  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord  his 
God,  ajid  humbled  not  himself  before  Jeremiah  the  prophet  s;pea/fm^ 
from  the  mouth  of  the  Lord. 

13  And  he  also  rebelled  against  king  Nebuchadnezzar,  who  had 
made  him  swear  by  God  :  but  he  stiffened  his  neck,  and  hardened  his 
heart  from  turning  unto  the  Lord  God  of  Israel. 

14  IT  Moreover  all  the  chief  of  the  priests  and  the  people  trans- 
gressed very  much  after  all  the  abominations  of  the  heathen ;  and 
polluted  the  house  of  the  Lord  which  he  had  hallowed  in  Jeru- 
salem. 

15  And  the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers  sent  to  them  by  his  mes- 
sengers, rising  up  betimes,  and  sending ;  because  he  had  compassion 
on  his  people,  and  on  his  dwelling-place. 

16  But  they  mocked  the  messengers  of  God,  and  despised  his 
words,  and  misused  his  prophets,  until  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  arose 
against  his  people,  till  there  was  no  remedy. 


288  Ezehiel 

EZEKIEL,    VIII. 

EzekieVs  vision  of  jealousy.     The  chambers  of  imagery. 

1  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  sixth  year,  in  the  sixth  month,  in  the 
fifth  day  of  the  month,  as  I  sat  in  mine  house,  and  the  elders  of 
Judah  sat  before  me,  that  the  hand  of  the  Lord  God  fell  there  upon 
me. 

2  Then  I  beheld,  and,  lo,  a  likeness  as  the  appearance  of  fire  ; 
from  the  appearance  of  his  loins,  even  downward,  fire  :  and  from  his 
loins,  even  upward,  as  the  appearance  of  brightness,  as  the  color  of 
amber. 

3  And  he  put  forth  the  form  of  an  hand,  and  took  me  by  a  lock  of 
mine  head,  and  the  spirit  lifted  me  up  between  the  earth  and  the 
heaven,  and  brought  me  in  the  visions  of  God  to  Jerusalem,  to  the 
door  of  the  inner  gate  that  looketh  toward  the  north,  where  was  the 
seat  of  the  image  of  jealousy,  which  provoketh  to  jealousy. 

4  And,  behold,  the  glory  of  the  God  of  Israel  was  there,  according 
to  the  vision  that  I  saw  in  the  plain. 

5  TI  Then  said  he  unto  me.  Son  of  man,  lift  up  thine  eyes  now  the 
way  toward  the  north.  So  I  lifted  up  mine  eyes  the  way  toward? 
the  north,  and,  behold,  northward  at  the  gate  of  the  altar,  this  image 
of  jealousy  in  the  entry. 

6  He  said,  furthermore,  unto  me.  Son  of  man,  seest  thou  what 
they  do  ?  even  the  great  abominations  that  the  house  of  Israel  com- 
mitteth  here,  that  I  should  go  far  off  from  my  sanctuary  ?  But  turn 
thee  yet  again,  and  thou  shalt  see  greater  abominations. 

7  H  And  he  brought  me  to  the  door  of  the  court ;  and  when  I 
looked,  behold,  a  hole  in  the  wall. 

8  Then  said  he  unto  me,  Son  of  man,  dig  now  in  the  wall :  and 
when  I  had  digged  in  the  wall,  behold,  a  door. 

9  And  he  said  unto  me»  Go  in,  and  behold  the  wicked  abominations 
that  they  do  here. 

10  So  I  went  in  and  saw  ;  and,  behold,  every  form  of  creeping 
things,  and  abominable  beasts,  and  all  thf^  idols  of  the  house  of  Israel, 
pourtrayed  upon  the  wall  round  about. 

11  And  there  stood  before  them  seventy  men  of  the  ancients  of  the 
house  of  Israel,  and  in  the  midst  of  them  stood  Jaazaniah  the  son  of 
Shaphan,  with  every  man  his  censer  in  his  hand  ;  and  a  thick  cloud 
of  incense  went  up. 

12  Then  said  he  unto  me.  Son  of  man,  hast  thou  seen  what  the 
ancients  of  the  house  of  Israel  do  in  the  dark,  every  man  in  the 
chambers  of  his  imagery  ?  For  they  say,  The  Lord  seeth  us  not ; 
the  Lord  hath  forsaken  the  earth. 

13  U  He  said  also  unto  me.  Turn  thee  yet  again,  and  thou  shalt 
see  greater  abominations  that  they  do. 

14  Tlien  he  brought  me  to  the  door  of  the  gate  of  the  Lord's 
house  which  was  toward  the  north  ;  and,  behold,  there  sat  women 
weeping  for  Tarnmuz. 

15  IT  Then  said  he  unto  me,  Hast  thou  seen  this,  O  son  of  man  ^ 
Turn  thee  yet  again,  and  thou  shalt  see  greater  abominations  than 
these. 

16  And  he  brought  me  into  the  inner  court  of  the  Lord's  house, 
and,  behold,  at  the  door  of  the  temple  of  the  Lord,  between  the 


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porch  and  the  altar,  were  about  five  and  twenty  men,  with  their  backs 
toward  the  temple  of  the  Lord,  and  their  faces  toward  the  east;  and 
they  worshipped  the  sun  toward  the  east. 

17  IT  Then  he  said  unto  me,  Hast  thou  seen  this,  O  son  of  man  ? 
Is  it  a  light  thing  to  the  house  of  Judah  that  they  commit  the  abom- 
inations which  they  commit  here  ?  For  they  have  tilled  the  land 
with  violence,  and  have  returned  to  provoke  me  to  anger:  and,  lo, 
they  put  the  branch  to  their  nose. 

18  Therefore  will  I  also  deal  in  fury  :  mine  eye  shall  not  spare, 
neither  will  I  have  pity  :  and  though  they  cry  in  mine  ears  with  a 
loud  voice,  yet  will  I  not  hear  them. 

EZEKIEL,    IX. 

Jl  vision  whereby  is  shewed  the  preservation  of  some,  and  the  de- 
struction of  the  rest.     God  cannot  be  entreated  for  them. 

1  He  ciied  also  in  mine  ears  with  a  loud  voice,  saying.  Cause  them 
that  have  charge  over  the  city  to  draw  near,  even  every  man  with 
his  destroying  weapon  in  his  hand. 

2  And,  behold,  six  men  came  from  the  way  of  the  higher  gate, 
which  lieth  toward  the  north,  and  every  man  a  slaughter  weapon  in 
his  hand  ;  and  one  man  among  them  loas  clothed  with  linen,  with  a 
writer's  inkhorn  by  his  side  :  and  they  went  in,  and  stood  beside  the 
brazen  altar. 

3  And  the  glory  of  the  God  of  Israel  was  gone  up  from  the  cherub, 
whereupon  he  was,  to  the  threshold  of  the  house.  And  he  called, 
to  the  man  clothed  with  linen,  which  had  the  writer's  inkhorn  by  his 
side  ; 

4  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him.  Go  through  the  midst  of  the  city, 
through  the  midst  of  Jerusalem,  and  set  a  mark  upon  the  foreheads 
of  the  men  that  sigh  and  that  cry  for  all  the  abominations  that  be 
done  in  the  midst  thereof. 

5  li  And  to  the  others  he  said  in  mine  hearing.  Go  ye  after  him 
through  the  city,  and  smite  ;  let  not  your  eye  spare,  neither  have  ye 
pity  : 

6  Slay  utterly  old  and  young,  both  maids,  and  little  children,  and 
women  :  but  come  not  near  any  man  upon  whom  is  the  mark  ;  and 
begin  at  my  sanctuary.  Then  they  began  at  the  ancient  men  which 
were  before  the  house. 

7  And  he  sal!  unto  them.  Defile  the  house,  and  fill  the  courts 
with  the  slain  :  go  ye  forth.  And  they  went  forth,  and  slew  in  the 
city. 

8  "il  And  it  came  to  pass,  while  they  were  slating  them,  and  I  was 
left,  that  I  fell  upon  my  face,  and  cried,  and  said.  Ah  Lord  God  ! 
wilt  thou  destroy  all  the  residue  of  Israel  in  the  pouring  out  of  thy 
fury  upon  Jerusalem  ? 

9  Then  said  he  unto  me.  The  iniquity  of  the  house  of  Israel  and 
Judah  is  exceeding  great,  and  the  land  is  full  of  blood,  and  the  city 
full  of  perverseness  :  for  they  say.  The  Lord  hath  forsaken  the 
earth,  and  the  Lord  seeth  not. 

10  And  as  for  me  also,  mine  eye  shall  not  spare,  neither  v.'ill  I 
have  pity  ;  but  I  will  recompense  their  way  upon  their  head. 

24  * 


290  EzeUel 

11  And,  behold,  the  man  clothed  with  linen,  which  had  the  ink- 
horn  by  his  side,  reported  the  matter,  saying,  I  have  done  as  thou 
hast  commanded  me. 

EZEKIEL,    X. 

The  vision  of  the  coals  of  fire  to  be  scattered  over  the  city.     The 
visio7i  of  the  cheruhims. 

1  Tlien  I  lool^ed,  and,  behold,  in  the  firmament  that  was  above  the 
head  of  the  cherubims  there  appeared  over  them  as  it  were  a 
sapphire  stone,  as  the  appearance  of  the  likeness  of  a  throne. 

2  And  he  spake  unto  the  man  clothed  with  linen,  and  said.  Go  in 
between  the  wheels,  even  under  the  cherub,  and  fill  thine  hand  with 
coals  of  fire  from  between  the  cherubims,  and  scatter  them  over  the 
city.     And  he  went  in  in  my  sight. 

3  Now  the  cherubims  stood  on  the  right  side  of  the  house  when 
the  man  went  in  ;  and  the  cloud  filled  the  inner  court. 

4  Then  the  glory  of  the  Lord  went  up  from  the  cherub,  and 
stood  over  the  threshold  of  the  house  ;  and  the  house  was  filled  with 
the  cloud,  and  the  court  was  full  of  the  brightness  of  the  Lord's 
glory. 

5  And  the  sound  of  the  cherubims'  wings  was  heard  even  to  the 
outer  court,  as  the  voice  of  the  Almighty  God  when  he  speaketh. 

6  And  it  came  to  pass,  tJwt  when  he  had  commanded  the  man 
clothed  with  linen,  saying.  Take  fire  from  between  the  wheels,  from 
between  the  cherubims;  then  he  went  in,  and  stood  beside  the 
wheels. 

7  And  one  cherub  stretched  forth  his  hand  from  between  the 
cherubims  unto  the  fire  that  ivas  between  the  cherubims,  and  took 
thereof  and  put  it  into  the  hands  oHwu  that  was  clothed  with  linen; 
who  took  it,  and  went  out. 

8  H  And  there  appeared  in  the  cherubims  the  form  of  a  man's  hand 
under  their  wings. 

9  And  wlicn  1  looked,  behold,  the  four  wheels  by  the  cherubims^ 
one  wheel  by  one  cherub,  and  another  wheel  by  another  cherub  : 
and  the  appearance  of  the  wheels  was  as  the  color  of  a  beryl 
stone. 

10  And  as  for  their  appearances,  they  four  had  one  likeness,  as  if 
a  wheel  had  been  in  the  midst  of  a  wheel. 

11  When  they  went,  they  went  upon  their  four  sides  ;  they  turned 
not  as  they  went,  but  to  the  place  whither  the  head  looked  they  fol- 
lowed it ;  they  turned  not  as  they  went. 

12  And  their  whole  body,  and  their  backs,  and  their  hands,  and 
their  wings,  and  the  wheels,  icere  full  of  eyes  round  about,  eveii  the 
wheels  that  they  four  had. 

13  As  for  the  wheels,  it  was  cried  unto  them  in  my  hearing,  O 
wheel ! 

14  And  every  one  had  four  faces  :  the  first  face  was  the  face  of  a 
cherub,  and  the  second  face  ivas  the  face  of  a  man,  and  the  third 
the  face  of  a  lion,  and  the  fourth  the  face  of  an  eagle. 

1-5  And  the  cherubims  were  lifted  up.  This  is  the  living  creature 
that  I  saw  by  the  river  of  Chebar. 


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16  And  when  the  cherubims  went,  the  wheels  went  by  them  ;  and 
when  the  cherubims  lifted  up  their  wings  to  mount  up  from  the 
earth,  the  same  wheels  also  turned  not  from  beside  them. 

17  When  they  stood,  these  stood  ;  and  when  they  were  lifted  up, 
these  lifted  up  themselves  also  :  for  the  spirit  of  the  living  creature 
was  in  them. 

18  Then  the  glory  of  the  Lord  departed  from  off  the  threshold  of 
the  house,  and  stood  over  the  cherubims. 

19  And  the  cherubims  lifted  up  their  wings  and  mounted  up  from 
the  earth  in  my  sight :  when  they  went  out,  the  wheels  also  were 
beside  them,  and  every  one  stood  at  the  door  of  the  east  gate  of  the 
Lord's  house ;  and  the  glory  of  the  God  of  Israel  was  over  them 
above. 

20  This  is  the  living  creature  that  I  saw  under  the  God  of  Israel 
by  the  river  of  Chebar,  and  I  knew  that  they  were  the  cherubims. 

21  Every  one  had  four  faces  apiece,  and  every  one  four  wings  ; 
and  the  likeness  of  the  hands  of  a  man  was  under  their  wings. 

22  And  the  likeness  of  their  faces  was  the  same  faces  which  I  saw 
by  the  river  of  Chebar,  their  appearances  and  themselves  :  they  went 
every  one  straight  forward. 

EZEKIEL,  XI. 

The   princes^   presumption:    their    sin    and  judgment.      God's 
purpose  of  saving  a  remnant,  and  punishing  the  wicked, 

1  Moreover  the  spirit  lifted  me  up,  and  brought  me  unto  the  east 
gate  of  the  Lord's  house,  which  looketh  eastward  ;  and  behold  at 
the  door  of  the  gate  live  and  twenty  men  ;  among  whom  I  saw 
Jaazaniah  the  son  of  Azur,  and  Pelatiah  the  son  of  Benaiah,  princes 
of  the  people. 

2  Then  said  he  unto  me,  Son  of  man,  these  are  the  men  that 
devise  mischief,  and  give  wicked  counsel  in  this  city. 

3  Which  say,  it  is  not  near ;  let  us  build  houses  :  this  city  is  the 
caldron,  and  we  be  the  flesh. 

4  IT  Therefore  prophesy  against  them,  prophesy,  0  son  of  man. 

5  And  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  fell  upon  me,  and  said  unto  me. 
Speak ;  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Thus  have  ye  said,  O  house  of 
Israel :  for  I  know  the  things  that  come  into  your  mind,  every  one  of 
them. 

6  Ye  have  multiplied  your  slain  in  this  city,  and  ye  have  filled  the 
streets  thereof  with  the  slain. 

7  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  your  slain  whom  ye  have 
laid  in  the  midst  of  it,  they  are  the  flesh,  and  this  city  is  the  caldron, 
but  I  will  bring  you  forth  out  of  the  midst  of  it. 

8  Ye  have  feared  the  sword  ;  and  I  will  bring  a  sword  upon  you, 
saith  the  Lord  God. 

9  And  I  will  bring  you  out  of  the  midst  thereof,  and  deliver  you 
into  the  hands  of  strangers,  and  will  execute  judgments  among 
you. 

10  Ye  shall  fall  by  the  sword ;  I  will  judge  you  in  the  border  of 
Israel ;  and  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 


292  Ezekiel 

11  This  ci"/?/ shall  not  be  your  caldron,  neither  shall  ye  be  the 
flesh  in  the  midst  thereof;  hut  I  will  judge  you  in  the  border  of 
Israel : 

12  And  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  :  for  ye  have  not 
walked  in  my  statutes,  neither  executed  my  judgments,  but  have 
done  after  the  manners  of  the  heathen  that  are  round  about  you. 

13  1[  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  I  prophesied,  that  Pelatiah  the  son 
of  Benaiah  died.  Then  fell  I  down  upon  my  face,  and  cried  with  a 
loud  voice,  and  said,  Ah  Lord  God  !  wilt  thou  make  a  full  end  of  the 
remnant  of  Israel  ? 

14  H  Again,  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

15  Son  of  man,  thy  brethren,  even  thy  brethren,  the  men  of  thy 
kindred,  and  all  the  house  of  Israel  wholly,  are  they  unto  whom  the 
inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  have  said,  Get  ye  far  from  the  Lord  ;  unto 
us  is  this  land  given  in  possession. 

16  Therefore  say.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Although  I  have  cast 
them  far  off  among  the  heathen,  and  although  I  have  scattered  them 
among  the  countries,  yet  will  I  be  to  them  as  a  little  sanctuary  in  the 
countries  where  they  shall  come. 

17  Therefore  say.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  I  will  even  gather 
you  from  the  people,  and  assemble  you  out  of  the  countries  where 
ye  have  been  scattered,  and  I  will  give  you  the  land  of  Israel. 

IS  And  they  shall  come  thither,  and  they  shall  take  away  all  the 
detestable  things  thereof,  and  all  the  abominations  thereof,  from 
thence. 

19  And  I  will  give  them  one  heart,  and  I  will  put  a  new  spirit 
within  you  :  and  I  will  take  the  stony  heart  out  of  their  flesh,  and 
will  give  them  an  heart  of  flesh  ; 

20  That  they  may  walk  in  my  statutes,  and  keep  mine  ordinances, 
and  do  them  :  and  they  shall  be  my  people,  and  I  will  be  their 
God. 

21  But  as  for  them  whose  heart  walketh  after  the  heart  of  their 
detestable  things  and  their  abominations,  I  will  recompense  their 
way  upon  their  own  heads,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

22  H  Then  did  the  cherubims  lift  up  their  wings,  and  the  wheels 
beside  them  ;  and  the  glory  of  the  God  of  Israel  was  over  them 
above. 

23  And  the  glory  of  the  Lord  went  up  from  the  midst  of  the 
city,  and  stood  upon  the  mountain  which  is  on  the  east  side  of  the 
city. 

24  !!  Afterwards  the  spirit  took  me  up,  and  brought  me  in  a  vision 
by  the  Spirit  of  God  into  Chaldea,  to  them  of  the  captivity  :  so  the 
vision  that  1  had  seen  went  up  from  me. 

25  Then  I  spake  unto  them  of  the  captivity  all  the  things  that  the 
Lord  had  shewed  me. 

EZEKIEL,  XII. 

The  type  of  EztkieVs  removing,  sheweth  the  captivity  of  Zedekiah. 
EzekieVs  trembling  sheweth  the  Jews'  desolation. 

1  The  word  of  the  Lord  also  came  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  thou  dwellest  in  the  midst  of  a  rebellious  house, 


EzeJciel  293 

which  have  eyes  to  see,  and  see  not ;  they  have  ears  to  hear,  and 
hear  not :  for  they  are  a  rebellious  house. 

3  Therefore,  thou  son  of  man,  prepare  thee  stuff  for  removing,  and 
remove  by  day  in  their  sight ;  and  thou  shalt  remove  from  thy  place 
to  another  place  in  their  sight:  it  may  be  they  will  consider,  though 
they  be  a  rebellious  house. 

4  Then  shalt  thou  bring  forth  thy  stuff"  by  day  in  their  sight,  as 
stuff" for  removing:  and  thou  shalt  go  forth  at  even  in  their  sight,  as 
they  that  go  forth  inlo  captivity. 

5  Dig  thou  through  the  wall  in  their  sight,  and  carry  out 
thereby. 

6  In  their  sight  shalt  thou  bear  it  upon  thy  shoulders,  and  carry 
it  forth  in  the  twilight :  thou  shalt  cover  thy  face,  that  thou  see 
not  the  ground ;  for  I  have  set  thee  for  a  sign  unto  the  house  of 
Israel. 

7  And  I  did  so  as  I  was  commanded  :  I  brought  forth  my  stuff"  by 
day,  as  stuff"  for  captivity,  and  in  the  even  I  digged  through  the 
wall  with  mine  hand  ;  I  brought  it  forth  in  the  twilight,  and  1  bare 
It  upon  7711/  shoulder  in  their  sight. 

8  IT  And  in  the  morning  came  the  word  of  the  Lord  unto  me, 
laying, 

9  Son  of  man,  hath  not  the  house  of  Israel,  the  rebellious  house, 
raid  unto  thee.  What  doest  thou  ? 

10  Say  thou  unto  them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  This  burden 
^oncerneth  the  prince  in  Jerusalem,  and  all  the  house  of  Israel  that 
are  among  them. 

11  Say,  I  am  your  sign :  like  as  I  have  done,  so  shall  it  be  done 
unto  them  :  they  shall  remove  and  go  into  captivity. 

12  And  the  prince  that  is  among  them  shall  bear  upon  his  shoulder 
in  the  twilight,  and  shall  go  forth  :  they  shall  dig  through  the  wall  to 
carry  out  thereby  :  he  shall  cover  his  face,  that  he  see  not  the  ground 
with  his  eyes. 

13  My  net  also  will  I  spread  upon  him,  and  he  shall  be  taken  in 
my  snare  :  and  I  will  bring  him  to  Babylon  to  the  land  of  the  Chal- 
deans ;  yet  shall  he  not  see  it,  though  he  shall  die  there. 

14  And  I  will  scatter  toward  every  wind  all  that  are  about  him  to 
help  him,  and  all  his  bands ;  and  I  will  draw  out  the  sword  after 
them. 

15  And  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord,  when  I  shall  scatter 
them  among  the  nations,  and  disperse  them  in  the  countries. 

16  But  I  will  leave  a  few  men  of  them  from  the  sword,  from  the 
famine,  and  from  the  pestilence  ;  that  they  may  declare  all  their 
abominations,  among  the  heathen  whither  they  come  ;  and  they  shall 
know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

17  U  Moreover,  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  nie,  saying, 

18  Son  of  man,  eat  thy  bread  with  quaking,  and  drink  thy  water 
with  trembling  and  with  carefulness.  » 

19  And  say  unto  the  people  of  the  land,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God 
of  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  and  of  the  land  of  Israel ;  They  shall 
eat  their  bread  with  carefulness,  and  drink  their  water  with  astonish- 
ment, that  her  land  may  be  desolate  from  all  that  is  therein,  because 
of  the  violence  of  ail  them  that  dwell  therein. 


294  Ezekiel 

20  And  the  cities  that  are  inhabited  shall  be  laid  waste,  and  the 
land  shall  be  desolate ;  and  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

21  II  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

22  Son  of  man,  what  is  that  proverb  that  ye  have  in  the  land  of 
Israel,  saying,  The  days  are  prolonged,  and  every  vision  faileth  ? 

23  Tell  them  therefore,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  I  will  make  this 
proverb  to  cease,  and  they  shall  no  more  use  it  as  a  proverb  in  Israel ; 
but  say  unto  them,  The  days  are  at  hand,  and  the  effect  of  every 
vision. 

24  For  there  shall  be  no  more  any  vain  vision  nor  flattering  divina- 
tion within  the  house  of  Israel. 

25  For  I  am  the  Lord  :  I  will  speak,  and  the  word  that  I  shall 
gpeak  shall  come  to  pass;  it  shall  be  no  more  prolonged  :  for  in  your 
days,  O  rebellious  house,  will  I  say  the  word,  and  will  perform  it, 
saith  the  Lord  God. 

26  li  Again  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  me,  saying, 

27  Son  of  man,  behold,  they  of  the  house  of  Israel  say,  The  vision 
that  he  seeth  is  for  many  days  to  come,  and  he  prophesieth  of  the 
times  that  are  far  off. 

28  Therefore  say  unto  them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  there  shall 
none  of  my  words  be  prolonged  any  more,  but  the  word  which  I  have 
spoken  shall  be  done,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

EZEKIEL,    XIII. 

The  reproof  of  lying  prophets,  and  their  untempered  mortar.     Of 
the  jjrophetesses,  and  their  pillows. 

1  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  prophesy  against  the  prophets  of  Israel  that  prophesy, 
and  say  thou  unto  them  that  prophesy  out  of  their  own  hearts,  Hear 
ye  the  word  of  the  Lord  : 

3  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Woe  unto  the  foolish  prophets,  that 
follow  their  own  spirit,  and  have  seen  nothing ! 

4  0  Israel,  thy  prophets  are  like  the  foxes  in  the  deserts. 

5  Ye  have  not  gone  up  into  the  gaps,  neither  made  up  the  hedge 
for  the  house  of  Israel,  to  stand  in  the  battle  in  the  day  of  the 
Lord. 

6  They  have  seen  vanity  and  lying  divination,  saying.  The  Lord 
saith ;  and  the  Lord  hath  not  sent  them  :  and  they  have  made  othtrs 
to  hope  that  they  would  confirm  the  word. 

7  Have  ye  not  seen  a  vain  vision,  and  have  ye  not  spoken  a  lying 
divination,  whereas  ye  say,  The  Lord  saith  zY;  albeit  I  have  not 
spoken  ? 

8  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Because  ye  have  spoken 
vauitN',  and  seen  lies,  therefore,  behold,  I  am  against  you,  saith  the 
Lord  God. 

•  9  And  mine  hand  shall  be  upon  the  prophets  that  see  vanity,  and 
that  divine  lies ;  they  shall  not  be  in  the  assembly  of  my  people, 
neither  shall  they  be  written  in  the  writing  of  the  house  of  Israel, 
neither  shall  they  enter  into  the  land  of  Israel ;  and  ye  shall  know 
that  I  am  the  Lord  God. 

10  11  Because,  even  because  they  have  seduced  my  people,  saying. 


Ezekiel.  295 

Peace ;  and  there  was  no  peace  ;  -and  one  built  up  a  wall,  and,  lo, 
others  daubed  it  with  untempered  mortar  : 

11  Say  unto  them  which  daub  it  with  untempered  mortar,  that  it 
shall  fall :  there  shall  be  an  overflowing  shower  ;  and  ye,  0  great 
hailstones,  shall  fall :  and  a  stormy  wind  shall  rend  it. 

12  Lo,  when  the  wall  is  fallen,  shall  it  not  be  said  unto  you.  Where 
is  the  daubing  wherewith  ye  have  daubed  it  7 

13  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  I  will  even  rend  it  with  a 
stormy  wind  in  my  fury  ;  and  there  shall  be  an  overflowing  shower 
in  mine  anger,  and  great  hailstones  in  my  fury  to  consume  it. 

14  So  will  I  break  down  the  wall  that  ye  have  daubed  with 
untempered  mortar,  and  bring  it  down  to  the  ground,  so  that  the 
foundation  thereof  shall  be  discovered,  and  it  shall  fajl,  and  ye  shall 
be  consumed  in  the  midst  thereof:  and  ye  shall  know  that  1  am  the 
Lord. 

15  Thus  will  I  accomplish  my  wrath  upon  the  wall,  and  upon 
them  that  have  daubed  it  with  untempered  mortar,  and  I  will  say 
unto  you,  The  wall  is  no  more,  neither  they  that  daubed  it ; 

16  To  wit,  the  prophets  of  Israel  which  prophesy  concerning 
Jerusalem  and  which  see  visions  of  peace  for  her,  and  there  is  no 
peace,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

17  H  Likewise  thou  son  of  man,  set  thy  face  against  the  daughters 
of  thy  people,  which  prophesy  out  of  their  own  heart ;  and  prophesy 
thou  against  them. 

18  And  say,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Woe  to  the  wome/i  that 
sew  pillows  to  all  armholes,  and  make  kerchiefs  upon  the  head  of 
every  stature  to  hunt  souls  !  Will  ye  hunt  the  souls  of  my  people, 
and  will  ye  save  the  souls  alive  that  come  unto  you  ? 

19  And  will  ye  pollute  me  among  my  people  for  handfuls  of  barley 
and  for  pieces  of  bread,  to  slay  the  souls  that  should  not  die,  and  to 
save  the  souls  alive  that  should  not  live,  by  your  lying  to  my  people 
that  hear  your  lies  ? 

20  Wherefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Behold,  I  am  against  your 
pillows,  wherewith  ye  there  hunt  the  souls  to  make  them  fly,  and  I 
will  tear  them  from  your  arms,  and  will  let  the  souls  go,  even  the 
souls  that  ye  hunt  to  make  thein  fly. 

21  Your  kerchiefs  also  will  I  tear,  and  deliver  my  people  out  of 
your  hand,  and  they  shall  be  no  more  in  your  hand  to  be  hunted,  and 
ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

22  Because  with  lies  ye  have  made  the  heart  of  the  righteous  sad, 
whom  I  have  not  made  sad  ;  and  strengthened  the  hands  of  the 
wicked,  that  he  should  not  return  frojn  his  wicked  way,  by  promising 
him  life  : 

23  Therefore  ye  shall  see  no  more  vanity,  nor  divine  divinations  : 
for  I  will  deliver  my  people  out  of  your  hand  :  and  ye  shall  know  that 
1  am  the  Lord. 

EZEKIEL,    XTV. 

God's  answer  to  idolaters.    His  sentence.    A  remnant  shall  be 
saved. 
1  Then  came  certain  of  the  elders  of  Israel  unto  me,  and  sat  before 
me. 


296  Ezekiel 

2  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

3  Son  of  man,  these  men  have  set  up  their  idols  in  their  heart,  aiid 
put  the  stumbling-block  of  their  iniquity  before  their  face  :  should  I 
be  inquired  of  at  all  by  them  ? 

4  Therefore  speak  unto  them,  and  say  unto  them,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  God,  Every  man  of  the  house  of  Israel  that  setteth  up  his  idols 
in  his  heart,  and  putteth  the  stumbling-block  of  his  iniquity  before 
his  face,  and  cometh  to  the  prophet,  I  the  Lord  will  answer  him  that 
cometh  according  to  the  multitude  of  his  idols  ; 

5  That  I  may  take  the  house  of  Israel  in  their  own  heart,  because 
they  are  all  estranged  from  me  through  their  idols. 

6  H  Therefore  say  unto  the  house  of  Israel,  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God,  Repent,  and  turn  ?/0Mrse/res  from  your  idols ;  and  turn  away 
your  faces  from  all  your  abominations. 

7  For  every  one  of  the  house  of  Israel,  or  of  the  stranger  that 
sojourneth  in  Israel,  which  separateth  himself  from  me,  and  setteth 
up  his  idols  in  his  heart,  and  putteth  the  stumbling-block  of  his 
iniquity  before  his  face,  and  cometh  to  a  prophet  to  inquire  of  him 
concerning  me ;  I  the  Lord  will  answer  him  by  myself: 

8  And  I  will  set  my  face  against  that  man,  and  will  make  him  a 
sign  and  a  proverb,  and  I  will  cut  him  off  from  the  midst  of  my 
people  ;  and  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

9  And  if  the  prophet  be  deceived  when  he  hath  spoken  a  thing,  I 
the  Lord  have  deceived  that  prophet ;  and  I  will  stretch  out  my  hand 
upon  him,  and  will  destroy  him  from  the  midst  of  my  people 
Israel. 

10  And  they  shall  bear  the  punishment  of  their  iniquity  :  the  pun- 
ishment of  the  prophet  shall  be  even  as  the  punishment  of  him  that 
seeketh  unto  him  ; 

1 1  That  the  house  of  Israel  may  go  no  more  astray  from  me,  neither 
be  polluted  any  more  with  all  their  transgressions  ;  but  that  they 
may  be  my  people,  and  I  may  be  their  God,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

12  IT  The  word  of  the  Lord  came  again  to  me,  saying, 

13  Son  of  man,  when  the  land  sinneth  against  me  by  trespassing 
grievously,  then  will  I  stretch  out  mine  hand  upon  it,  and  will  break 
die  staff  of  the  bread  thereof,  and  will  send  famine  upon  it,  and  will 
cut  off  man  and  beast  from  it.. 

14  Though  these  three  men,  Noah,  Daniel,  and  Job,  were  in  it, 
they  should  deliver  hut  their  own  souls  by  their  righteousness,  saith 
the  Lord  God. 

15  ^  If  1  cause  noisome  beasts  to  pass  through  the  land,  and  they 
spoil  it,  so  that  it  be  desolate,  that  no  man  may  pass  through 
because  of  the  beasts: 

16  Though  these  three  men  loere  in  it,  as  I  live,  saith  the  Lord 
God,  they  shall  deliver  neither  sous  nor  daughters  ;  they  only  shall 
be  delivei-ed,  but  the  land  shall  be  desolate. 

17  H  Or  if  I  bring  a  sword  upon  that  land,  and  say.  Sword,  go 
through  the  land  ;  so  that  I  cut  off  man  and  beast  from  it : 

18  Though  these  three  men  icere  in  it,  as  1  live,  saith  the  Lord 
God,  they  shall  deliver  neither  sons  nor  daughters,  but  they  only 
shall  be  delivered  themselves. 

19  H  Or  ?/  I  send  a  pestilence  into  that  land,  and  pour  out  my  fury 
upc>i  it  in  blood,  to  cut  off  from  it  man  and  beast : 


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20  Though  Noah,  Daniel,  and  Job,  were  in  it,  as  I  live  saith  the 
Lord  God,  they  shall  deliver  neither  son  nor  daughter ;  they  shall 
but  deliver  their  own  souls  by  their  righteousness. 

21  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  How  much  more  when  1  send 
my  four  sore  judgments  upon  Jerusalem,  the  sword,  and  the  famine, 
and  the  noisome  beast,  and  the  pestilence,  to  cut  off"  from  it  man  and 
beast  ? 

22  IT  Yet,  behold  therein  shall  be  left  a  remnant  that  shall  be 
brought  forth,  hoth  sons  and  daughters  :  behold,  they  shall  come  forth 
unto  you,  and  ye  shall  see  their  way  and  their  doings  :  and  ye  shall 
be  comforted  concerning  the  evil  that  I  have  brought  upon  Jeru- 
salem, even  concerning  all  that  I  have  brought  upon  it. 

23  And  they  shall  comfort  you,  when  ye  see  their  ways  and  their 
doings :  and  ye  shall  know  that  I  have  not  done  without  cause  all 
that  I  have  done  in  it,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

EZEKIEL,    XV. 

By  the  unfitness  of  the  vine  branch  for  any  work,  is  shelved  the 
rejection  of  Jerusalem. 

1  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man.  What  is  the  vine  tree  more  than  any  tree,  or  than 
a  branch  which  is  among  the  trees  of  the  forest  ? 

3  Shall  wood  be  taken  thereof  to  do  any  work  ?  Or  will  men  take 
a  pin  of  it  to  hang  any  vessel  thereon  ? 

4  Behold,  it  is  cast  into  the  fire  for  fuel ;  the  fire  devoureth  both 
the  ends  of  it,  and  the  midst  of  it  is  burned.  Is  it  meet  for  any 
work  ? 

5  Behold,  when  it  was  whole,  it  was  meet  for  no  work  :  how  much 
less  shall  it  be  meet  yet  for  any  work,  when  the  fire  hath  devoured 
it,  and  it  is  burned  ? 

6  IT  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  As  the  vine  tree  among 
the  trees  of  the  forest,  which  I  have  given  to  the  fire  for  fuel,  so  will 
I  give  the  inhabitants  of  Jerasalem. 

7  And  I  will  set  my  face  against  them  ;  they  shall  go  out  from 
one  fire,  and  another  fire  shall  devour  them  ;  and  ye  shall  know  that 
I  am  the  Lord,  when  I  set  my  face  against  them. 

8  And  I  will  make  the  land  desolate,  because  they  have  committed 
a  trespass,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

EZEKIEL,    XVI. 

By  a  wretched  infant  is  shewed  the  state  of  Jerusalem ;  God's  love 
to  her. 

1  Again  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  cause  Jerusalem  to  know  her  abominations, 

3  And  say.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  unto  Jerusalem  ;  Thy  birth 
and  thy  nativity  is  of  the  land  of  Canaan  ;  thy  father  was  an  Amorite, 
and  thy  mother  an  Hittite. 

4  And  as  for  thy  nativity,  in  the  day  thou  wast  born  thy  naval  was 
not  cut,  neither  wast  thou  washed  in  water  to  supple  thee  ;  thou  was 
not  salted  at  all,  nor  swaddled  at  all. 

5  None  eye  pitied  thee,  to  do  any  of  these  unto  thee,  to  have  com- 

25 


298  Ezekiel 

passion  upon  thee  ;   but  thou  wast  cast  out  in  the  open  field,  to  the 
loathing  of  thy  person,  in  the  day  that  thou  wast  born. 

6  IT  And  when  I  passed  by  thee,  and  saw  thee  polluted  in  thine 
own  blood,  I  said  unto  thee  when  thou  wast  in  thy  blood,  Live  ;  yea, 
I  said  unto  thee  when  thou  wast  in  thy  blood,  Live. 

7  I  have  caused  thee  to  multiply  as  the  bud  of  the  field,  and  thou 
hast  increased  and  waxen  great,  and  thou  art  come  to  excellent  orna- 
ments :  thy  breasts  are  fashioned,  and  thine  hair  is  grown,  whereas 
thou  wast  naked  and  bare. 

8  Now  when  1  passed  by  thee,  and  looked  upon  thee,  behold,  thy 
time  was  the  time  of"  love  ;  and  I  spread  my  skirt  over  thee,  and 
covered  thy  nakedness  :  yea,  1  sware  unto  thee,  and  entered  into  a 
covenant  with  thee,  saith  the  Lord  God,  and  thou  becamest  mine, 

9  Then  washed  I  thee  with  water ;  yea,  I  thoroughly  washed 
away  thy  blood  from  thee,  and  I  anointed  thee  with  oil. 

10  I  clothed  thee  also  with  broidered  work,  and  shod  thee  with 
badger's  skin,  and  I  girded  thee  about  with  fine  linen,  and  I  covered 
thee  with  silk. 

11  I  decked  thee  also  with  ornaments,  and  I  put  bracelets  upon 
thine  hands,  and  a  chain  on  thy  neck. 

12  And  I  put  a  jewel  on  thy  forehead,  and  ear-rings  in  thine  ears, 
and  a  beautiful  crown  upon  thine  head. 

13  Thus  wast  thou  decked  with  gold  and  silver ;  and  thy  raiment 
was  of  fine  linen,  and  silk,  and  broidered  work  :  thou  didst  eat  fine 
flour,  and  honey,  and  oil ;  and  thou  wast  exceeding  beautiful,  and 
thou  didst  prosper  into  a  kingdom. 

14  And  thy  renown  went  forth  among  the  heathen  for  thy  beauty  : 
for  it  ivas  perfect  through  my  comeliness,  which  I  had  put  upon 
thee,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

15  TI  But  thou  didst  trust  in  thine  own  beauty,  and  playedst  the 
harlot  because  of  thy  renown,  and  pouredst  out  thy  fornications  on 
every  one  that  passed  by  ;  his  it  was. 

16  And  of  thy  garments  thou  didst  take,  and  deckedst  thy  high 
places  with  diverse  colors,  and  playedst  the  harlot  thereupon:  the 
like  things  shall  not  come,  neither  shall  it  be  so. 

17  Thou  hast  also  taken  thy  fair  jewels  of  my  gold  and  of  my  silver, 
which  1  had  given  thee,  and  madest  to  thyself  images  of  men,  and 
didst  commit  whoredom  with  them  ; 

18  And  tookest  thy  broidered  garments,  and  coveredst  them  ;  and 
thou  hast  set  mine  oil  and  mine  incense  before  them. 

19  My  meat  also  which  I  gave  thee,  fine  flour,  and  oil,  and 
honey,  wherewith  I  fed  thee,  thou  hast  even  set  it  before  them  for  a 
sweet  savor  :  and  thus  it  was,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

20  Moreover,  thou  hast  taken  thy  sons  and  thy  daughters,  whom 
thou  hast  born  unto  me,  and  these  hast  thou  sacrificed  unto  them  to 
be  devoured.     Is  this  of  thy  whoredoms  a  small  matter, 

21  That  thou  hast  slain  my  children,  and  delivered  them  to  cause 
them  to  pass  through  the  fire  for  them  ? 

22  And  in  all  thine  abominations  and  thy  whoredoms  thou  hast  not 
remembered  the  days  of  thy  youth,  when  thou  wast  naked  and  bare, 
and  wast  polluted  in  thy  blood. 

23  And  it  came  to  pass  after  all  thy  wickedness,  (woe,  woe  upto 
thee  !  saith  the  Lord  God  ;) 


Ezehiel,  299 

24  That  thou  hast  also  built  unto  thee  an  eminent  place,  and  hast 
made  thee  an  high  place  in  every  street. 

25  Thou  hast  built  thy  high  place  at  every  head  of  the  way,  and 
hast  made  thy  beauty  to  be  abhorred,  and  hast  opened  thy  feet  to 
every  one  that  passed  by,  and  multiplied  thy  whoredoms. 

26  Thou  hast  also  committed  fornication  with  the  Egyptians  thy 
neighbors,  great  of  flesh ;  and  hast  increased  thy  whoredoms,  to 
provoke  me  to  anger. 

27  Behold,  therefore,  I  have  stretched  out  my  hand  over  thee,  and 
have  diminished  thine  ordinary  food,  and  delivered  thee  unto  the 
will  of  them  that  hate  thee,  the  daughters  of  the  Philistines,  which 
are  ashamed  of  thy  lewd  way. 

28  Thou  hast  played  the  whore  also  with  the  Assyrians,  because 
thou  wast  insatiable  ;  yea,  thou  hast  played  the  harlot  with  them,  and 
yet  couldest  not  be  satisfied. 

29  Thou  hast  moreover  multiplied  thy  fornication  in  the  land  of 
Canaan  unto  Chaldea  ;  and  yet  thou  wast  not  satisfied  herewith. 

30  How  weak  is  thine  heart,  saith  the  Lord  God,  seeing  thou 
doest  all  these  things,  the  work  of  an  imperious  whorish  woman  ; 

31  In  that  thou  buildest  thine  eminent  place  in  the  head  of  every 
way,  and  makest  thine  high  place  in  every  street;  and  hast  not  been 
as  an  harlot,  in  that  thou  scornest  hire  ; 

32  But  as  a  wife  that  committeth  adultery,  whkhidkQih  strangers 
instead  of  her  husband  ! 

33  They  give  gilts  to  all  whores :  but  thou  givest  thy  gifts  to  all 
thy  lovers,  and  hirest  them,  that  they  may  come  unto  thee  on  every 
side  for  thy  whoredom. 

3-1  And  the  contrary  is  in  thee  from  other  women  in  thy  whore- 
doms, whereas  none  foUovveth  thee  to  commit  whoredoms:  and  in 
that  thou  givest  a  reward,  and  no  reward  is  given  unto  thee,  there- 
fore thou  art  contrary. 

35  IT  Wherefore,  O  harlot,  hear  the  word  of  the  Lord  : 

36  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Because  thy  filthiness  was  poured 
out,  and  thy  nakedness  discovered  through  thy  whoredoms  with  thy 
lovers,  and  with  all  the  idols  of  thy  abominations,  and  by  the  blood  of 
thy  children,  which  thou  didst  give  unto  them  ; 

37  Behold,  therefore,  I  will  gather  all  thy  lovers,  with  whom  thou 
hast  taken  pleasure,  and  all  them  that  thou  hast  loved,  with  all  them 
that  thou  hast  hated  ;  I  will  even  gather  them  round  about  against 
thee,  and  will  discover  thy  nakedness  unto  them,  that  they  may  see 
all  thy  nakedness. 

38  And  I  will  judge  thee,  as  women  that  break  wedlock  and  shed 
blood  are  judged  ;  and  I  will  give  thee  blood  in  fury  and  jealousy. 

39  I  will  also  give  thee  into  their  hand,  and  they  shall  throw  down 
thine  eminent  place,  and  shall  break  down  thy  high  places:  they 
shall  strip  thee  also  of  thy  clothes,  and  shall  take  thy  fair  jewels,  and 
leave  thee  naked  and  bare. 

40  They  shall  also  bring  up  a  company  against  thee,  and  they 
shall  stone  thee  with  stones,  and  thrust  thee  through  with  their 
swords, 

41  And  the}'^  shall  burn  thine  houses  with  fire,  and  execute  judg- 
ments upon  thee  in  the  sight  of  many  women  :  and  I  will  cause  thee 


300  Ezehiel 

to  cease  from  playing  the  harlot,  and  thou  also  shalt  give  no  hire  any 
more. 

42  So  will  I  make  my  fury  toward  thee  to  rest,  and  my  jealousy 
shall  depart  from  thee,  and  I  will  be  quiet,  and  will  be  no  more 
angry. 

43  Because  thou  hast  not  remembered  the  days  of  thy  j'outh,  but 
hast  fretted  me  in  all  these  things  ;  behold,  therefore,  I  also  will 
recompense  thy  way  upon  thine  head,  saith  the  Lord  God  :  and 
thou  shalt  not  commit  this  lewdness  above  all  thine  abominations. 

44  IT  Behold,  every  one  that  useth  proverbs  shall  use  this  proverb 
against  thee,  saying.  As  is  the  mother,  so  is  her  daughter. 

45  Thou  art  thy  mother's  daughter,  that  loatheth  her  husband  and 
her  children  ;  and  thou  erf  the  "sister  of  thy  sisters,  which  loathed 
their  husbands  and  their  children :  your  mother  was  an  Hittite,  and 
your  father  an  Amorite. 

46  And  thine  elder  sister  is  Samaria,  she  and  her  daughters  that 
dwell  at  thy  left  hand  :  and  thy  younger  sister,  that  dwelleth  at  thy 
right  hand,  is  Sodom  and  her  daughters. 

47  Yet  hast  thou  not  walked  after  their  ways,  nor  done  after  their 
abominations;  but  as  if  that  loere  a  very  little  thing,  thou  wast  cor- 
rupted more  than  they  in  all  thy  ways. 

48  Jis  1  live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  Sodom  thy  sister  hath  not  done, 
she  nor  her  daughtei-s,  as  thou  hast  done,  thou  and  thy  daughters. 

49  Behold,  this  was  the  iniquity  of  thy  sister  Sodom,  pride,  fulness 
of  bread,  and  abundance  of  idleness,  was  in  her  and  in  her  daughters, 
neither  did  she  strengthen  the  hand  of  the  poor  and  needy. 

50  And  they  were  haughty,  and  committed  abomination  before  me: 
therefore  I  took  them  away  as  I  saw  good. 

51  Neither  halh  Samaria  rommitted  half  of  thy  sins  ;  but  thou  hast 
multiplied  thine  abominations  more  than  they,  and  hast  justified  thy 
sisters  in  all  thine  abominations  which  thou  hast  done. 

52  Thou  also,  which  hast  judged  thy  sisters,  bear  thine  own 
shame,  for  thy  sins  that  thou  hast  committed  more  abominable  than 
they  :  they  are  more  righteous  than  thou  ;  yea,  be  thou  confounded 
also,  and  bear  thy  shame,  in  that  t!)ou  hast  justified  thy  sisters. 

53  When  I  shall  bring  again  their  captivity,  the  captivity  of  Sodom 
and  her  daughters,  and  the  captivity  of  Samaria  and  her  daughters, 
then  tvill  I  bring  again  the  captivity  of  thy  captives  in  the  midst  of 
them  ; 

54  That  thou  mayest  bear  thine  own  shame,  and  mayest  be  con- 
founded in  all  that  thou  hast  done,  in  that  thou  art  a  comfort  unto 
them. 

55  When  thy  sisters,  Sodom  and  her  daughters,  shall  return  to 
their  former  estate,  and  Samaria  and  her  daughters  shall  return  to 
their  former  estate,  then  thou  and  thy  daughters  shall  return  to  your 
former  estate. 

56  For  thy  sister  Sodom  was  not  mentioned  by  thy  mouth  in  the 
day  of  thy  pride. 

57  Before  thy  wickedness  was  discovered,  as  at  the  time  of 
thy  reproach  of  the  daughters  of  Syria,  and  all  that  are  round 
about  her,  the  daughters  of  the  Philistines,  which  depise  thee  rouad 
?ibout, 


EzeTcid.  301 

58  Thou  hast  borne  thy  lewdness  and  thine  abominations,  saith  the 
Lord. 

59  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  I  will  even  deal  with  thee  as 
thou  hast  done,  which  hast  despised  the  oath  in  breaking  the  cove- 
nant. 

60  IT  Nevertheless  I  will  remember  my  covenant  with  thee  in  the 
days  of  thy  youth,  and  I  will  establish  unto  thee  an  everlasting  cove- 
nant, 

61  Then  thou  shalt  remember  thy  ways,  and  be  ashamed,  when 
thou  shalt  receive  thy  sisters,  thine  elder  and  thy  younger  :  and 
I  will  give  them  unto  thee  for  daughters,  but  not  by  thy  covenant. 

62  And  I  will  establish  my  covenant  with  thee  ;  and  thou  shalt 
know  that  I  am  the  Lord  : 

63  That  thou  mayest  remember,  and  be  confounded,  and  never 
open  thy  mouth  any  more  because  of  thy  shame,  when  1  am 
pacified  toward  thee  for  all  that  thou  hast  done,  saith  the  Lord 
God. 

EZKKIEL,    XVli.    , 

By  two  eagles  and  a  vine,  is  shewed  God's  judgment  upon  Jeru- 
salem.    God  promiseth  to  plant  the  cedar  of  the  gospel. 

1  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  put  forth  a  riddle,  and  speak  a  parable  unto  the 
house  of  Israel ; 

3  And  say.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  A  great  eagle  with  great 
wings,  long- winged,  full  of  feathers,  which  had  diverse  colors, 
came  unto  Lebanon,  and  took  the  highest  branch  of  the  cedar  : 

4  He  cropped  off  the  top  of  his  young  twigs,  and  carried  it  into 
a  land  of  traffic  ;  he  set  it  in  a  city  of  merchants. 

5  He  took  also  of  the  seed  of  the  land,  and  planted  it  in  a  fruitful 
field ;  he  placed  it  by  great  waters,  ayid  set  it  as  a  willow  tree. 

6  And  it  grew,  and  became  a  spreading  vine  of  low  stature,  whose 
branches  turned  toward  him,  and  the  roots  thereof  were  under  him: 
so  it  became  a  vine,  and  brought  forth  branches,  and  shot  forth 
sprigs. 

7  There  was  also  another  great  eagle  with  great  wings  and  many 
feathers  :  and,  behold,  this  vine  did  bend  her  roots  toward  him,  and 
shot  forth  her  branches  toward  him,  that  he  might  water  it  by  the 
furrows  of  her  plantation. 

8  It  was  planted  in  a  good  soil  by  great  waters,  that  it  might  bring 
forth  branches,  and  that  it  might  bear  fruit,  that  it  might  be  a  goodly 
vine. 

9  Say  thou.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Shall  it  prosper  ?  Shall 
he  not  pull  up  the  roots  thereof,  and  cut  off  the  fruit  thereof,  that  it 
wither  ?  It  shall  wither  in  all  the  leaves  of  her  spring  even  without 
great  power  or  many  people  to  pluck  it  up  by  the  roots  thereof. 

10  Yea,  behold,  ^e/no- planted,  shall  it  prosper?  Shall  it  not  utterly 
wither,  w^lien  (he  east  wind  toucheth  it .'  It  shall  wither  in  the 
furrows  where  it  grew. 

11  H  Moreover,  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

12  Say  now  to  the  rebellious  house,  Know  ye  not  what  these  things 
mean?  tell  the?n,  Behold,  the  king  of  Babylon  is  come  to  Jerusalem, 

25=^ 


302  Ezekiel 

and  hath  taken  the  king  thereof,  and  the  princes  thereof,  and  led 
them  with  him  to  Babyton  ; 

13  And  hath  taken  of  the  king's  seed,  and  made  a  covenant  with 
him,  and  hath  taken  an  oath  of  him  :  he  hath  also  taken  the  mighty 
of  the  land: 

14  That  the  kingdom  might  be  base,  that  it  might  not  lift  itself  up, 
but  that  by  keeping  of  his  covenant  it  might  stand. 

15  But  he  rebelled  against  him,  in  sending  his  ambassadors  into 
Egypt,  that  they  might  give  him  horses  and  much  people  :  shall  he 
prosper  ?  shall  he  escape  that  doeth  such  things  ?  or  shall  he  break 
the  covenant,  and  be  delivered  ? 

16  jis  1  live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  surely  in  the  place  ivhere  the 
king  dwelleth  that  made  him  king,  whose  oath  he  despised,  and 
whose  covenant  he  brake,  even  with  him  in  the  midst  of  Babylon  he 
shall  die. 

17  Neither  shall  Pharaoh,  with  his  mighty  army  and  great  com- 
pany, make  for  him  in  the  war,  by  casting  up  mounts,  and  building 
forts,  to  cut  off  many  persons  : 

18  Seeing  he  despised  the  oath  by  breaking  the  covenant,  when^ 
lo,  he  had  given  his  hand,  and  hath  done  all  these  things,  he  shall  not 
escape. 

19  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  As  I  live,  surely  mine  oath 
that  he  hath  despised,  and  my  covenant  that  he  hath  broken,  even  it 
will  I  recompense  upon  his  own  head. 

20  And  I  will  spread  my  net  upon  him,  and  he  shall  be  taken  in 
my  snare  ;  and  I  will  bring  him  to  Babylon,  and  will  plead  with  him 
there  for  his  trespass  that  he  hath  trespassed  against  me. 

21  And  all  his  fugitives  with  all  his  bands  shall  fall  by  the  sword, 
and  they  that  remain  shall  be  scattered  toward  all  winds ;  and  ye 
shall  know  that  I  the  Lord  have  spoken  it. 

22  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  I  will  also  take  of  the  highest  branch 
of  the  high  cedar,  and  will  set  it ;  1  will  crop  off  from  the  top  of  his 
young  twigs  a  tender  one,  and  will  plant  it  upon  an  high  mountain 
and  eminent. 

23  In  the  mountain  of  the  height  of  Israel  will  I  plant  it ;  and  it 
shall  bring  forth  boughs,  and  bear  fruit,  and  be  a  goodly  cedar:  and 
under  it  shall  dwell  all  fowl  of  every  wing  ;  in  the  shadow  of  the 
branches  thereof  shall  they  dwell. 

24  And  all  the  trees  of  the  field  shall  know  that  I  the  Lord  have 
brought  down  the  high  tree,  have  exalted  the  low  tree,  have  dried 
up  the  green  tree,  and  have  made  the  dry  tree  to  flourish  :  I  the 
Lord  have  spoken,  and  have  done  it. 

EZEKIEL,    XVIir. 

God  disalloweih   ike  parable   of  sour  grapes :  he   defendeth  the 
equity  of  his  dealings,  and  exhorteth  to  repentance. 

1  The  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me  again,  sa5'ing, 

2  What  mean  ye,  that  ye  use  this  proyerb  concerning  the  land  of 
Israel,  saying.  The  fathers  have  eaten  sour  grapes,  and  the  children's 
teeth  are  set  on  edge  ? 

3  ^s  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  ye  shall  not  have  occasion  any 
more  to  use  this  proverb  in  Israel. 


Ezehitl  303 

4  Behold,  all  souls  are  mine  ;  as  the  soul  of  the  father,  so  also  the 
soul  of  the  son  is  mine  :  the  soul  that  sinneth,  it  shall  die. 

5  IT  But  if  a  man  be  just,  and  do  that  which  is  lawful  and  right, 

6  And  hath  not  eaten  upon  the  mountains,  neither  hath  lifted  up 
his  eyes  to  the  idols  of  the  house  of  Israel,  neither  hath  defiled  his 
neighbor's  wife,  neither  hath  come  near  to  a  menstruous  woman, 

7  And  hath  not  oppressed  any,  hut  hath  restored  to  the  debtor  his 
pledge,  hath  spoiled  none  by  violence,  hath  given  his  bread  to  the 
hungry,  and  hath  covered  the  naked  with  a  garment ; 

8  He  that  hath  not  given  forth  upon  usury,  neither  hath  taken 
any  increase,  that  hath  withdrawn  his  hand  from  iniquity,  hath 
executed  true  judgment  between  man  and  man, 

9  Hath  walked  in  my  statutes,  and  hath  kept  my  judgments,  to 
deal  truly  ;  he  is  just,  he  shall  surely  live,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

10  H  If  he  beget  a  son  that  is  a  robber,  a  shedder  of  blood,  and 
that  doeth  the  like  to  any  one  of  these  things. 

11  And  that  doeth  not  any  of  those  duties,  but  even  hath  eaten 
upon  the  mountains,  and  defiled  his  neighbor's  wife, 

12  Hath  oppressed  the  poor  and  needy,  hath  spoiled  by  violence^ 
hath  not  restored  the  pledge,  and  hath  hfted  up  his  eyes  to  the  idols, 
hath  apmmitted  abomination, 

13  Hath  given  forth  upon  usury,  and  hath  taken  increase  :  shall 
he  then  live?  He  shall  not  five ;  he  hath  done  all  these  abomina- 
tions ;  he  shall  surely  die  ;  his  blood  shall  be  upon  him. 

14  M  Now,  lo,  if  he  beget  a  son,  that  seeth  all  his  father's  sins 
which  he  hath  done,  and  considereth,  and  doeth  not  such  like, 

15  That  hath  not  eaten  upon  the  mountains,  neither  hath  lifted 
up  his  eyes  to  the  idols  of  the  house  of  Israel,  hath  not  defiled  his 
neighbor's  wife, 

16  Neither  hath  oppressed  any,  hath  not  withholden  the  pledge, 
neither  hath  spoiled  by  violence,  but  hath  given  his  bread  to  the 
hungry,  and  hath  covered  the  naked  with  a  garment, 

17  That  hath  taken  off  his  hand  from  the  poor,  that  hath  not 
received  usury  nor  increase,  hath  executed  my  judgments,  hath 
walked  in  my  statutes  :  he  shall  not  die  for  the  iniquity  of  his  father, 
he  shall  surely  live. 

18  As  for  bis  father,  because  he  cruelly  oppressed,  spoiled  his 
brother  by  violence,  and  did  that  which  is  not  good  among  his  people, 
lo,  even  he  shall  die  in  his  iniquity. 

19  H  Yet  say  ye.  Why  ?  Doth  not  the  son  bear  the  iniquity  of  the 
father  ?  When  "the  son  hath  done  that  which  is  lawful  and  right,  ajid 
hath  kept  all  my  statutes,  and  hath  done  them,  he  shall  surely  live. 

20  The  soul  that  sinneth,  it  shall  die.  The  son  shall  not  bear  the 
iniquity  of  the  father,  neither  shall  the  father  bear  the  iniquity  of  the 
son;  the  righteousness  of  the  righteous  shall  be  upon  him,  and  the 
wickedness  of  the  wicked  shall  be  upon  him. 

21  But  if  the  wicked  will  turn  from  all  his  sins  that  he  hath  com- 
mitted, and  keep  all  n)y  statutes,  and  do  that  which  is  lawful  and 
right,  he  shall  surely  live,  he  shall  not  die. 

22  All  his  transgressions  that  he  hath  committed,  they  shall  not  be 
mentioned  unto  him  :  in  his  righteousness  that  he  hath  done  he  shall 
live. 

23  Have  I  any  pleasure  at  all  that  the  v>^icked  should  die  ?  saith 


304  Ezehiel. 

the  Lord  God  ;  and  not  that  he  should  return  from  his  ways,  and 
live  ? 

24  IT  But  when  the  righteous  turneth  away  from  his  righteousness, 
and  committeth  iniquity,  and  doeth  according  to  all  the  abominations 
that  the  wicked  man  doeth,  shall  he  live  ?  All  his  righteousness  that 
he  hath  done  shall  not  be  mentioned :  in  his  trespass  that  he  hath 
trespassed,  and  in  his  sin  that  he  hath  sinned,  in  them  shall  he 
die. 

25  li  Yet  ye  say,  The  way  of  the  Lord  is  not  equal.  Hear  now, 
0  house  of  Israel,  Is  not  my  way  equal  ?  are  not  your  ways  une- 
qual ? 

26  When  a  righteous  man  turneth  away  from  his  righteousness, 
and  committeth  iniquity,  and  dieth  in  them  ;  for  his  iniquity  that  he 
hath  done  shall  he  die. 

27  Again,  when  the  wicked  man  turneth  away  from  his  wicked- 
ness that  he  hath  committed,  and  doeth  that  which  is  lawful  and 
right,  he  shall  save  his  soul  alive. 

28  Because  he  considereth,  and  turneth  away  from  all  his  trans- 
gressions that  he  hath  committed  he  shall  surely  live,  he  shall  not 
die. 

29  Yet  saith  the  house  of  Israel,  The  way  of  the  Lord  is  not 
equal.  0  house  of  Israel,  are  not  my  ways  equal?  are  not  your 
ways  unequal  ? 

30  Therefore  I  will  judge  you,  0  house  of  Israel,  every  one  accord- 
ing to  his  ways,  saith  the  Lord  God.  Repent,  and  turn  yoMrseZues 
from  all  your  transgressions  ;  so  iniquity  shall  not  be  your  ruin. 

31  IT  Cast  away  from  you  all  your  transgressions,  whereby  ye  hare 
transgressed  ;  and  make  you  a  new  heart  and  a  new  spirit :  for  why 
will  ye  die,  O  house  of  Israel? 

32  For  I  have  no  pleasure  in  the  death  of  him  that  dieth,  saith  the 
Lord  God  :  wherefore  turn  yourselves,  and  live  ye. 

EZEKIEL,    XIX. 

A  lamentation  for  the  princes  of  Israel,  under  the  parable  of  lions^ 
whelps  taken  in  a  pit. 

1  Moreover,  take  thou  up  a  lamentation  for  the  princes  of  Is- 
rael, 

2  And  say.  What  is  thy  mother  ?  A  lioness :  she  lay  down  among 
lions,  she  nourished  her  whelps  among  young  lions. 

3  And  she  brought  up  one  of  her  whelps:  it  became  a  young  lion, 
and  it  learned  to  catch  the  prey  ;  it  devoured  men. 

4  The  nations  also  heard  of  him  ;  he  was  taken  in  their  pit,  and 
they  brought  him  with  chains  unto  the  land  of  Egypt. 

5  Now  "when  she  saw  that  she  had  waited,  and  her  hope  was  lost, 
then  she  took  another  of  her  whelps,  and  made  him  a  young  lion. 

6  And  he  went  up  and  down  among  the  lions,  he  became  a  young 
lion,  and  learned  to  catch  the  prey,  and  devoured  men. 

7  And  he  knew  their  desolate  palaces,  and  he  laid  waste  their 
cities  ;  and  the  land  was  desolate,  and  the  fulness  thereof,  by  the 
noise  of  his  roaring. 

8  Then  the  nations  set  against  him  on  every  side  from  the  prov- 
inces, and  spread  their  net  over  him  :  he  was  taken  in  their  pit. 


Ezehid.  305 

9  And  they  put  him  in  ward  in  chains,  and  brought  him  to  the 
king  of  Babylon ;  they  brought  him  into  holds,  that  his  voice  should 
no  more  be  heard  upon  the  mountains  of  Israel. 

10  IT  Thy  mother  is  like  a  vine  in  thy  blood,  planted  by  the  waters: 
she  was  fruitful,  and  full  of  branches,  by  reason  of  many  waters. 

11  And  she  had  strong  rods  for  the  sceptres  of  them  that  bare  rule, 
and  her  stature  was  exalted  among  the  thick  branches,  and  she  ap- 
peared in  her  height  with  the  multitude  of  her  branches. 

12  But  she  was  plucked  up  in  fury,  she  was  cast  down  to  the 
ground,  and  the  east  wind  dried  up  her  fruit;  her  strong  rods  were 
broken  and  withered,  the  fire  consumed  them. 

13  And  now  she  is  planted  in  .the  wilderness,  in  a  dry  and  thirsty 
ground. 

14  And  fire  is  gone  out  of  a  rod  of  her  branches,  which  hath 
devoured  her  fruit ;  so  that  she  hath  no  strong  rod  to  he  a  sceptre  to 
rule.     This  is  a  lamentation,  and  shall  be  for  a  lamentation. 

EZEKIEL,    XX.  B.  C.  592. 

God  refuseth  to  be  consulted  by  the  elders  of  Israel:  the  story  of 
their  rebellion:  he promiseth  to  gather  them. 

1  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  seventh  year,  in  the  fifth  month,  the 
tenth  day  £)i  the  month,  that  certain  of  the  elders  of  Israel  came  to 
inquire  of  the  Lord,  and  sat  before  me. 

2  Then  came  the  word  of  the  Lord  unto  me,  saying, 

3  Son  of  man,  speak  unto  the  elders  of  Israel,  and  say  unto  them. 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Are  ye  come  to  inquire  of  me  ?  jis  I 
live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  I  will  not  be  inquired  of  by  you. 

4  11  Wilt  thou  judge  them,  son  of  man?  wilt  thou  judge  them? 
cause  them  to  know  the  abominations  of  their  fathers  ; 

5  And  say  unto  them,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  In  the  day  when 
I  chose  Israel,  and  lifted  up  mine  hand  unto  the  seed  of  the  house  of 
Jacob,  and  made  myself  known  unto  them  in  the  land  of  Egypt, 
when  I  lifted  up  mine  hand  unto  them,  saying,  I  am  the  Lord  your 
God; 

C  In  the  day  that  I  lifted  up  mine  hand  unto  them,  to  bring  them 
forth  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  into  a  land  that  I  had  espied  for  them, 
flowing  with  milk  and  honey,  which  is  the  glory  of  all  lands  ; 

7  Then  said  I  unto  them.  Cast  ye  away  every  man  the  abomina- 
tions of  his  eyes,  and  defile  not  yourselves  with  the  idols  of  Egypt : 
I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

8  But  they  rebelled  against  me,  and  would  not  hearken  unto  me  : 
they  did  not  every  man  cast  away  the  abominations  of  their  eyes, 
neither  did  they  forsake  the  idols  of  Egypt  :  then  I  said,  I  will  pour 
out  my  fury  upon  them,  to  accomplish  my  anger  against  them  in  the 
midst  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 

9  But  I  wrought  for  my  name's  sake,  that  it  should  not  be  polluted 
before  the  heathen,  among  whom  they  loere,  in  whose  sight  I  made 
myself  known  unto  them,  in  bringing  them  forth  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt. 

10  IT  Wherefore  I  caused  them  to  go  forth  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
and  brought  them  into  the  wilderness, 


306  Ezekiel 

11  And  I  gave  them  my  statutes,  and  shewed  them  my  judgments, 
which  if  a  man  do  he  shall  even  live  in  them. 

12  Moreover  also  I  gave  them  my  sabbaths  to  be  a  sign  between 
me  and  them,  that  they  might  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  that  sanctify 
them. 

13  But  the  house  of  Israel  rebelled  against  me  in  the  wilderness  : 
they  walked  not  in  my  statutes,  and  they  despised  my  judgments, 
which  if  a  man  do,  he  shall  even  live  in  them  :  and  my  sabbaths 
they  greatly  polluted  :  then  1  said,  1  would  pour  out  my  fury  upon 
them  in  the  wilderness  to  consume  them. 

14  But  I  wrought  for  my  name's  sake,  that  it  should  not  be  pol- 
luted before  the  heathen,  in  whose  sight  I  brought  them  out. 

15  Yet  also  I  lifted  up  my  hand  unto  them  in  the  wilderness,  that 
I  would  not  bring  them  into  the  land  which  I  had  given  them,  flow- 
ing with  milk  and  honey,  which  is  the  glory  of  all  lands ; 

16  Because  they  despised  my  judgments,  and  walked  not  in  my 
statutes,  but  polluted  my  sabbaths  :  tor  their  heart  went  after  their 
idols. 

17  Nevertheless  mine  eye  spared  them  from  destroying  them, 
neither  did  I  make  an  end  of  them  in  the  wilderness. 

18  But  I  said  unto  their  children  in  the  wilderness.  Walk  ye  not 
in  the  statutes  of  your  fathers,  neither  observe  their  judgments,  nor 
defile  yourselves  with  their  idols  : 

19  I  am  the  Lord  your  God  ;  walk  in  my  statutes,  and  keep  my 
judgments,  and  do  them  ; 

20  And  hallow  my  sabbaths  ;  and  thej''  shall  be  a  sign  between  me 
and  you,  that  ye  may  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 

21  Notwithstanding  the  children  rebelled  against  me  :  they  walked 
not  in  my  statutes  neither  kept  my  judgments  to  do  them,  which  i/^a 
man  do,  he  shall  even  live  in  them ;  they  polluted  my  sabbaths  : 
then  I  said,  I  would  pour  out  my  fury  upon  them,  to  accomplish  my 
anger  against  them  in  the  wilderness. 

22  Nevertheless  I  withdrew  mine  hand,  and  wrought  for  my 
name's  sake,  that  it  should  not  be  polluted  in  the  sight  of  the  heathen, 
in  whose  sight  I  brought  them  forth. 

23  I  lifted  up  mine  hand  unto  them  also  in  the  wilderness,  that  I 
would  scatter  them  among  the  heathen,  and  disperse  them  through 
the  countries  ; 

24  Because  they  had  not  executed  my  judgments,  but  had  despised 
my  statutes,  and  had  polluted  my  sabbaths,  and  their  eyes  were  after 
their  fathers'  idols. 

25  Wherefore  I  gave  them  also  statutes  that  were  not  good,  and 
judgments  whereby  they  should  not  live  : 

26  And  I  polluted  them  in  their  own  gifts,  in  that  they  caused  to 
pass  through  the  fire  all  that  openeth  the  womb,  that  I  might  make 
them  desolate,  to  the  end  that  they  might  know  that  1  am  the 
Lord. 

27  IT  Therefore,  son  of  man,  speak  unto  the  house  of  Israel,  and 
say  unto  them,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Yet  in  this  your  fathers 
have  blasphemed  me,  in  that  they  have  committed  a  trespass  against 
me. 

28  For  when  I  had  brought  them  into  the  land,  for  the  which  I 
lifted  up  mine  hand  to  give  it  to  them,  then  they  saw  every  high 


Ezekiel  307 

hill,  and  all  the  thick  trees,  and  they  offered  there  their  sacrifices, 
and  there  they  presented  the  provocation  of  their  offering  :  there  also 
they  made  their  sweet  savor,  and  poured  out  there  their  drink- 
offerings. 

29  Then  I  said  unto  them.  What  is  the  high  place  whereunto  ye 
go?     And  the  name  thereof  is  called  Bamah  unto  this  day. 

30  Wherefore  say  unto  the  house  of  Israel,  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God  ;  Are  ye  polluted  after  the  manner  of  your  fathers  ?  and  commit 
ye  whoredom  after  their  abominations  ? 

31  For  when  ye  offer  your  gifts,  when  ye  make  your  sons  to  pass 
through  the  fire,  ye  pollute  yourselves  with  all  your  idols,  even  unto 
this  day  :  and  shall  1  be  inquired  of  by  you,  0  house  of  Israel  ?  As 
I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  I  will  not  be  inquired  of  by  you. 

32  And  that  which  cometh  into  your  mind  shall  not  be  at  all,  that 
ye  say.  We  will  be  as  the  heathen,  as  the  families  of  the  countries, 
to  serve  wood  and  stone. 

33  U  ^s  1  live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  surely  with  a  mighty  hand, 
and  with  a  stretched  out  arm,  and  with  fury  poured  out,  will  I  rule 
over  you  : 

34  And  I  will  bring  you  out  from  the  people,  and  will  gather  you 
out  of  the  countries  wherein  ye  are  scattered,  with  a  mighty  hand 
and  with  a  stretched  out  arm,  and  with  fury  poured  out. 

35  And  I  will  bring  you  into  the  wilderness  of  the  people,  and 
there  will  I  plead  with  you  face  to  face. 

36  Like  as  I  pleaded  with  your  fathers  in  the  wilderness  of  the 
land  of  Egypt,  so  will  I  plead  with  you,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

37  And'l  will  cause  you  to  pass  under  the  rod,  and  1  Avill  bring 
you  into  the  bond  of  the  covenant : 

38  And  I  will  purge  out  fiom  among  you  the  rebels  and  them  that 
transgress  against  me :  I  will  bring  them  forth  out  of  the  country 
where  they  sojourn,  and  they  shall  not  enter  into  the  land  of  Israel : 
and  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

39  As  for  you,  O  house  of  Israel,  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Go  ye, 
serve  ye  every  one  his  idols,  and  hereafter  also,  if  ye  will  not  hearken 
unto  me  :  but  pollute  ye  my  holy  name  no  more  with  your  gifts,  and 
with  your  idols. 

40  For  in  mine  holy  mountain,  in  the  mountain  of  the  height  of 
Israel,  saith  the  Lord  God,  there  shall  all  the  house  of  Israel,  all  of 
them  in  the  land  serve  me  :  there  will  I  accept  them,  and  there  will 
I  require  your  offerings,  and  the  first  fruits  of  your  oblations,  with  all 
your  holy  things. 

41  I  will  accept  you  with  your  sweet  savor,  when  I  bring  you  out 
from  the  people,  and  gather  you  out  of  the  countries  wherein  ye 
have  been  scattered  ;  and  I  will  be  sanctified  in  you  before  the 
heathen. 

42  And  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord,  when  I  shall  bring  you 
into  the  land  of  Israel,  into  the  country  for  the  which  I  lifted  up 
mine  hand  to  give  it  to  your  fathers. 

43  And  there  shall  ye  remember  your  ways,  and  all  your  doings, 
wherein  ye  have  been  defiled  ;  and  ye  shall  loathe  yourselves  in 
your  own  sight  for  all  your  evils  that  ye  have  committed. 

44  And  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord,  when  I  have  wrought 
with  you  for  my  name's  sake,  not  according  to  your  wicked  ways. 


308  Ezekiel 

nor  according  to  your  corrupt  doings,  0  ye  house  of  Israel,  saith  the 
Lord  God. 

45  Tf  Moreover,  the  worn  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

46  Son  of  man,  set  thy  face  toward  the  south,  and  drop  thy  word 
toward  the  south,  and  prophesy  against  the  forest  of  the  south 
field; 

47  And  say  to  the  forest  of  the  south.  Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord  ; 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Behold,  I  will  kindle  a  fire  in  thee,  and 
it  shall  devour  every  green  tree  in  thee,  and  every  dry  tree  ;  the 
flaming  flame  shall  not  be  quenched,  and  all  faces  from  the  south  to 
the  north  shall  be  burned  therein. 

48  And  all  flesh  shall  see  that  I  the  Lord  have  kindled  it :  it  shall 
not  be  quenched. 

49  Then  said  I,  Ah  Lord,  God  !  they  say  of  me,  Doth  he  not 
speak  parables  ? 

EZEKIEL,   XXI. 

Ezekiel  prophesieth  against  Jerusalem.     The   sharp   and  blight 
sword. 

1  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  set  thy  face  toward  Jerusalem,  and  drop  thy  word 
toward  the  holy  places,  and  prophesy  against  the  land  of  Israel, 

3  And  say  to  the  land  of  Israel,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  I 
am  against  thee,  and  will  draw  forth  my  sword  out  of  his  sheath,  and 
will  cut  off  from  thee  the  righteous  and  the  wicked. 

4  Seeing  then  that  I  will  cut  off  from  thee  the  righteous  and  the 
wicked,  therefore  shall  my  sword  go  forth  out  of  his  sheath  against 
all  flesh  from  the  south  to  the  north  ; 

5  That  all  flesh  may  know  that  I  the  Lord  have  drawn  forth  my 
sword  out  of  his  sheath  :  it  shall  not  return  any  more. 

6  Sigh,  therefore,  thou  son  of  man,  with  the  breaking  of  ^Ay  loins; 
and  with  bitterness  sigh  before  their  ej'es. 

7  And  it  shall  be,  when  they  say  unto  thee.  Wherefore  sighest 
thou  ?  that  thou  shalt  answer.  For  the  tidings,  because  it  cometh  ; 
and  every  heart  shall  melt,  and  all  hands  shall  be  feeble,  and  every 
spirit  shall  faint,  and  all  knees  shall  be  weak  as  water :  behold,  it 
cometh,  and  shall  be  brought  to  pass,  saith  the  Lord  God, 

8  TT  Again,  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

9  Son  of  man,  prophesy,  and  say.  Thus  saith  the  Lord;  Say,  A 
sword,  a  sword  is  sharpened,  and  also  furbished  : 

10  It  is  sharpened  to  make  a  sore  slaughter ;  it  is  furbished  that  it 
may  glitter  :  should  we  then  make  mirth  ?  it  contemneth  the  rod  of 
my  son  as  every  tree. 

11  And  he  hath  given  it  to  be  furbished,  that  it  may  be  handled  : 
this  sword  is  sharpened,  and  it  is  furbished,  to  give  it  into  the  hand 
of  the  slayer. 

12  Cry  and  howl,  son  of  man  ;  for  it  shall  be  upon  my  people,  it 
shall  be  upon  all  the  princes  of  Israel ;  terrors,  by  reason  of  the 
sword,  shall  be  upon  my  people  :  smite  therefore  upon  thy  thigh. 

13  Because  it  is  a  trial,  and  what  if  the  sword  contemn  even  the 
rod  ?  it  shall  be  no  more,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

14  Thou,  therefore,  son  of  man,  prophesy,  and  smite  thine  hands 


Ezekieh  309 

together,  and  let  the  sword  be  doubled  the  third  time,  the  sword  of 
the  slain :  it  is  the  sword  of  the  great  men  that  are  slain,  which 
entereth  into  their  privy  chambers. 

15  I  have  set  the  point  of  the  sword  against  all  their  gates,  that 
their  heart  may  faint,  and  their  ruins  be  multiplied  :  ah  !  it  is  made 
bright,  it  is  wrapped  up  for  the  slaughter. 

16  Go  thee  one  way  or  other,  either  on  the  right  hand,  or  on  the 
left,  whithersoever  thy  face  is  set. 

17  I  will  also  smite  mine  hands  together,  and  I  will  cause  my  fury 
to  rest :  I  the  Lord  have  said  it. 

18  IT  The  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me  again,  saying, 

19  Also,  thou  son  of  man,  appoint  thee  two  ways,  that  the  sword 
of  the  king  of  Babylon  may  come :  both  twain  shall  come  forth  out 
of  one  land ;  and  choose  thou  a  place,  choose  it  at  the  head  of  the 
way  to  the  city. 

*  20  Appoint  a  way,  that  the  sword  may  come  to  Rabbath  of  the 
Anunonites,  and  to  Judah  in  Jerusalem  the  defenced. 

21  For  the  king  of  Babylon  stood  at  the  parting  of  the  way,  at  the 
head  of  the  two  ways,  to  use  divination :  he  made  his  arrows  bright, 
he  consulted  with  images,  he  looked  in  the  liver. 

22  At  his  right  hand  was  the  divination  for  Jerusalem,  to  appoint 
captains,  to  open  the  mouth  in  the  slaughter,  to  iift  up  the  voice  with 
shouting,  to  appoint  battering  rams  against  the  gates,  to  cast  a  mount, 
and  to  build  a  fort. 

23  And  it  shall  be  unto  them  as  a  false  divination  in  their  sight,  to 
them  that  have  sworn  oaths  :  but  he  will  call  to  remembrance  the 
iniquity,  that  they  may  be  taken. 

24  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Because  ye  have  made 
your  iniquity  to  be  remembered,  in  that  your  transgressions  are 
discovered,  so  that  in  all  your  doings  your  sins  do  appear  ;  because, 
I  say,  that  ye  are  come  to  remembrance,  ye  shall  be  taken  with  the 
hand. 

2-5  IT  And  thou,  profane  wicked  prince  of  Israel,  whose  day  is  come, 
when  iniqiiity  shall  have  an  end, 

26  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Remove  the  diadem,  and  take  off 
the  crown  ;  this  shall  not  be  the  same  :  exalt  him  that  is  low,  and 
atase  him  that  is  high. 

27  I  will  overturn,  overturn,  overturn  it ;  and  it  shall  be  no  more, 
until  he  come  whose  right  it  is  ;  and  I  will  give  it  hi7n. 

28  TI  And  thou,  son  of  man,  prophesy  and  say.  Thus  saith  ti:e 
Lord  God  concerning  the  Ammonites,  and  concerning  their  reproach; 
even  say  thou,  Tlie  sword,  the  sword  is  drawn  :  for  the  slaughter  it 
is  furbished,  to  consume  because  of  the  glittering  : 

29  While  they  see  vanity  unto  thee,  while  they  divine  a  lie  unto 
thee,  to  bring  thee  upon  the  necks  of  them  that  are  slain,  of  the 
wicked,  whose  day  is  come,  when  their  iniquity  shall  have  an 
end. 

30  Shall  I  cause  it  to  return  into  his  sheath  ?  I  will  judge  thee  in 
the  place  where  thou  wast  created,  in  the  land  of  thy  nativity. 

31  And  I  will  pour  out  mine  indignation  upon  thee,  I  will  blow 
against  thee  in  the  fire  of  ray  wrath,  and  deliver  thee  into  the  hand 
of  brutish  men,  and  skilful  to  destroy. 

32  Thou  shalt  be  for  fuel  to  the  fire  ;  thy  blood  shall  be  in  the 

26 


310  Ezekiel 

midst  of  the. land,  thou  shalt  be  no  more  remembered:  for  I  the 
Lord  have  spoken  it. 

B.  C.  59],  EZEKIEL,    XXII. 

A  catalogue  of  sins  in  Jerusalem.     God  will  hum  them  as  dross  in 
his  furnace. 

1  Moreover,  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Now,  thou  son  of  man,  wilt  thou  judge,  wilt  thou  judge  the 
bloody  city?     Yea,  thou  shalt  shew  her  ail  her  abominations, 

3  Then  say  thou.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  The  city  sheddeth 
blood  in  the  midst  of  it,  that  her  time  may  come,  and  maketh  idols 
against  herself  to  defile  herself. 

4  Thou  art  become  guilty  in  thy  blood  that  thou  hast  shed  ;  and 
hast  defiled  thyself  in  thine  idols  which  thou  hast  made  ;  and  thou 
hast  caused  thy  days  to  draw  near,  and  art  come  even  unto  thy  years ; 
therefore  have  I  made  thee  a  reproach  unto  the  heathen,  and  a 
mocking  to  all  countries. 

5  Those  that  he  near,  and  those  that  he  far  from  thee  shall  mock 
thee  which  art  infamous  and  much  vexed. 

6  Behold,  the  princes  of  Israel,  every  one  were  in  thee  to  their 
power  to  shed  blood. 

7  In  thee  have  they  set  light  by  father  and  mother :  in  the  midst 
of  thee  have  they  dealt  by  oppression  with  the  stranger :  in  thee 
have  they  vexed  the  fatherless  and  the  widow. 

8  Thou  hast  despised  mine  holy  things,  and  hast  profaned  ray  sab- 
baths. 

9  In  thee  are  men  that  carry  tales  to  shed  blood :  and  in  thee  they 
eat  upon  the  mountains  :  in  the  midst  of  thee  they  commit  lewd- 
ness : 

10  In  thee  have  ihey  discovered  their  father's  nakedness  :  in  thee 
have  they  humbled  her  that  was  set  apart  for  pollution. 

11  And  one  hath  committed  abomination  with  his  neighbor's  wife; 
and  another  hath  lewdly  defiled  his  daughter  in  law  ;  and  another  in 
thee  hath  humbled  his  sister,  his  father's  daughter. 

12  In  thee  have  they  taken  gifts  to  shed  blood  ;  thou  hast  taken 
usury  and  increase,  and  thou  hast  greedily  gained  of  thy  neighbor  by 
extortion,  and  hast  forgotten  me,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

13  "li  Behold,  therefore,  I  have  smitten  mine  hand  at  thy  dishonest 
gain  which  thou  hast  made,  and  at  thy  blood  which  hath  been  in  the 
midst  of  thee. 

14  Can  thine  heart  endure,  or  can  thine  hands  be  strong,  in  the 
days  that  I  shall  deal  with  thee  ■  I  the  Lord  have  spoken  it,  and 
will  do  it. 

15  And  I  will  scatter  thee  among  the  heathen,  and  disperse  thee 
in  the  countries,  and  will  consume  thy  filthiness  out  of  thee. 

16  And  thou  shall  lake  thine  inheritance  in  thyself  in  the  sight  of 
the  heathen,  and  thou  shalt  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

17  *T  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

18  Son  of  man,  the  house  of  Israel  is  to  me  become  dross :  all 
they  are  brass,  and  tin,  and  iron,  and  lead,  in  the  midst  of  the  fur- 
nace ;  they  are  even  the  dross  of  silver. 

19  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Because  ye  are  all  become 


Ezekiel  311 

dross,  behold  therefore,  I  will  gather  you  into  the  midst  of  Jerusa- 
lem. 

20  As  they  gather  silver,  and  brass,  and  iron,  and  lead,  and  tin, 
into  the  midst  of  the  furnace,  to  blow  the  fife  upon  it,  to  melt  it ;  so 
will  I  gather  you  in  mine  anger  and  in  my  fury,  and  I  will  leave  you 
there,  and  melt  you. 

21  Yea,  I  will  gather  you,  and  blow  upon  you  in  the  fire  of  my 
wrath,  and  ye  shall  be  melted  in  the  midst  thereof. 

22  As  silver  is  melted  in  the  midst  of  the  furnace,  so  shall  ye  be 
melted  in  the  midst  thereof;  and  ye  shall  know  that  I  the  Lord  have 
poured  out  my  fury  upon  you. 

23  IF  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

24  Son  of  man,  say  unto  her.  Thou  art  the  land  that  is  not  cleansed, 
nor  rained  upon  in  the  day  of  indignation. 

25  There  is  a  conspiracy  of  her  prophets  in  the  midst  thereof,  like 
a  roaring  lion  ravening  the  prey:  they  have  devoured  souls;  they 
have  taken  the  treasure  and  precious  things ;  they  have  made  her 
many  widows  in  the  midst  thereof. 

26  Her  priests  have  violated  my  law,  and  have  profaned  mine 
iioly  things  :  they  have  put  no  difference  between  the  holy  and  pro- 
fane, neither  have  they  shewed  difference  between  the  unclean  and 
the  clean,  and  have  hid  their  eyes  from  my  sabbaths,  and  I  am 
profaned  among  them. 

27  Her  princes  in  the  midst  thereof  are  like  wolves  ravening  the 
prey,  to  shed  blood,  and  to  destroy  souls,  to  get  dishonest  gain. 

28  And  her  prophets  have  daubed  them  with  untempered  mortar, 
seeing  vanity,  and  divining  lies  unto  them,  saying.  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  God,  when  the  Lord  hath  not  spoken. 

29  The  people  of  the  land  have  used  oppression,  and  exercised 
robbery,  and  have  vexed  the  poor  and  needy  ;  yea,  they  have  op- 
pressed the  stranger  wrongfully. 

30  And  I  sought  for  a  man  among  thern  that  should  make  up  the 
hedge,  and  stand  in  the  gap  before  me  for  the  land,  that  I  should  not 
destroy  it ;  but  1  found  none. 

31  Therefore  have  I  poured  out  mine  indignation  upon  them  ;  I 
have  consumed  them  with  the  fire  of  my  wrath  :  their  own  way 
have  I  recompensed  upon  their  heads,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

EZEKIEL,    XXIII. 

The  whoredoms  ofAholah  and  Aholibah:  Aholibah  is  to  he  j>lagued 
by  her  lovers :  their  judgments. 

1  The  word  of  the  Lord  came  again  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  there  were  two  women,  the  daughters  of  one 
mother : 

3  And  they  committed  whoredoms  in  Egypt ;  they  committed 
whoredoms  in  their  youth :  there  were  their  breasts  pressed,  and 
there  they  bruised  the  teats  of  their  virginity. 

4  And  the  names  of  them  were  Aholah  the  elder,  and  Aholibah 
her  sister  ;  and  they  were  mine,  and  they  bare  sons  and  daughters. 
Thus  were  their  names  ;  Samaria  is  Aholah,  and  Jerusalem  Aholi- 
bah. 


313  Ezekiel 

5  And  Aliolah,  played  the  harlot  when  she  was  mine;  and  she 
doted  on  her  lovers,  on  the  Assyrians  her  neighbors, 

6  Which  were  clothed  with  blue,  captains  and  rulers,  all  of  them 
desirable  young  men,  horsemen  riding  upon  horses. 

7  Thus  she  committed  her  whoredoms  with  them,  with  all  them 
thai  were  the  chosen  men  of  Assyria,  and  with  all  on  whom  she 
doted  :  with  all  their  idols  she  defiled  herself. 

8  Neither  left  she  her  whoredoms  brought  from  Egypt :  for  in  her 
youth  they  lay  with  her,  and  they  bruised  the  breasts  of  her  virginity, 
and  poured  their  whoredom  upon  her. 

9  Wherefore  I  have  delivered  her  into  the  hand  of  her  lovers,  into 
the  hand  of  the  Assyrians,  upon  whom  she  doted. 

10  These  discovered  her  nakedness :  they  took  her  sons  and  her 
daughters,  and  slew  her  with  the  sword  :  and  she  became  famous 
among  women  :  for  tliey  had  executed  judgment  upon  her. 

11  And  when  her  sister  Aholibah  saw  this,  she  was  more  corrupt 
in  her  inordinate  love  than  she,  and  in  her  whoredoms  more  than  her 
sister  in  her  whoredoms. 

12  She  doted  upon  the  Assyrians  her  neighbors,  captains  and  rulers 
clothed  most  gorgeously,  horsemen  riding  upon  horses,  all  of  them 
desirable  young  men. 

13  Then  1  saw  that  she  was  defiled,  that  they  took  both  one 
way, 

14  And  that  she  increased  her  whoredoms:  for  when  she  saw  men 
pourtrayed  upon  the  wall,  the  images  of  the  Chaldeans  pourtrayed 
with  Vermillion, 

15  Gilded _with  girdles  upon  their  loins,  exceeding  in  dyed  attire 
upon  (heir  heads,  all  of  them  princes  to  look  to,  after  the  manner  of 
the  Babylonians  of  Chaldea,  the  land  of  their  nativity  : 

16  And  as  soon  as  she  saw  them  with  her  eyes,  she  doted  upon 
them,  and  sent  messengers  unto  them  into  Chaldea. 

17  And  the  Babylonians  came  to  her  iiilo  the  bed  of  love,  and  they 
defiled  her  with  their  whoredom ;  and  she  was  polluted  with  them, 
and  her  mind  was  alienated  from  them. 

18  So  she  discovered  her  whoredoms,  and  discovered  her  naked- 
ness :  then  my  mind  was  alienated  from  her,  like  as  my  mind  was 
alienated  from  her  sister. 

19  Yet  she  multiplied  her  whoredoms,  in  calling  to  remembrance 
the  days  of  her  youth,  wherein  she  had  played  the  harlot  in  the  land 
of  Egypt. 

20  JFor  she  doited  upon  their  paramours,  whose  flesh  is  as  the  flesh 
of  asses,  and  whose  issue  is  like  the  issue  of  horses. 

21  Thus  thou  calledst  to  remembrance  the  lewdness  of  thy  youth. 
in  bruising  thy  teats  by  the  Egyptians  for  the  paps  of  thy  youth. 

22  TT  Therefore,  O  Aholibah,  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Behold,  I 
will  raise  up  thy  lovers  against  thee,  from  whom  thy  mind  is  alien- 
ated, and  I  will  taring  them  against  thee  on  every  side  ; 

23  The  Babylonians,  and  all  the  Chaldeans,  Pekod,  and  Shoa,  and 
Koa,  aiid  all  the  Assyrians  with  them  :  all  of  them  desirable  young 
men,  captains  and  rulers,  great  lords  and  renowned,  all  of  them 
riding  upon  horses. 

24  And  they  shall  come  up  against  thee  with  chariots,  wagons, 
and  wheels,  and  with  an  assembly  of  people,  which  shall  set  against 


Ezekiel  313 

thee  buckler,  and  shield,  and  helmet,  round  about ;  and  I  will  set 
judgment  before  them,  and  they  shall  judge  thee  according  to  their 
judgments. 

25  And  I  will  set  my  jealousy  against  thee  :  and  they  shall  deal 
furiously  with  thee :  they  shall  take  away  thy  nose  and  thine  ears  ; 
and  thy  remnant  shall  fall  by  the  sword  :  they  shall  take  thy  sons 
and  thy  daughters ;  and  thy  residue  shall  be  devoured  by  the  fire. 

26  They  shall  also  strip  thee  out  of  thy  clothes,  and  take  away  thy 
fair  jewels. 

27  Thus  will  I  make  thy  lewdness  to  cease  from  thee,  and  thy 
whoredom  brought  from  the  land  of  Egypt :  so  that  thou  shalt  not 
lift  up  thine  eyes  unto  them,  nor  remember  Egypt  any  more. 

28  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Behold,  1  will  deliver  thee  into 
the  hand  of  them  whom  thou  hatest,  into  the  hand  of  them  from 
whom  thy  mind  is  alienated  : 

29  And  they  shall  deal  with  thee  hatefully,  and  shall  take  away  all 
thy  labor,  and  shall  leave  thee  naked  and  bare  ;  and  the  nakedness  of 
thy  whoredoms  shall  be  discovered,  both  thy  lewdness  and  thy 
whoredoms. 

30  I  will  do  these  things  unto  thee,  because  thou  hast  gone  a 
whoring  after  the  heathen,  and  because  thou  art  polluted  with  their 
idols. 

31  Thou  hast  walked  in  the  way  of  thy  sister ;  therefore  will  I 
give  her  cup  into  thine  hand. 

32  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Thou  shalt  drink  of  thy  sister's  cup 
deep  and  large  :  thou  shalt  be  laughed  to  scorn  and  had  in  derision ; 
it  containeth  much. 

33  Thou  shalt  be  filled  with  drunkenness  and  sorrow,  with  the 
cup  of  astonishment  and  desolation,  with  the  cup  of  thy  sister  Sa- 
maria. 

34  Thou  shalt  even  drink  it,  and  suck  it  out,  and  thou  shalt  break 
the  sherds  thereof,  pluck  off  thine  own  breasts  :  for  I  have  spoken  it, 
saith  the  Lord  God. 

35  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  Because  thou  hast  forgotten 
rae,  and  cast  me  behind  thy  back,  therefore  bear  thou  also  thy  lewd- 
ness and  thy  whoredoms. 

36  IT  The  Lord  said  moreover  unto  me  ;  Son  of  man,  wilt  thou 
judge  Aholah  and  Ahohbah  ^  Yea,  declare  unto  them  their  abom- 
inations ; 

37  That  they  have  committed  adultery,  and  blood  is  in  their  hands, 
and  with  their  idols  have  they  committed  adultery ;  and  have  also 
caused  their  sons,  whom  they  bare  unto  me,  to  pass  for  them  through 
the  fire,  to  devour  them. 

38  Moreover,  this  they  have  done  unto  me  :  they  have  defiled  my 
sanctuary  in  the  same  day,  and  have  profaned  my  sabbaths. 

39  For  when  they  had  slain  their  children  to  their  idols,  then  they 
came  the  same  day  into  my  sanctuary  to  profane  it ;  and,  lo,  thus 
have  they  done  in  the  midst  of  mine  house. 

40  And  furthermore,  that  ye  have  sent  for  men  to  come  from  far, 
unto  whom  a  messenger  was  sent ;  and,  lo,  they  came  :  for  whom 
thou  didst  wash  thyself,  paintedst  thy  eyes,  and  deckedst  thyself  with 
ornaments, 

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314  JEzekiel.     Zedekiah.     Jeremiah. 

41  And  sattest  upon  a  stately  bed,  and  a  table  prepared  before  it, 
whereupon  thou  hast  set  mine  incense  and  mine  oil. 

42  And  a  voice  of  a  multitude  being  at  ease  icas  with  her  :  and 
with  the  men  of  the  common  sort  icere  brought  Sabeans  from  the 
wilderness,  which  put  bracelets  upon  their  hands,  and  beautiful 
crowns  upon  their  heads. 

43  Then  said  I  unto  her  that  was  old  in  adulteries,  will  they  now 
commit  whoredoms  with  her,  and  she  with  them? 

44  Yet  they  went  in  unto  her,  as  they  go  in  unto  a  woman  that 
playeth  the  harlot ;  so  went  they  in  unto  Aholah  and  unto  Aholibah, 
the  lewd  women. 

4-5  H  And  the  righteous  men,  they  shall  judge  them  after  the 
manner  of  adulteresses,  and  after  the  manner  of  women  that  shed 
blood  ;  because  they  are  adulteresses,  and  blood  is  in  their  hands. 

46  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  1  will  bring  up  a  company  upon 
them,  and  will  give  them  to  be  removed  and  spoiled. 

47  And  the  company  shall  stone  them  with  stones,  and  dispatch 
them  with  their  swords  ;  they  shall  slay  thejj'  sons  and  their  daugh- 
ters, and  burn  up  their  houses  with  fire. 

48  Thus  will  I  cause  lewdness  to  cease  out  of  the  land,  that  all 
women  may  be  taught  not  to  do  after  your  lewdness. 

49  And  they  shall  recompense  j'our  lewdness  upon  you,  and  ye 
shall  bear  the  sins  of  your  idols :  and  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord  God. 

B.  C.  590.  2  KINGS,  XXV. 

1  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  ninth  year  of  his  reign,  in  the  tenth 
month,  in  the  tenth  day  of  the  month,  that  Nebuchadnezzar  king  of 
Babylon  came,  he,  and  all  his  host,  against  Jerusalem,  and  pitched 
against  it;  and  they  built  forts  against  it  round  about. 

JEREMIAH,    XXXVII. 

3  And  king  Zedekiah,  the  son  of  Josiah,  reigned  instead  of  Coniah, 
the  son  of  Jehoiakim,  whom  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon  made 
king  in  the  land  of  Judah. 

2  But  neither  he,  nor  his  servants,  nor  the  people  of  the  land,  did 
hearken  unto  the  words  of  the  Lord,  which  he  spake  by  the  prophet 
Jeremiah. 

3  And  Zedekiah  the  king  sent  Jehucal,  the  son  of  Shelemiah,  and 
Zephaniah,  the  son  of  Maaseiah,  the  priest,  to  the  prophet  Jeremiah, 
saying,  Pray  now  unto  the  Lord  our  (^od  for  us. 

4  Now  Jeremiah  came  in  and  went  out  among  the  people ;  for 
they  had  not  put  him  into  prison. 

EZEKIEL,    XXIV. 

By  a  boiling  pot,  is  shewed  Jerusalem's  destruction.  By  EzekieVs 
not  mourning  for  his  ivife,  is  shewed  the  Jews'  calamity  to  be 
beyond  all  sorrow. 

1  Again  in  the  ninth  year,  in  the  tenth  month,  in  the  tenth  day  of 
the  month,  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 


Ezekiel.  315 

2  Son  of  man,  Write  thee  the  name  of  the  day,  even  of  this  same 
day:  the  king  of  Babylon  set  himself  against  Jerusalem  this  same 
day. 

3  And  utter  a  parable  unto  the  rebellious  house,  and  say  unto  them. 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Set  on  a  pot,  set  it  on,  and  also  pour  water 
into  it : 

4  Gather  the  pieces  thereof  into  it,  even  every  good  piece,  the 
thigh,  and  the  shoulder  ;  fill  it  with  the  choice  bones. 

.5  Take  the  choice  of  the  flock,  and  burn  also  the  bones  under  it, 
and  make  it  boil  well,  and  let  them  seethe  the  bones  of  it  therein. 

6  ^  Wherefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Woe  to  the  bloody  city,  to 
the  pot  whose  scum  is  therein,  and  whose  scum  is  not  gone  out  of  it! 
bring  it  out  piece  by  piece  ;  let  no  lot  fall  upon  it. 

7  For  her  blood  is  in  the  midst  of  her  ;  she  set  it  upon  the  top  of 
a  rock  ;  she  poured  it  not  upon  the  ground  to  cover  it  with  dust ; 

8  That  it  might  cause  fury  to  come  up  to  take  vengeance  ;  I 
have  set  her  blood  upon  the  top  of  a  rock,  that  it  should  not  be 
covered. 

9  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Woe  to  the  bloody  city !  I 
will  even  make  the  pile  for  fire  great. 

10  Heap  on  wood,  kindle  the  fire,  consume  the  flesh,  and  spice  it 
well,  and  let  the  bones  be  burnt. 

11  Then  set  it  empty  upon  the  coals  thereof,  that  the  brass  of  it 
may  be  hot,  and  may  burn,  and  that  the  filthiness  of  it  may  be  molten 
in  it,  that  the  scum  of  it  may  be  consumed. 

12  She  hath  wearied  herself  with  lies,  and  her  great  scum  went 
not  forth  out  of  her  :  her  scum  shall  be  in  the  fire. 

13  In  thy  filthiness  is  lewdness  :  because  I  have  purged  thee,  and 
thou  wast  not  purged,  thou  shalt  not  be  purged  froai  thy  filthines.s 
any  more,  till  I  have  caused  my  fury  to  rest  upon  thee. 

14  I  the  Lord  have  spoken  it ;  it  shall  come  to  pass,  and  I  will  do 
it;  I  will  not  go  back,  neither  will  1  spare,  neither  will  I  repent: 
according  to  thy  ways,  and  according  to  thy  doings,  shall  they  judge 
thee,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

15  TI  Also  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

16  Son  of  man,  behold,  I  take  away  from  thee  the  desire  of  thine 
eyes  with  a  stroke  :  yet  neither  shalt  thou  mourn  nor  weep,  neither 
shall  thy  tears  run  down. 

17  Forbear  to  cry,  make  no  mourning  for  the  dead,  bind  the  tire 
of  thine  head  upon  thee,  and  put  on  thy  shoes  upon  thy  feet,  and 
cover  not  thy  lips,  and  eat  not  the  bread  of  men. 

18  So  I  spake  unto  the  people  in  the  morning ;  and  at  even  my 
wife  died :  and  I  did  in  the  morning  as  I  was  commanded. 

19  IT  And  the  people  said  unto  me.  Wilt  thou  not  tell  us  what  these 
things  are  to  us,  that  thou  doest  so  ? 

20  Then  I  answered  them,  The  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me, 
saying, 

21  Speak  unto  the  house  of  Israel,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Be- 
hold, I  will  profane  my  sanctuary,  the  excellency  of  your  strength, 
the  desire  of  your  eyes,  and  that  which  your  soul  pitieth ;  and  your 
sons  and  your  daughters  whom  ye  have  left  shall  fall  by  the 
sword. 


316  Ezekiel 

22  And  ye  shall  do  as  I  have  done  :  ye  shall  not  cover  your  lips, 
•nor  eat  the  bread  of  men. 

23  And  your  tires  shall  be  upon  your  heads,  and  your  shoes  upon 
your  feet:  ye  shall  not  mourn  nor  weep  ;  but  ye  shall  pine  away  for 
your  iniquities,  and  mourn  one  toward  another. 

24  Thus  Ezekiel  is  unto  you  a  sign  :  according  to  all  that  he  hath 
done  shall  ye  do  ;  and  when  this  cometh,  ye  shall  know  that  I  ain  the 
Lord  God. 

25  Also,  thou  son  of  man,  shall  it  not  be  in  the  day  when  I  take 
from  them  their  strength,  the  joy  of  their  glory,  the  desire  of  their 
eyes,  and  that  whereupon  they  set  their  minds,  their  sons  and  their 
daughters, 

26  That  he  that  escapeth  in  that  day  shall  come  unto  thee,  to 
cause  thee  to  hear  it  with  thijie  ears  ? 

27  In  that  day  shall  thj'  mouth  be  opened  to  him  which  is  escaped, 
and  thou  shalt  speak,  and  be  no  more  dumb  :  and  thou  shalt  be  a  sign 
unto  them  ;  and  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

EZEKIEL,    XXV. 

GoiVs  vengeance  on  the  Ammonites  for  their  insolence  against  the 
Jews,  4'c. 

1  The  word  of  the  Lord  came  again  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  set  thy  face  against  the  Ammonites,  and  prophesy 
against  them  : 

3  And  say  unto  the  Ammonites,  Hear  the  word  of  the  I^ord  God  ; 
Thus  sailh  the  Lord  God,  Because  tbOu  saidst.  Aha,  against  my 
sanctuary,  when  it  was  profaned ;  and  against  the  land  of  Israel,  when 
it  was  desolate ;  and  against  the  house  of  Judah,  when  they  went  into 
captivity  ; 

4  Behold,  therefore  I  will  deliver  thee  to  the  men  of  the  east  for  a 
possession,  and  they  shall  set  their  palaces  in  thee,  and  make  their 
dwellings  in  thee  :  they  shall  eat  thy  fruit,  and  they  shall  drink  thy 
milk. 

5  And  I  will  make  Rabbah  a  stable  for  camels,  and  the  Ammon- 
ites a  couching  place  for  flocks  :  and  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord. 

6  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Because  thou  hast  clapped  thine 
hands,  and  stamped  with  the  feet,  and  rejoiced  in  heart  with  all 
thy  despite  against  the  land  of  Israel  ; 

7  Behold,  therefore,  I  will  stretch  out  mine  hand  upon  thee,  and 
will  deliver  thee  for  a  spoil  to  the  heathen  ;  and  I  will  cut  thee  off 
from  the  people,  and  J  will  cause  thee  to  perish  out  of  the  countries. 
I  will  destroy  thee  ;  and  thou  shalt  know  that  I  am  the  Lord, 

8  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Because  that  Moab  and  Seir  do 
say.  Behold,  the  house  of  Judah  is  like  unto  all  the  heathen  ; 

9  Therefore,  behold,  1  will  open  the  side  of  Moab  from  the  cities; 
from  his  cities  ivhich  are  on  his  frontiers,  the  glory  of  the  country, 
Beth-jeshimoth,  Baal-meon,  and  Kiriathaim, 

10  Unto  the  men  of  the  east  with  the  Ammonites,  and  will  give 
them  in  possession,  that  the  Ammonites  may  not  be  remembered 
among  the  nations. 


Jeremiah.    Zedekiali.  317 

11  And  I  will  execute  judgments  upon  Moab  ;  and  they  shall  know 
that  I  am  the  Lord. 

12  II  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Because  that  Edom  hath  dealt 
against  the  house  of  Judah-by  taking  vengeance,  and  hath  greatly 
offended,  and  revenged  himself  upon  them  : 

13  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  I  will  also  stretch  out  mine 
hand  upon  Edom,  and  will  cut  off  man  and  beast  from  it ;  and  I  will 
make  it  desolate  from  Teraan  ;  and  they  of  Dedan  shall  fall  by  the 
sword. 

14  And  I  will  lay  my  vengeance  upon  Edom  by  the  hand  of  my 
people  Israel :  and  they  shall  do  in  Edom  according  to  mine  anger, 
and  according  to  my  fury  ;  and  they  shall  know  my  vengeance,  saith 
the"  Lord  God. 

15  TI  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Because  the  Philistines  have  dealt 
by  revenge,  and  have  taken  vengeance  with  a  despiteful  heart,  to 
destroy  it  for  the  old  hatred  ; 

16  Therefore,  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Behold,  I  will  stretch  out 
mine  hand  upon  the  Philistines,  and  I  will  cut  off  the  Cherethims,  and 
destroy  the  remnant  upon  the  sea-coast. 

17  And  I  will  execute  great  vengeance  upon  them  with  furious 
rebukes ;  and  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord,  when  I  shall  lay 
my  vengeance  upon  them. 

JEREMIAH,    XXI. 

Zedekiah  inquireth  the  event  of  JVebuchadrezzar's  war.    A  hard 
siege  foretold. 

1  The  word  which  came  unto  Jeremiah  from  the  Lord,  when  king 
Zedekiah  sent  unto  him  Pashur,  the  son  of  Melchiah,  and  Zephaniah, 
the  son  of  Maaseiah  the  priest,  saying,  « 

2  Inquire.  I  pray  thee,  of  tho  Lord  for  us,  (for  Nebuchadrezzar 
king  of  Babylon  maketh  war  against  us,)  if  so  be  that  the  Lord  will 
deal  with  us  according  to  all  his  wondrous  works,  that  he  may  go  up 
from  us.  ' 

3  IT  Then  said  Jeremiah  unto  them.  Thus  shall  ye  say  to  Zede- 
kiah, 

4  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  Behold,  I  will  turn  back  the 
weapons  of  war  that  are  in  your  hands,  wherewith  ye  fight  against 
the  king  of  Babylon,  and  against  the  Chaldeans,  which  besiege 
you  without  the  walls,  and  I  will  assemble  them  into  the  midst  of  this 
city. 

5  And  I  myself  will  fight  against  you  with  an  outstretched  hand, 
and  with  a  strong  arm,  even  in  anger  and  in  fury,  and  in  great 
wrath. 

6  And  I  will  smite  the  inhabitants  of  this  city,  both  man  and  beast : 
they  shall  die  of  a  great  pestilence. 

7  And  afterward,  saith  the  Lord,  I  will  deliver  Zedekiah  king  of 
Judah,  and  his  servants,  and  the  people,  and  such  as  are  left  in  this 
city  from  the  pestilence,  from  the  sword,  and  from  the  famine,  into  the 
hand  of  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon,  and  into  the  hand  of  their 
enemies,  and  into  the  hand  of  those  that  seek  their  life  ;  and  he  shall 
smite  them  with  the  edge  of  the  sword;  he  shall  not  spare  them, 
neither  have  pity,  nor  have  mercy. 


318  Jeremiah. 

8  IT  And  unto  this  people  thou  shalt  say,  Thus  saith  the  Lord, 
Behold,  I  set  before  you  the  way  of  life,  and  the  way  of  death. 

9  He  that  abideth  in  this  city  shall  die  by  the  sword,  and  by  the 
famine,  and  by  the  pestilence  :  but  he  that  goeth  out,  and  falleth  to 
the  Chaldeans  that  besiege  you,  he  shall  live,  and  his  life  shall  be 
unto  him  for  a  prey. 

10  For  1  have  set  my  face  against  this  city  for  evil,  and  not  for 
good,  saith  the  Lord  ;  it  shall  be  given  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of 
Babylon,  and  he  shall  burn  it  with  fire. 

11  ^  And  touching  the  house  of  the  king  of  Judah,  say.  Hear  ye 
the  word  of  the  Lord  ; 

12  0  house  of  David,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Execute  judgment  in 
the  morning,  and  deliver  him  that  is  spoiled  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
oppressor,  lest  my  fury  go  out  like  fire,  and  burn  that  none  can  quench 
it,  because  of  the  evil  of  your  doings. 

13  Behold,  I  a)n  against  thee,  6  inhabitant  of  the  valley,  and  rock 
of  the  plain,  saith  the  Lord  ;  which  say.  Who  shall  come  down 
against  us  ?  or  who  shall  enter  into  our  habitations  ? 

14  But  I  will  punish  you  according  to  the  fruit  of  your  doings, 
saith  the  Lord  :  and  I  will  kindle  a  fire  in  the  forest  thereof,  and  it 
shall  devour  all  things  round  about  it. 

JEREMIAH,  XXII. 

Jin  exhortation   to  repentance.      The  judgment  of  Shallum,  of 
Coniah. 

1  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Go  down  to  the  house  of  the  king  of 
Judah,  and  speak  there  this  word, 

2  And  say.  Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  0  king  of  Judah,  that 
sittest  upon  the  throne  of  David,  thou,  and  thy  servants,  and  thy 
people  thai  enter  in  by  these  gates ; 

3  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Execute  ye  judgment  and  righteousness, 
and  deliver  the  spoiled  out  of  the  hand  of  the  oppressor  :  and  do  no 
wrong,  do  no  violence  to  the  stranger,  the  fatherless,  nor  the  widow, 
neither  shed  innocent  blood  in  this  place. 

4  For  if  ye  do  this  thing  indeed,  then  shall  there  enter  in  by  the 
gates  of  this  house,  kings  sitting  upon  the  throne  of  David,  riding  in 
chariots  and  on  horses,  he,  and  his  servants,  and  his  people. 

5  But  if  ye  will  not  hear  these  words,  I  swear  by  myself,  saith  the 
Lord,  that  this  house  shall  become  a  desolation. 

6  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  unto  the  king's  house  of  Judah  ;  Thou 
art  Gilead  unto  me,  and  the  head  of  Lebanon  :  yet  surely  I  will 
make  thee  a  wilderness,  and  cities  which  are  not  inhabited. 

7  And  I  will  prepare  destroyers  against  thee,  every  one  with  his 
weapons :  and  they  shall  cut  down  thy  choice  cedars,  and  cast  them 
into  the  fire. 

8  And  many  nations  shall  pass  by  this  city,  and  they  shall  say 
every  man  to  his  neighbor,  Wherefore  hath  the  Lord  done  thus  unto 
this  great  city  ? 

9  Then  they  shall  answer,  Beeause  they  have  forsaken  the  cove- 
nant of  the  Lord  their  God,  and  worshipped  other  gods,  and  served 
them. 

10  TT  Weep  ye  not  for  the  dead,  neither  bemoan  him  :  but  weep 


Jeremiah.  319 

sore  for  him  that  goeth  away  ;    for  he  shall  return  no  more,  nor  see 
his  native  country. 

11  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  touching  Shallum,  the  son  of  Josiah, 
king  of  Judah,  which  reigned  instead  of  Josiah  his  father,  which 
went  forth  out  of  this  place  ;  He  shall  not  return  thither  any  more  : 

12  But  he  shall  die  in  the  place  whither  they  have  led  him  captive, 
and  shall  see  this  land  no  more. 

13  H  Woe  unto  him  that  buildeth  his  house  by  unrighteousness,  and 
his  chambers  by  wrong  ;  that  useth  his  neighbor's  service  without 
w^ages,  and  giveth  him  not  for  his  work  ; 

14  That  saith,  I  will  build  me  a  wide  house  and  large  chambers, 
and  cutteth  him  out  windows  ;  and  it  is  ceiled  with  cedar,  and 
painted  with  vermillion. 

15  Shalt  thou  reign  because  thou  closest  thyself  in  cedar?  Did  not 
thy  father  eat  and  drink,  and  do  judgment  and  justice,  and  then  it 
was  well  with  him  ? 

16  He  judged  the  cause  of  the  poor  and  needy;  then  it  was  well 
with  him :  was  not  this  to  know  me  ?  saith  the  Lord. 

17  But  thine  eyes  and  thine  heart  are  not  but  for  thy  covetousness, 
and  for  to  shed  innocent  blood,  and  for  oppression,  and  for  violence,  to 
do  it. 

18  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  concerning  Jehoiakim,  the  son  of 
Josiah,  king  of  Judah  ;  They  shall  not  lament  for  him,  saying.  All  my 
brother!  or.  Ah  sister  !  they  shall  not  lament  for  him,  saying.  Ah 
lord  !  or.  Ah  his  glory  ! 

19  He  shall  be  buried  with  the  burial  of  an  ass,  drawn  and  cast 
forth  beyond  the  gates  of  Jerusalem. 

20  IT  Go  up  to  Lebanon  and  cry  ;  and  lift  up  thy  voice  in  Bashan, 
and  cry  from  the  passages  :  for  all  thy  lovers  are  destroyed. 

21  I  spake  unto  thee  in  thy  prosperity  ;  but  thou  saidst  f  will  not 
hear.  This  hath  been  thy  manner  from  thy  youth,  tliat  thou  obeyedst 
not  my  voice. 

22  The  wind  shall  eat  up  all  thy  pastors,  and  thy  lovers  shall  go 
into  captivity  :  surely  then  shalt  thou  be  ashamed  and  confounded  tor 
all  thy  wickedness. 

23  0  inhabitant  of  Lebanon,  that  makest  thy  nests  in  the  cedars, 
how  gracious  shalt  thou  be  when  pangs  come  upon  thee,  the  pain  as 
of  a  woman  in  travail ! 

24  As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord,  though  Coniah  the  son  of  Jehoiakim 
king  of  Judah  were  the  signet  upon  my  right  hand,  yet  would  1  pluck 
thee  thence ; 

25  And  I  will  give  thee  into  the  hand  of  them  that  seek  thy  life, 
and  into  the  hand  of  them  whose  face  thou  fearest,  even  into  the 
hand  of  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon,  and  into  the  hand  of  the 
Chaldeans. 

26  And  I  will  cast  thee  out,  and  thy  mother  that  bare  thee,  into 
another  country,  where  ye  were  not  born ;  and  there  shall  ye  die. 

27  But  to  the  land  whereunto  they  desire  to  return,  thither  shall 
they  not  return. 

28  Is  this  man  Coniah  a  despised  broken  idol .'  Is  he  a  vessel 
wherein  is  no  pleasure  ?  Wherefore  are  they  cast  out,  he  and  his 
seed,  and  are  cast  into  a  land  which  they  know  not  ? 

29  O  earth,  earth,  earth,  hear  the  word  of  the  Lord. 


320  Jeremiah. 

30  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Write  ye  this  man  childless,  a  man  that 
shall  not  prosper  in  his  days  :  for  no  man  of  his  seed  shall  prosper, 
sitting  upon  the  throne  of  David,  and  ruling  any  more  in  Judah. 

B.  C.  589.  JEREMIAH,    XXXVII. 

5  Then  Pharaoh's  army  was  come  forth  out  of  Egypt :  and  when 
the  Chaldeans  that  besieged  Jerusalem  heard  tidings  of  them,  they 
departed  from  Jerusalem. 

6  II  Then  came  the  word  of  the  Lord  unto  the  prophet  Jeremiah," 
saj'ing, 

7  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Israel,  Thus  shall  ye  say  to  the 
king  of  Judah,  that  sent  you  unto  me  to  inquire  of  me  ;  Behold,. 
Pharaoh's  army,  which  is  come  forth  to  help  you,  shall  return  to 
Egypt  into  their  own  land. 

8  And  the  Chaldeans  shall  come  again,  and  fight  against  this  city, 
and  take  it,  and  burn  it  with  fire. 

9  Thus  saitVi  the  Lord,  Deceive  not  yourselves,  saying.  The 
Chaldeans  shall  surely  depart  from  us:  for  they  shall  not  depart, 

10  For  though  ye  had  smitten  the  whole  army  of  the  Chaldeans 
that  fight  against  j'ou,  and  there  remained  but  wounded  men  among 
them,  yet  should  they  rise  up  every  man  in  his  tent,  and  burn  this 
city  with  fire. 

11  %  And  it  came  to  pass,  that,  when  the  army  of  the  Chaldeans 
was  broken  up  from  Jerusalem  for  fear  of  Pharaoh's  army, 

12  Then  Jeremiah  went  forth  out  of  Jerusalem  to  go  into  the  land 
of  Benjamin,  to  separate  himself  thence  in  the  midst  of  the  people. 

13  And  when  he  was  in  the  gate  of  Benjamin,  a  captain  of  the 
ward  urns  there,  whose  name  ivas  L'ijah,  the  son  of  Shelemiah,  the 
son  of  Hananiah  ;  and  he  took  Jeremiah  the  prophet,  saying,  Thou 
fallest  away  to  the  Chaldeans. 

14  Then  said  Jeremiah,  It  is  false ;  1  fall  not  away  to  the  Chal- 
deans. But  he  hearkened  not  to  him  :  so  Irijah  took  Jeremiah,  and 
brought  him  to  the  princes, 

1.5  Wherefore  the  princes  were  wroth  with  Jerejniah,  and  smote 
him,  and  put  him  in  prison  in  the  house  of  Jonathan  the  scribe  ;  for 
they  had  made  that  the  prison, 

16  ^  When  Jeremiah  was  entered  into  the  dungeon,  and  into  the 
cabins,  and  Jeremiah  had  remained  there  many  days  ; 

17  Then  Zedekiah  the  king  sent,  and  took  him  out ;  and  the  king 
asked  him  secret!}-  in  his  house,  and  said,  Is  there  any  word  from  the 
Lord.'  And  Jeremiah  said,  There  is :  for,  said  he,  thou  shalt  be 
delivered  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Babylon, 

18  Moreover,  Jeremiah  said  unto  king  Zedekiah,  What  have  i 
offended  against  thee,  or  against  thy  servaiUs,  or  against  thisj>eople, 
that  ye  have  put  me  in  prison  ? 

19  Where  are  now  your  prophets  which  prophesied  unto  you, 
saying,  The  king  of  Babylon  shall  not  come  against  you,  nor  against 
this  land  ^ 

20  Therefore  hear  now,  I  pray  thee,  O  my  lord  the  king :  let  my 
supplication,  I  pray  thee,  be  accepted  before  thee  ;  that  thou  cau*e 
me  not  to  return  to  the  house  of  Jonathan  the  scribe,  lest  I  die 
there. 


Jeremiah.     Zedckiah.  321 

21  Then  Zedekiah  the  king  commanded  that  they  should  commit 
Jeremiah  into  the  court  of  the  piison,  and  that  they  should  give  him 
daily  a  piece  of  hread  out  of  the  baker's  street,  until  all  the  bread  in 
the  city  were  spent.  Thus  Jeremiah  remained  in  the  court  of  the 
prison. 

JEREMIAH,  XXXVIII. 

Jeremiah  is  put  into  the  dungeon.     Ebed-melech  geiteth  him  some 
enlargement :  his  counsel  to  the  king. 

1  Then  Shephatiah  the  son  of  Mattan,  and  Gedaliah  the  son  of 
Pashur,  and  Jucal  the  son  of  Shelemiah,  and  Pashurthe  son  of  Mal- 
chiah,  heard  the  words  that  Jeremiah  had  spoken  unto  all  the  people, 
saying, 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  He  that  remaineth  in  this  city  shall  die  by 
the  sword,  by  the  famine,  and  by  the  pestilence  :  but  he  that  goeth 
forth  to  the  Chaldeans  shall  live  ;  for  he  shall  have  his  life  for  a  prey, 
and  shall  live. 

3  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  This  city  shall  surely  be  given  into  the 
hand  of  the  king  of  Babylon's  army,  which  shall  take  it. 

4  Therefore  the  princes  said  unto  the  king.  We  beseech  thee,  let 
this  man  be  put  to  death  :  for  thus  he  weakeneth  the  hands  of  the 
men  of  war  that  remain  in  the  city,  and  the  hands  of  all  the  people, 
in  speaking  such  words  unto  them  :  for  this  man  seeketh  not  the 
welfare  of  this  people,  but  the  hurt. 

5  Then  Zedekiah  the  king  said.  Behold,  he  is  in  your  hand  :  for 
the  king  is  not  he  that  can  do  any  thing  against  you. 

6  Then  took  they  Jeremiah,  and  cast  him  into  the  dungeon  of  Mal- 
chiah  the  son  of  Hammelech,  that  was  in  the  court  of  the  prison  : 
and  they  let  down  Jeremiah  with  cords.  And  in  the  dungeon  there 
was  no  water,  but  mire  :  so  Jeremiah  sunk  in  the  mire. 

7  H  Now  when  Ebed-melech  the  Ethiopian,  one  of  the  eunuchs 
which  was  in  the  king's  house,  heard  that  they  had  put  Jeremiah  in 
the  dungeon  ;  the  king  then  sitting  in  the  gate  of  Benjamin  ; 

8  Ebed-melech  went  forth  out  of  the  king's  house,  and  spake  to 
the  king,  saying, 

9  My  lord  the  king,  these  men  have  done  evil  in  all  that  they  have 
done  to  Jeremiah  the  prophet,  whom  they  have  cast  into  the  dun- 
geon ;  and  he  is  like  to  die  for  hunger  in  the  place  where  he  is  :  for 
{here  is  no  moie  bread  in  the  city. 

10  Then  the  king  commanded  Ebed-melech  the  Ethiopian,  saying, 
Take  from  hence  thirty  men  with  thee,  and  take  up  Jeremiah  the 
prophet  out  of  the  dungeon,  beloi-a  he  die. 

11  So  Ebed-melech  took  the  men  with  iiim,  and  went  into  the 
house  of  the  king  under  the  treasury,  and  took  thence  old  cast  clouts, 
and  old  rotten  rags,  and  let  them  down  by  cords  into  the  dungeon  to 
Jeremiah. 

12  And  Ebed-melech  the  Ethiopian  said  imto  Jeremiah,  Put  now 
these  old  cast  clouts  and  rotten  lags  under  thine  armholes,  under  the 
cords.     And  Jeremiah  did  so. 

1.3  So  they  drew  up  Jeremiah  with  cords,  and  took  him  up  out  of 
the  dungeon  :  and  Jeremiah  remained  in  the  court  of  the  prisou. 

27  -  ■ 


322  Zedehiah.     Jeremiah. 

14  TI  Then  Zedekiah  the  king  sent,  and  took  Jeremiah  the  prophet 
unto  him  into  the  third  entry  that  is  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  :  and  the 
king  said  unto  Jeremiah,  1  will  ask  thee  a  thing  ;  hide  nothing  from 
me. 

15  Then  Jeremiah  said  unto  Zedekiah,  If  I  declare  it  unto  thee, 
wilt  thou  not  surely  put  me  to  death  ?  and  if  I  give  thee  counsel, 
wilt  thou  not  hearken  unto  me  ? 

16  So  Zedekiah  the  king  sware  secretly  unto  Jeremiah,  saying,  As 
the  Lord  liveth,  that  made  us  this  soul,  I  will  not  put  thee  to  death, 
neither  will  I  give  thee  into  the  hand  of  these  men  that  seek  thy 
life. 

17  Then  said  Jeremiah  unto  Zedekiah,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the 
God  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  If  thou  wilt  assuredly  go  forth  unto 
the  king  of  Babylon's  princes,  then  thy  soul  shall  live,  and  this  city 
shall  not  be  burnt  with  fire  ;  and  thou  shalt  live,  and  thine  house  : 

18  But  if  thou  wilt  not  go  forth  to  the  king  of  Babylon's  princes, 
then  shall  this  city  be  given  into  the  hand  of  the  Chaldeans,  and 
they  shall  burn  it  with  fire,  and  thou  shalt  not  escape  out  of  their 
hand. 

19  And  Zedekiah  the  king  said  unto  Jeremiah,  I  am  afraid  of  the 
Jews  that  are  fallen  to  the  Chaldeans,  lest  they  deliver  me  into  their 
hand,  and  they  mock  me. 

20  But  Jeremiah  said.  They  shall  not  deliver  thee.  Obey,  I 
beseech  thee,  the  voice  of  the  Lord,  which  I  speak  unto  thee  :  so  it 
shall  be  well  unto  thee,  and  thy  soul  shall  live. 

21  But  if  thou  refuse  to  go  forth,  this  is  the  word  that  the  Lord 
hath  shewed  me  : 

22  And,  behold,  all  the  women  that  are  left  in  the  king  of  Judah's 
house  shall  he  brought  forth  to  the  king  of  Babylon's  princes,  and 
those  icoynen  shall  sajs  Thy  friends  have  set  thee  on,  and  have  pre- 
vailed against  thee  :  thy  feet  are  sunk  in  the  mire,  and  they  are 
turned  away  back. 

23  So  they  shall  bring  out  all  (liy  wives  and  thy  children  to  the 
Chaldeans  ;  and  thou  shalt  not  esc  .o;^  out  of  their  hand,  hut  shalt  be 
taken  by  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Ba'oylon :  and  thou  shalt  cause  this 
city  to  be  burnt  with  fire. 

24  II  Then  said  Zedekiah  unto  Jeremiah,  Let  no  man  know  of  these 
words,  and  thou  shalt  not  die. 

25  But  if  the  princes  hear  that  1  have  talked  with  thee,  and  they 
come  unto  thee,  and  say  unto  thee,  Declare  unto  us  now  what  thou 
hast  said  unto  the  king,  hide  it  not  fsom  us,  and  we  will  not  put  thee 
to  death  ;  also  what  the  king  said  unto  thee  : 

26  Then  thou  shalt  say  unto  them,  I  presented  my  supplication 
before  the  king,  that  he  would  not  cause  me  to  return  to  Jonathan's 
house,  to  die  there. 

27  Then  came  all  the  princes  unto  Jeremiah,  and  asked  him  :  and 
he  told  them  according  to  all  these  words  that  the  king  had  com- 
manded. So  they  left  off  speaking  with  him  :  for  the  matter  was  not 
perceived. 

28  So  Jeremiah  abode  in  the  court  of  the  prison  until  the  day  that 
Jerusalem  was  taken :  and  he  was  there  vvhen  Jeinisalem  was 
taken. 


Ezekiel  32^ 


EZEKIEL,  XXIX. 

The  judgment  of  Pharaoh,  8fc. 

1  In  the  tenth  year,  in  the  tenth  month,  in  the  twelfth  day  of  the 
month,  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  set  thy  face  against  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt,  and 
prophesy  against  him,  and  against  all  Egypt : 

3  Speak,  and  say.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Behold,  I  am  against 
thee,  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt,  the  great  dragon  that  lieth  in  the  midst 
of  his  rivers,  which  hath  said,  My  river  is  mine  own,  and  I  have 
made  it  for  myself. 

4  But  I  will  put  hooks  in  thy  jaws,  and  I  will  cause  the  fish  of 
thy  rivers  to  stick  unto  thy  scales  ;  and  I  will  bring  thee  up  out  of 
the  midst  of  thy  rivers,  and  all  the  fish  of  thy  rivers  shall  stick  unto 
thy  scales. 

5  And  I  will  leave  thee  thrown  into  the  wilderness,  thee  and  all 
the  fish  of  thy  rivers  :  thou  shalt  fall  upon  the  open  fields;  thou 
shalt  not  be  brought  together,  nor  gathered  :  1  have  given  thee  for 
meat  to  the  beasts  of  the  field,  and  to  the  fowls  of  the  heaven. 

6  And  all  the  inhabitants  of  Egypt  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord, 
because  they  have  been  a  statT  of  reed  to  the  house  of  Israel. 

7  When  they  took  hold  of  thee  by  thy  hand,  thou  didst  break,  and 
rend  all  their  shoulder :  and  when  they  leaned  upon  thee  thou 
brakest,  and  raadest  all  their  loins  to  be  at  a  stand. 

8  1i  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Behold,  I  will  bring  a 
sword  upon  thee,  and  cut  off  man  and  beast  out  of  thee. 

9  And  the  land  of  Egypt  shall  be  desolate  and  waste  ;  atid  they 
shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  :  because  he  hath  said,  The  river  is 
mine,  and  I  have  made  it. 

10  Behold,  therefore,  I  am  against  thee,  and  against  thy  rivers, 
and  I  will  make  the  land  of  Egypt  utterly  waste  and  desolate,  from 
the  tower  of  Syene  even  unto  the  border  of  Ethiopia. 

11  No  foot  of  man  shall  pass  through  it,  nor  foot  of  beast  shall  pass 
through  it,  neither  shall  it  be  inhabited  forty  years. 

12  And  I  will  make  the  land  of  Egypt  desolate  in  the  midst  of  the 
countries  that  are  desolate,  and  her  cities  among  the  cities  that 
are  laid  waste  shall  be  desolate  forty  years:  and  I  will  scatter  the 
Egyptians  among  the  nations,  and  will  disperse  them  through  the 
countries. 

13  IT  Yet  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  At  the  end  of  forty  years  will 
I  gather  the  Egyptians  from  the  people  whither  they  were  scat- 
tered : 

14  And  I  will  bring  again  the  captivity  of  Egypt,  and  will  cause 
them  to  return  into  the  land  of  Pathros,  into  the  land  of  their  habita- 
tion ;  and  they  shall  be  there  a  base  kingdom. 

15  It  shall  be  the  basest  of  the  kingdoms ;  neither  shall  it  exalt 
itself  any  more  above  the  nations  :  for  I  will  diminish  them,  that  they 
shall  no  more  rule  over  the  nations. 

16  And  it  shall  be  no  more  the  confidence  of  the  house  of  Israel, 
which  bringeth  their  iniquity  to  remembrance,  when  they  shall  look 
after  them  :  but  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  God. 


324  Jeremiah. 


JEREMIAH,  XXXII. 

Jeremiah's  imprisonment :  his  complaint  to  God.     The  captivity 
confirmed.     .^1  promise  of  a  gracious  return. 

1  The  word  that  came  to  Jereiiiiah  from  the  Lord  in  the  tenth 
year  of  Zedekiah  king  of  Judah,  which  was  the  eighteenth  year  of 
Nebuchadrezzar. 

2  For  then  the  king  of  Babylon's  army  besieged  Jerusalem  :  and 
Jeremiah  the  prophet  was  shut  up  in  the  court  of  the  prison,  which 
was  in  the  king  of  Judah's  house. 

3  For  Zedekiah  king  of  Judah  had  shut  him  up,  saying.  Wherefore 
dost  thoii  prophesy,  and  say,  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  I  will 
give  this  city  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Babylon,  and  he  shall  take 
it; 

4  And  Zedekiah  king  of  Judah  shall  not  escape  out  of  the  hand  of 
the  Chaldeans,  but  shall  surely  be  delivered  into  the  hand  of  the  king 
of  Babylon,  and  shall  speak  with  him  mouth  to  mouth,  and  his  eyes 
shall  behold  his  eyes  ; 

5  And  lie  shall  lead  Zedekiah  to  Babylon,  and  there  shall  he  be 
until  I  visit  him,  saith  the  Lord  :  though  ye  fight  with  the  Chal- 
dean? ye  shall  not  prosper? 

6  H  And  Jeremiah  said.  The  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me, 
saying, 

7  Behold,  Hanameel,  the  son  of  Shallum,  thine  uncle,  shall  come 
unto  thee,  saying.  Buy  thee  my  field  that  is  in  Anathoth  ;  for  the 
right  of  reden)ption  is  thine  to  buy  it. 

S  So  Hanameel,  mine  uncle's  son,  came  to  me  in  the  court  of  the 
prison,  according  to  the  word  of  the  Lord,  and  said  unto  me.  Buy 
my  field,  I  pray  thee,  that  is  in  Anathoth,  which  is  in  the  country  of 
Benjamin  :  for  the  right  of  inheritance  is  thine,  and  the  redemption  is 
thine  ;  buy  it  for  thyself.  Then  I  knew  that  this  was  the  word  of 
the  Lord. 

9  And  I  bought  the  field  of  Hanameel,  my  uncle's  son,  that  was 
in  Anathoth,  and  weighed  him  the  money,  even  seventeen  shekels  of 
silver. 

10  And  I  subscribed  the  evidence,  and  sealed  it,  and  took  witnesses, 
and  weighed  him  the  money  in  the  balances. 

11  So  I  took  the  evidence  of  the  purchase,  both  that  which  was 
sealed  according  to  the  law  and  custom,  and  that  which  was  open. 

12  And  1  gave  the  evidence  of  the  purciiase  unto  Baruch,  the  son 
of  Neriah,  the  son  of  Maaseiah,  in  the  sight  of  Hanameel,  mine 
uncle's  son,  and  in  the  presence  of  the  witnesses  that  subscribed  the 
book  of  the  purchase,  before  all  the  Jews  that  sat  in  the  court  of  the 
prison . 

13  TT  And  I  charged  Bai-uch  before  them,  saying, 

14  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  Take  these 
evidences,  this  evidence  of  the  purchase,  (both  which  is  sealed,)  and 
this  evidence  which  is  open,  and  put  them  in  an  earthen  vessel,  that 
they  may  continue  many  days  : 

15  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  Houses, 
and  fields,  and  vineyards,  shall  be  possessed  again  in  this  land. 

16  Tl  Now,  when  I  had  delivered  the  evidence  of  the  purchase  unto 
Baruch;  the  son  of  Neriah,  I  prayed  unto  the  Lord,  saying. 


Jeremiah.  325 

17  Ah,  Lord  God:  behold,  thou  hast  made  the  heaven  and  the 
earth  by  thy  great  power  and  stretched-out  arm,  and  there  is  nothing 
too  hard  for  thee  : 

18  Thou  shevvest  loving-kindness  unto  thousands,  and  recom- 
pensest  the  iniquity  of  the  fathers  into  the  bosom  of  their  children 
after  them  :  the  Great,  the  Mighty  God,  the  Lord  of  hosts,  is  his 
name ; 

19  Great  in  counsel,  and  mighty  in  work :  (for  thine  eyes  are  open 
upon  all  the  ways  of  the  sons  of  men;  to  give  every  one  according 
to  his  ways,  and  according  to  the  fruit  of  his  doings:) 

20  Which  hast  set  signs  and  wonders  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  even, 
unto  this  day,  and  in  Israel,  and  among  other  men ;  and  hast  made 
thee  a  name,  as  at  this  day ; 

21  And  liast  brought  forth  thy  people  Israel  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt  with  signs,  and  with  wonders,  and  with  a  strong  hand,  and 
with  a  stretched-out  arm,  and  with  great  terror ; 

22  And  hast  given  them  this  land,  which  thou  didst  swear  to  their 
fathers  to  give  them,  a  land  flowing  with  milk  and  honey  ; 

23  And  they  came  in,  and  possessed  it ;  but  they  obeyed  not  thy 
voice,  neither  walked  in  thy  law  :  they  have  done  nothing  of  all  that 
thou  commandedst  them  to  do  ;  therefore  thou  hast  caused  all  this  evil 
to  come  upon  them. 

24  Behold  the  mounts,  they  are  come  unto  the  city  to  take  it ;  and 
the  city  is  given  into  the  hand  of  the  Chaldeans  that  fight  against  it, 
because  of  the  sword,  and  of  the  famine,  and  of  the  pestilence  :  and 
what  thou  hast  spoken  is  come  to  pass  ;  and,  behold,  thou  seest  it. 

25  And  thou  hast  said  unto  me,  O  Lord  God,  Buy  thee  the  field  for 
money,  and  take  witnesses  ;  for  the  city  is  given  into  the  hand  of  the 
Chaldeans. 

26  IT  Then  came  the  word  of  the  Lord  unto  Jeremiah,  saying, 

27  Behold,  I  om  the  Lord,  the  God  of  all  flesh:  is  there  any 
thing  too  hard  for  me  ? 

28  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  I  will  give  this  city 
into  the  hand  of  the  Chaldeans,  and  into  the  hand  of  Nebuchadrezzar 
king  of  Babylon,  and  he  shall  take  it. 

29  And  the  Chaldeans,  that  fight  against  this  city,  shall  come  and 
set  fire  on  this  city,  and  burn  it,  with  the  houses  upon  whose  roofs 
they  have  offered  incense  unto  Baal,  and  poured  out  drink-offerings 
unto  other  gods,  to  provoke  me  to  anger. 

SO  For  the  children  of  Israel,  and  the  children  of  Judah,  have  only 
done  evil  before  me  from  their  youth  :  for  the  children  of  Israel  have 
only  provoked  me  to  anger  with  the  work  of  their  hands,  saith  the 
Lord. 

31  For  this  city  hath  been  to  me  as  a  provocation  of  mine  anger 
and  of  my  fury,  from  the  day  that  they  built  it,  even  unto  this  day, 
that  I  should  remove  it  from  before  my  face  ; 

32  Because  of  all  the  evil  of  the  children  of  Israel,  and  of  the 
children  of  Judah,  which  ihey  have  done  to  provoke  me  to  anger, 
they,  their  kings,  their  princes,  their  priests,  and  their  prophets,  and 
the  men  of  Judah,  and  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem. 

33  And  they  have  turned  unto  me  the  back,  and  not  the  face  : 
though  I  taught  them,  rising  up  early  and  teaching  them,  yet  they 
have  not  hearkened  to  receive  instruction. 


326  Jeremiah. 

34  But  they  set  their  abominations  in  the  house  which  is  called  by 
my  name,  to  delile  it. 

35  And  they  built  the  high  places  of  Baal,  which  are  in  the  valley 
of  the  son  of  Hinnojii,  to  cause  their  sons  and  their  daughters  to  pass 
through  the  fire  unto  Molech,  which  I  commanded  them  not,  neither 
came  it  into  my  mind,  that  they  should  do  this  abomination,  to  cause 
Judah  to  sin. 

36  *?[  And  now,  therefore,  thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Israel, 
concerning  this  city,  whereof  ye  say,  It  shall  be  deUvered  into  the 
hand  of  the  king  of  Babylon,  by  the  sword,  and  by  the  famine,  and 
by  the  pestilence  ; 

37  Beliokl,  1  will  gather  them  out  of  all  countries,  whither  I  have 
driven  them  in  mine  anger,  and  in  my  fur}-,  and  in  great  wrath ;  and 
I  will  bring  them  again  unto  this  place,  and  I  will  cause  them  to 
dwell  safely  : 

38  And  they  shall  be  my  people,  and  I  will  be  their  God  : 

39  And  I  will  give  them  one  heart,  and  one  way,  that  they  may 
fear  me  for  ever,  for  the  good  of  them,  and  of  their  children  after 
them : 

40  And  I  will  make  an  everlasting  covenant  with  them,  that  I  will 
not  turn  away  from  them  to  do  them  good  ;  but  I  will  put  my  fear  in 
their  hearts,  that  they  shall  not  depart  from  me. 

41  Yea,  I  will  rejoice  over  them  to  do  them  good,  and  I  will  plant 
them  in  this  land  assuredly  with  my  whole  heart,  and  with  my  whole 
soul. 

42  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Like  as  I  have  brought  all  this  great 
evil  upon  this  people,  so  will  I  bring  upon  them  all  the  good  that  I 
have  promised  them. 

43  And  the  fields  shall  be  bought  in  this  land,  whereof  ye  say.  It 
ts  desolate  without  man  or  beast;  it  is  given  into  the  hand  of  the 
Chaldeans. 

44  Men  shall  buy  fields  for  money,  and  subscribe  evidences,  and 
seal  them^  and  take  witnesses  in  the  land  of  Benjamin,  and  in  the 
places  about  Jerusalem,  and  in  the  cities  of  Judah,  and  in  the  cities 
of  the  mountains,  and  in  the  cities  of  the  valley,  and  in  the  cities  of 
the  south :  for  I  will  cause  their  captivity  to  return,  saith  the  Lord. 

JEREMIAH,  XXXIII. 

A  gracious  return  promised.     Christ  the  Branch  of  righteousness. 

1  Moreover  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  Jeremiah  the  second 
time,  while  he  was  yet  shut  up  in  the  court  of  the  pii-;on,  saying, 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  the  maker  thereof,  the  Lord  that  formed  it, 
to  establish  it ;  the  Lord  is  his  name. 

3  Call  unto  me,  and  I  will  answer  thee,  and  shew  thee  great  and 
mighty  things,  which  thou  knowest  not. 

4  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Israel,  concerning  the 
houses  of  this  city,  and  concerning  the  houses  of  the  kings  of  Judah, 
which  are  thrown  down  by  the  mounts,  and  by  the  sword  ; 

5  They  come  to  fight  with  the  Chaldeans,  but  it  is  to  fill  them 
with  the  dead  bodies  of  men,  whom  I  have  slain  in  mine  anger  and 
in  my  fury,  and  for  all  whose  wickedness  I  have  hid  my  face  from 
this  city. 


Jeremiah.  327 

6  Behold,  I  will  bring  it  health  and  cure,  and  I  will  cure  them, 
and  will  reveal  unto  them  the  abundance  of  peace  and  truth. 

7  And  I  will  cause  the  captivity  of  Judah  and  the  captivity  of 
Israel  to  return,  and  will  build  them  as  at  the  first. 

8  And  I  will  cleanse  them  from  all  their  iniquity,  whereby  they 
have  sinned  against  me;  and  I  will  pardon  all  their  iniquities,  where- 
by they  have  sinned,  and  whereby  they  have  transgressed  against 
me. 

9  IT  And  it  sball  be  to  me  a  name  of  joy,  a  praise  and  an  honor 
before  all  the  nations  of  the  earth,  which  shall  hear  all  the  good  that 
I  do  unto  them  :  and  they  shall  fear  and  tremble  for  all  the  goodness 
and  for  all  the  prosperity  that  I  procure  unto  it. 

10  Thus  saith  the  Lord;  Again  there  shall  be  heard  in  this  place, 
which  ye  say  shall  be  desolate  without  man  and  without  beast,  even 
in  the  cities  of  Judah,  and  in  the  streets  of  Jerusalem,  ihat  are  deso- 
late without  man,  and  without  inhabitant,  and  without  beast, 

11  The  voice  of  joy,  and  the  voice  of  gladness  ;  the  voice  of  the 
bridegroom,  and  the  voice  of  the  bride;  the  voice  of  them  that  shall 
say.  Praise  the  Lord  of  hosts  :  for  the  Lord  is  good  ;  lor  his  mercy 
endureth  for  ever:  and  of  them  that  shall  bring  the  sacrifice  of 
praise  into  the  house  of  the  Lord.  For  I  will  cause  to  return  the 
captivity  of  the  land,  as  at  the  first,  saitli  the  Lord. 

12  Ti  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  Again  in  this  place,  which  is 
desolate  without  man  and  without  beast,  and  in  all  the  cities  thereof, 
shall  be  an  habitation  of  shepherds  causing  theii-  flocks  to  lie  down. 

13  In  the  cities  of  the  mountains,  in  the  cities  of  the  vale,  and  in 
the  cities  of  the  south,  and  in  the  land  of  Benjamin,  and  in  the  places 
about  Jerusalem,  and  in  the  cities  of  Judah,  shall  the  flocks  pass 
again  under  the  hands  of  him  that  telleth  the7n,  saith  the  Lord. 

14  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord,  that  I  will  perform 
that  good  thing  which  I  have  promised  unto  the  house  of  Israel,  and 
to  the  house  of  Judah. 

15  IT  In  those  days,  and  at  that  time,  will  I  cause  the  Branch  of 
righteousness  to  grow  up  unto  David  ;  and  he  shall  execute  judg- 
ment and  righteousness  in  the  land. 

16  In  those  days  shall  Judah  be  saved,  and  Jerusalem  shall  dwell 
safely :  and  this  is  the  name  wherewith  she  shall  be  called.  The 
Lord  our  righteousness. 

17  TI  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  David  shall  never  want  a  man  to 
sit  upon  the  throne  of  the  house  of  Israel  ; 

18  Neither  shall  the  priests  the  Levites  want  a  man  before  me  to 
offer  burnt- offerings,  and  to  kindle  meat-offerings,  and  to  do  sacrifice 
continually. 

19  TI  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  Jeremiah,  saying, 

20  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  If  ye  can  break  my  covenant  of  the 
day,  and  my  covenant  of  the  night,  and  that  there  should  not?  be  day 
and  night  in  their  season  ; 

21  Then  may  also  my  covenant  be  broken  with  David  my  servant, 
that  he  should  not  have  a  son  to  reign  upon  his  throne  ;  and  with  the 
Levites  the  priests,  my  ministers. 

22  As  the  host  of  heaven  cannot  be  numbered,  neither  the  sand  of 
the  sea  measured  :  so  will  I  multiply  the  seed  of  David  my  servant, 
and  the  Levites  that  minister  unto  me. 


32S  Jeremiah. 

23  Moreover  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Jeremiah,  saying, 

24  Con :^ide rest  thou  not  what  this  people  have  spoken,  saying, 
The  two  faniihes  which  the  Lord  hath  chosen,  he  hath  even  cast 
them  off?  Thus  they  have  despised  my  people,  that  they  should  be 
no  more  a  nation  before  them. 

25  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  If  my  covenant  he  not  with  day  and 
night,  and  if  1  have  not  appointed  the  ordinances  of  heaven  and 
earth  ; 

26  Then  will  I  cast  away  the  seed  of  Jacob,  and  David  my  ser- 
vant, so  that  I  will  not  take  any  of  his  seed  to  he  rulers  over  the 
seed  of  Abraham,  Isaac,  and  Jacob  :  for  I  will  cause  their  captivity 
to  return,  and  have  meicy  on  them. 

JEREMIAH,    XXXIV. 

Jeremiah  prophesieth  the  ca2)tivity  of  Zedekiah,  and  of  the  city. 

1  The  word  which  came  unto  Jeremiah  from  the  Lord,  when 
Nebuchadnezzar  king  of  Babylon,  and  all  his  army,  and  all  the  king- 
doms of  the  earth  of  his  dominion,  and  all  the  people  fought  against 
Jerusalem,  and  against  all  the  cities  thereof,  saying, 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Israel ;  Go  and  speak  to  Zede- 
kiah king  of  Judah,  and  tell  him.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Behold,  I 
will  give  this  city  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Babylon,  and  he  shall 
burn  it  with  fire  : 

3  And  thou  shalt  not  escape  out  of  his  hand,  but  shalt  surely  be 
taken,  and  delivered  into  his  hand  ;  and  thine  eyes  shall  behold  the 
eyes  of  the  king  of  Babylon,  and  he  shall  speak  with  thee  mouth  to 
mouth,  and  thou  shalt  ^o  to  Babylon. 

4  Yet  hear  (he  word  of  the  Lord,  0  Zedekiah  king  of  Judah  ; 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  thee.  Thou  shalt  not  die  by  the  sword: 

5  But  thou  shalt  die  in  peace  :  and  with  the  burnings  of  thy 
fathers,  the  former  kings  which  were  before  thee,  so  shall  they  burn 
odors  for  {hee;  and  they  will  lament  thee,  saying.  Ah  lord!  fori 
have  piononnced  the  word,  saith  the  Lord. 

6  Then  Jeremiah  the  prophet  spake  all  these  words  Onto  Zedekiah 
king  of  Judah  in  Jerusalem, 

7  AVhen  the  king  of  Babylon's  army  fought  against  Jerusalem,  and 
against  all  the  cities  of  Judah  that  were  left,  against  Lachish,  and 
against  Azekah  :  for  these  defenced  cities  remained  of  the  cities  of 
Judah, 

8  IT  This  is  the  word  that  came  unto  Jeremiah  from  the  Lord, 
after  that  the  king  Zedekiah  had  made  a  covenant  with  all  the  people 
which  vere  at  Jerusalem,  to  proclaim  liberty  unto  them; 

9  That  every  man  srhould  let  his  man-servant,  and  every  man  his 
maid-servant,  heing  an  Hebrew  or  an  Hebrewess,  go  free  ;  that 
none  should  serve  himself  of  them,  to  wit,  of  a  Jew  his  brother. 

10  ?v"ow,  when  all  the  princes,  and  all  the  people  which  had 
entered  into  the  covenant,  heard  that  every  one  should  let  his  man- 
servant, and  every  one  his  maid-servant,  go  free,  that  none  should 
serve  themselves  of  them  any  more  ;  then  they  obeyed,  and  let 
them  go. 

11  But  afterward  they   turned,   and  caused  the  servants  and   the 


Jeremiah.  329 

handmaids,  whom  they  had  let  go  free,  to  return,  and  brought  them 
into  subjection  for  servants  and  for  handmaids. 

12  IT  Therefore  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Jeremiah  from  the 
Lord,  saying, 

13  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Israel,  I  made  a  covenant 
with  your  fathers  in  the  day  that  I  brought  them  forth  out  of  the 
land  of  Egyp*:,  out  of  the  house  of  bondmen,  saying, 

14  At  the  end  of  seven  years,  let  ye  go  every  man  his  brother  an 
Hebrew,  which  hath  been  sold  unto  thee;  and,  when  he  hath  served 
thee  six  years,  thou  shalt  let  him  go  free  from  thee  :  but  your  fathers 
hearkened  not  unto  me,  neither  inclined  their  ear. 

15  And  ye  wore  now  turned,  and  had  done  rightly  in  my  sight,  in 
proclaiming  liberty  every  man  to  his  neighbor  :  and  ye  had  made  a 
covenant  before  me  in  the  house  which  is  called  by  my  name  : 

16  But  ye  turned,  and  polluted  my  name,  and  caused  every  man 
his  servant,  and  every  man  his  handmaid,  whom  he  had  set  at  liberty 
at  their  pleasure,  to  return,  and  brought  them  into  subjection,  to  be 
unto  you  for  servants  and  for  handmaids. 

17  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Ye  have  not  hearkened  unto 
me,  in  proclaiming  liberty  every  one  to  his  brother,  and  every  man 
to  his  neighbor  :  behold,  1  proclaim  a  liberty  for  you,  saith  the  Lord, 
to  the  sword,  to  the  pestilence,  and  to  the  famine  ;  and  1  will  make 
you  to  be  removed  into  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  earth. 

18  And  I  will  give  the  men  that  have  transgressed  my  covenant, 
which  have  not  perfoimed  the  words  of  the  covenant  which  they 
had  made  before  me,  when  they  cut  the  calf  in  twain,  and  passed 
between  the  parts  thereof, 

19  The  princes  of  Judah,  and  the  princes  of  Jerusalem,  the 
eunuchs,  and  the  priests,  and  all  the  people  of  the  land,  which  passed 
between  the  parts  of  the  calf; 

20  I  will  even  give  them  into  the  hand  of  their  enemies,  and  into 
the  hand  of  them  that  seek  their  life  ;  and  their  dead  bodies  shall  be 
for  meat  unto  the  fowls  of  the  heaven,  and  to  the  beasts  of  the 
earth. 

21  And  Zedekiah  king  of  Judah,  and  his  princes,  will  I  give  into 
the  hand  of  their  enemies,  and  into  the  hand  of  them  that  seek  their 
life,  and  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Babylon's  army,  which  are 
gone  up  from  you. 

22  Behold,  I  will  command,  saith  the  Lord,  and  cause  them  to 
return  to  this  city  ;  and  they  shall  fight  against  it,  and  take  it,  and 
burn  it  with  fire  :  and  I  will  make  the  cities  of  Judah  a  desolation 
without  an  inhabitant. 

JEREMIAH,    XXXIX. 

15  IT  Now  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  Jeremiah,  while  he 
was  shut  up  in  the  court  of  the  prison,  saying, 

16  Go  and  speak  to  Ebed-melech  the  Ethiopian,  saying,  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  Behold,  I  will  bring  n>y 
words  upon  this  city  for  evil,  and  not  for  good  ;  and  they  shall  be 
accomplished  in  that  day  before  thee. 

17  But  I  will  deliver  thee  in  that  day,  saith  the  Lord  :  and  thou 
shalt  not  be  given  into  the  hand  of  the  men  of  whom  thou  art  afraid. 


330  Jeremiah.     Zedekiah. 

18  For  I  will  surely  deliver  thee,  and  thou  shalt  not  fall  by  the 
sword,  but  thy  life  shall  be  for  a  prey  unto  thee  :  because  thou  hast 
put  thy  trust  in  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

B.    C.    588.  JEREMIAH,   XXXIX. 

Jerusalem  is  taken.     Zedekiah  made  blind,  and  sent  to  Babylon. 
The  city  is  ruined.     The  people  are  captivated. 

1  In  the  ninth  year  of  Zedekiah  kingof  Judah,  in  the  tenth  month, 
came  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon  and  all  his  army  against 
Jerusalem,  and  they  besieged  it. 

2  And  in  the  eleventh  year  of  Zedekiah,  in  the  fourth  month,  the 
ninth  day  of  the  month,  the  city  was  broken  up. 

3  And  all  the  princes  of  the  king  of  Babylon  came  in,  and  sat  in 
the  middle  gate,  even  Nergal-sharezer,  Samgar-nebo,  Sarsechim, 
Rab-saris,  Nergal-sharezer,  Rab-mag,  with  all  the  residue  of  the 
princes  of  the  king  of  Babylon. 

4  ^  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  Zedekiah  the  king  of  Judah 
saw  them,  and  all  the  men  of  war,  then  they  t^ed,  and  went  forth 
out  of  the  city  by  night,  by  the  way  of  the  king's  garden,  by  the 
gate  betwixt  the  two  walls  :  and  he  went  out  the  way  of  the  plain. 

5  Bui  the  Chaldeans'  army  pursued  after  them,  and  overtook  Zede- 
kiah in  the  plains  of  Jericho  :  and  when  they  had  taken  him,  they 
brought  him  up  to  Nebuchadnezzar  king  of  Babylon  to  Riblah,  in  the 
land  of  Hamath,  where  he  gave  judgment  upon  him. 

6  Then  the  king  of  Babylon  slew  the  sons  of  Zedekiah  in  Riblah 
before  his  eyes  :  also  the  king  of  Babvlon  slew  all  the  nobles  of  Ju- 
dah. 

7  Moreover  he  put  out  Zedekiah's  eyes,  and  bound  him  with 
chains,  to  carry  him  to  Babylon. 

8  IF  And  the  Chaldeans  burned  the  king's  house,  and  the  houses  of 
the  people,  with  tire,  and  brake  down  the  walls  of  Jerusalem. 

9  Then  Nebuzar-adan  the  captain  of  the  guard  carried  away  cap- 
tive into  Babylon  the  remnant  of  the  people  that  remained  in  the 
city,  and  those  that  fell  away,  that  fell  to  him,  with  the  rest  of  the 
people  that  remained. 

10  But  Nebuzar-adan  the  captain  of  the  guard  left  of  the  poor  of 
the  people,  which  had  nothing,  in  the  land  of  Judah,  and  gave  them 
vineyards  and  fields  at  the  same  time. 

JEREMIAH,    LII. 

Zedekiah  rebelleth.     Jerusalem  is  besieged  and  taken.     Zedekiali's 
sons  killed,  Sfc. 

1  Zedekiah  was  one  and  twenty  years  old  when  he  began  to 
reign,  and  he  reigned  eleven  years  in  Jerusalem.  And  his  mother's 
name  toas  Hamutal  the  daughter  of  Jeremiah  of  Libnah. 

2  And  he  did  that  lohich  was  evil  in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord,  ac- 
cording to  all  that  Jehoiakim  had  done. 

3  For  through  the  anger  of  the  Lord  it  came  to  pass  in  Jerusalem 
and  Judah,  till  he  had  cast  them  out  from  his  presence,  that  Zedekiah 
rebelled  against  the  king  of  Babylon. 

4  H  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  ninth  year  of  his  reign,  in  the  tenth 


Jeremiah.  331 

month,  in  the  tenth  day  of  the  month,  that  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of 
Babylon,  came,  he  and  all  his  army,  against  Jerusalem,  and  pitched 
against  it,  and  built  forts  against  it  round  about. 

5  So  the  city  was  besieged  unto  the  eleventh  year  of  king  Zede- 
kiah. 

6  And  in  the  fourth  month,  in  the  ninth  day  of  the  month,  the 
famine  was  sore  in  the  city,  so  that  there  was  no  bread  for  the  people 
of  the  land. 

7  Then  the  city  was  broken  up,  and  all  the  men  of  war  fled,  and 
went  forth  out  of  the  city  by  night  by  the  way  of  the  gate  between 
the  two  walls,  which  was  by  the  king's  garden ;  (now  the  Chaldeans 
were  by  the  city  round  about :)  and  they  went  by  the  way  of  the 
plain. 

8  IT  But  the  army  of  the  Chaldeans  pursued  after  the  king,  and 
overtook  Zedekiah  in  the  plains  of  Jericho ;  and  all  his  army  was 
scattered  from  him. 

9  Then  they  took  the  king,  and  carried  him  up\  unto  the  king  of 
Babylon  to  Riblah  in  the  land  of  Hamath  ;  where  he  gave  judgment 
upon  him. 

10  And  the  king  of  Babylon  slew  the  sons  of  Zedekiah  before  his 
eyes:  he  slew  also  all  the  princes  of  Judah  in  Riblah. 

11  Then  he  put  out  the  eyes  of  Zedekiah ;  and  the  king  of  Baby- 
lon bound  him  in  chains,  and  carried  him  to  Babylon,  and  put  him  in 
prison  till  the  day  of  his  death. 

12  H  Now  in  the  fifth  month,  in  the  tenth  day  of  the  month, 
Avhich  loas  in  the  nineteenth  year  of  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Baby- 
lon, came  Nebuzar-adan,  captain  of  the  guard,  which  served  the  king 
of  Babylon,  into  Jerusalem, 

13  And  burned  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  the  king's  house  ;  and 
all  the  houses  of  Jerusalem,  and  all  the  houses  of  the  great  men, 
burned  he  with  fire. 

14  And  all  the  army  of  the  Chaldeans,  that  were  with  the  captain 
of  the  guard,  brake  down  all  the  walls  of  Jerusalem  round  about. 

15  Then  Nebuzar-adan  the  captain  of  the  guard  carried  away  cap- 
tive certain  of  the  poor  of  the  people,  and  the  residue  of  the  people 
that  remained  in  the  city,  and  those  that  fell  away,  that  fell  to  the 
king  of  Babylon,  and  the  rest  of  the  multitude. 

16  But  Nebuzar-adan  the  captain  of  the  guard  left  certain  of  the 
poor  of  the  land  for  vine-dressers  and  for  husbandmen. 

17  Also  the  pillars  of  brass  that  were  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  the  bases,  and  the  brazen  sea  that  ivas  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
the  Chaldeans  brake,  and  carried  all  the  brass  of  them  to  Babylon. 

IS  The  caldrons  also,  and  the  shovels,  and  the  snuffers,  and  the 
bowls,  and  the  spoons,  and  all  the  vessels  of  brass  wherewith  they 
ministered,  took  they  away. 

19  And  the  basons,  and  the  firepans,  and  the  bowls,  and  the  cal- 
drons, and  the  candlesticks,  and  the  spoons,  and  the  cups  ;  that  which 
was  of  gold  in  gold,  and  //io^  which  icas  of  silver  in  silver,  took  the 
captain  of  the  guard  away. 

20  The  two  pillars,  one  sea,  and  twelve  brazen  bulls  that  tcere 
under  the  bases,  which  king  Solomon  had  made  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord  :  the  brass  of  all  these  vessels  was  without  weight. 

21  And  concerning  the  pillars,  the  height  of  one  pillar  loas  eigh- 


332  Ztdekiah. 

teen  cubits  ;  and  a  fillet  of  twelve  cubits  did  compass  it ;  and  the 
thickness  thereof  was  four  fingers  :  it  was  hollow. 

22  And  a  chapiter  of  brass  was  upon  it ;  and  the  height  of  one 
chapiter  was  five  cubits,  with  network  and  pomegranates  upon  the 
chapiters  round  about,  all  of  brass.  The  second  pillar  also  and  the 
pomegranates  were  like  unto  these. 

23  And  there  were  ninety  and  six  pomegranates  on  a  side  ;  and  all 
the  pomegranates  upon  the  network  ivere  an  hundred  round  about. 

24  IF  And  the  captain  of  the  guard  took  Seraiah  the  chief  priest, 
and  Zephaniah  the  second  priest,  and  the  three  keepers  of  the  door  : 

25  He  took  also  out  of  the  city  an  eunuch,  which  had  the  charge 
of  the  men  of  war ;  and  seven  men  of  them  that  were  near  the 
king's  person,  which  were  found  in  the  city ;  and  the  principal  scribe 
of  the  host,  who  mustered  the  people  of  the  land  ;  and  threescore 
men  of  the  people  of  the  land,  that  were  found  in  the  midst  of  the 
city. 

26  So  Nebuzar-adan  the  captain  of  the  guard  took  them,  and 
brought  them  to  the  king  of  Babylon  to  Riblah. 

27  And  the  king  of  Babylon  smote  them,  and  put  them  to  death  in 
Riblah  in  the  land  of  Hamath.  Thus  Judah  was  carried  away  cap- 
tive out  of  his  own  land. 

28  This  is  the  people  whom  Nebuchadrezzar  carried  away  captive : 
in  the  seventh  year  three  thousand  Jews  and  three  and  twenty  : 

29  in  the  eighteenth  year  of  Nebuchadrezzar  he  carried  away 
captive  from  Jerusalem  eight  hundred  thirty  and  two  persons  : 

30  In  the  three  and  twentieth  year  of  Nebuchadrezzar,  Nebuzar- 
adan  the  captain  of  the  guard  carried  away  captive  of  the  Jews 
seven  hundred  forty  and  five  persons  :  all  the  persons  were  four 
thousand  and  six  hundred. 

2    KINGS,    XXV. 

2  And  the  city  was  besieged  unto  the  eleventh  year  of  king  Zede- 
kiah. 

3  And  on  the  ninth  day  of  the  fourth  month  the  famine  prevailed 
in  the  citj^  and  there  was  no  bread  for  the  people  of  the  land. 

4  TT  And  the  city  was  broken  up,  and  all  the  men  of  war  tied  by 
night,  by  the  way  of  the  gate,  between  two  walls,  which  is  by  the 
king's  garden  ;  (now  the  Chaldees  were  against  the  city  round  about;) 
and  the  king  went  the  way  toward  the  plain. 

5  And  the  army  of  the  Chaldees  pursued  after  the  king,  and  over- 
took hitn  in  the  plains  of  Jericho  :  and  ail  his  army  were  scattered 
from  him. 

6  So  they  took  the  king,  and  brought  him  up  to  the  king  of  Baby- 
lon to  Riblah  ;  and  th-^y  gave  judgment  upon  him. 

7  And  they  slew  the  sons  of  Zedekiah  before  his  eyes,  and  put  out 
the  eyes  of  Zedekiah,  and  bound  him  with  fetters  of  brass,  and  car- 
ried him  to  Babylon. 

8  H  And  in  the  fifth  month,  on  the  seventh  day  of  the  month, 
(which  is  the  nineteenth  year  of  king  Nebuchadnezzar  king  of 
Babylon,)  came  Nebuzar-adan,  captain  of  the  guard,  a  servant  of  the 
king  of  Babylon,  unto  Jerusalem  : 

9  And  he  burnt  the  house  of  the  Lokd,  and  the  king's  house,  and 


Jeremiah.  333 

all  the  houses  of  Jerusalem,  and  every  great  inan's  house  burnt  he 
with  tire. 

10  And  all  the  army  of  the  Chaldees,  that  ivere  with  the  captain 
of  the  guard,  brake  down  the  walls  of  Jerusalem  round  about. 

11  Now  the  rest  of  the  people  that  were  left  in  the  city,  and  the 
fugitives  that  fell  away  to  the  king  of  Babylon,  with  the  remnant  of 
the  uiultitude,  did  Nebuzar-adan,  the  captain  of  the  guard,  carry 
away. 

12  But  the  captain  of  the  guard  left  of  the  poor  of  the  land  to  he 
vine-dressers  and  husbandmen. 

13  And  the  pillars  of  brass  that  were  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
and  the  bases,  and  the  brazen  sea  that  icas  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
did  the  Chaldees  break  in  pieces,  and  carried  tiie  brass  of  them  to 
Babylon. 

14  And  the  pots,  and  the  shovels,  and  the  snuffers,  and  the  spoons, 
and  all  the  vessels  of  brass,  wherewith  they  ministered,  took  they 
away. 

15  And  the  fire-pans,  and  the  bowls,  and  such  things  as  were  of 
gold,  in  gold,  and  of  silver,  in  silver,  the  captain  of  the  guard  took 
away. 

16  The  two  pillars,  one  sea,  and  the  bases,  which  Solomon  had 
made  for  the  house  of  the  Lord  ;  the  brass  of  all  these  vessels  was 
without  weight. 

17  The  height  of  the  one  pillar  u'as  eighteen  cubits,  and  the 
chapiter  upon  it  loas  brass  :  and  the  height  of  the  chapiter  three 
cubits;  and  the  wreathen  work,  and  pomegranates  upon  the  chapiter 
round  about,  all  of  brass  :  and  like  unto  these  had  the  second  pillar 
witii  wreathen  work. 

IS  TT  And  the  captain  of  the  guard  took  Seraiah  the  chief  priest, 
and  Zephaniah  the  second  priest,  and  the  three  keepers  of  the  door. 

19  And  out  of  the  city  he  took  an  officer  that  was  set  over  the  men 
of  war,  and  five  men  of  them  that  were  in  the  king's  presence, 
which  were  found  in  the  city,  and  the  principal  scribe  of  the  host, 
which  mustered  the  people  of  the  land,  and  threescore  men  of  the 
people  of  the  land  that  were  found  in  the  city  : 

20  And  Nebuzar-adan,  captain  of  the  guard,  took  these,  and  brought 
them  to  the  king  of  Babylon  to  Riblah. 

21  And  the  king  of  Bab3ion  smote  them,  and  slew  them  at  Riblah, 
in  the  land  of  Plamath.  So  Judah  was  carried  away  out  of  their 
land. 

2    CHRONICLES,    XXXVI. 

15  And  the  Lord  God  of  their  fathers  sent  to  them  by  his  n>cssen- 
gers,  rising  up  betimes,  and  sending  ;  because  he  had  compassion  on 
his  people,  and  on  his  dwelling-place  : 

16  But  they  mocked  the  messengers  of  God,  and  despised  his 
words,  and  misused  his  prophets,  until  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  arose 
ogainst  his  people,  till  there  was  no  remedy. 

17  Therefore  he  brought  upon  them  the  king  of  the  Chaldees,  wlio 
slew  their  young  men  with  the  sword  in  the  house  of  their  sanctu- 
ary, and  had  no  compassion  upon  young  man  or  maiden,  old  man,  or 
him  that  stooped  for  age  ;  he  gave  them  all  into  his  hand. 

28 


334  Jeremiah. 

18  And  all  the  vessels  of  the  house  of  God,  great  and  small,  and 
the  treasures  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  the  treasures  of  the 
king,  and  of  his  princes  ;  all  these  he  brought  to  Babylon. 

19  And  they  burnt  the  house  of  God,  and  brake  down  the  wall  of 
Jerusalem,  and  burnt  all  the  palaces  thereof  with  fire,  and  destroyed 
all  the  goodly  vessels  thereof. 

20  And  them  that  had  escaped  from  the  sword  carried  he  away  to 
Babylon,  where  they  were  servants  to  him  and  his  sons,  until  the 
reign  of  the  kingdom  of  Persia ; 

21  *  To  fullil  the  word  of  the  Lord,  by  the  mouth  of  Jeremiah, 
until  the  land  had  enjoyetl  her  sabbaths  :  for  as  long  as  she  lay  deso- 
late she  kept  sabbath,  to  fulfil  threescore  and  ten  years. 

JEREMIAH,    XXXIX. 

11  ^  Now  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon  gave  charge  concem- 
iag  Jeremiah  to  Nebuzar-adan  the  captain  of  the  guard,  saying, 

12  Take  him,  and  look  well  to  him,  and  do  him  no  harm  ;  but  do 
unto  him  even  as  he  shall  say  unto  thee. 

13  vSo  Nebuzar-adan  the  captain  of  the  guard  sent,  and  Nebushas- 
ban,  Rab-saris,  and  Nergal-sharezer,  Rab-mag,  and  all  the  king  of 
Babylon's  princes ; 

14  Even  thej^  sent,  and  took  Jeremiah  out  of  the  court  of  the 
prison,  and  committed  him  unto  Gedaliah  the  son  of  Ahikam  the  son 
of  Shaphan,  that  he  should  carry  him  home  :  so  he  dwelt  among  the 
people. 

2  KI^"GSJ  XXV. 

22  ^  And  o.s  for  the  people  that  remained  in  the  land  of  Judah, 
whom  Nebuchadnezzar  king  of  Babylon  had  left,  even  over  them  he 
made  Gedaiiah,  the  son  of  Ahikam,  the  son  of  Shaphan,  ruler. 

23  And  when  all  the  captains  of  the  armies,  they  and  their  men, 
heard  that  the  king  of  Babylon  had  made  Gedaliah  governor,  there 
came  to  Gedaliah  to  Mizpah,  even  Ishmael,  the  son  of  Nethaniah, 
and  Johanan,  the  son  of  Careah,  and  Seraiah,  the  son  of  Tanhumeth 
the  Netophathite,  and  Jaazaniah,  the  son  of  aMaachathite,  they  and 
their  men. 

24  And  Gedaliah  sware  to  them,  and  to  their  men,  and  said  unto 
them,  Fear  not  to  be  the  servants  of  the  Chaldees  :  dwell  in  the 
land,  and  serve  the  king  of  Babylon,  and  it  shall  be  well  v/ith  you. 

25  But  it  came  to  pass,  in  the  seventh  month,  that  Ishmael,  the 
son  of  Nethaniah,  the  son  of  Elishama,  of  the  seed  royal,  came,  and 
ten  men  with  him,  and  smote  Gedaliah,  that  he  died,  and  the  Jews 
and  the  Chaldees  that  were  with  him  at  Mizpah. 

JERE3IIAH,  XL. 

Jeremiah,  being  set  free  by  A''ebuzar-adan,  goeth  to  Gedaliah:  the 
dispersed  Jews  repair  to  him.     IshmaeVs  conspiracy. 
1  The  word  which  came  to  Jeremiah  from  the  Lord,  after  that 

*  Bee  Jeremiah,  xvii.  21 — 27. 


»  Jeremiah.  335 

Nebuzar-adan  the  captain  of  the  guard  had  let  him  go  fram  Ramah, 
when  he  had  taken  him  being  bound  in  chains  among  all  that  were 
carried  away  captive  of  Jerusalem  and  Judah,  which  were  carried 
away  captive  unto  Babylon. 

2  And  the  captain  of  the  guard  took  Jeremiah,  and  said  unto  him. 
The  Lord  thy  God  hath  pronounced  this  evil  upon  this  place. 

3  Now  the  Lord  hath  brought  it,  and  done  according  as  he  hath 
said :  because  ye  have  sinned  against  the  Lord,  and  have  not  obey- 
ed his  voice,  therefore  this  thing  is  come  upon  you. 

4  And  now,  behold,  I  loose  thee  this  day  from  the  chains  which 
were  upon  thine  hand.  If  it  seem  good  unto  thee  to  come  with  me 
into  Babylon,  come,  and  I  will  look  well  unto  thee  ;  but  if  it  seem  ill 
unto  thee  to  come  with  me  into  Babylon,  forbear:  behold,  all  the 
land  is  before  thee ;  whither  it  seemeth  good  and  convenient  for 
thee  to  go,  thither  go. 

5  Now,  while  he  was  not  yet  gone  back,  he  said,  Go  back  also  to 
Gedaliah,  the  son  of  Ahikam,  the  son  of  Shaphan,  whom  the  king  of 
Babylon  hath  made  governor  over  the  cities  of  Judah,  and  dwell 
with  him  among  the  people  ;  or  go  wheresoever  it  seemeth  conve- 
nient unto  thee  to  go.  So  the  captain  of  the  guard  gave  him  victuals 
and  a  revv^ard,  and  let  him  go. 

6  Then  went  Jeremiah  unto  Gedaliah,  the  son  of  Ahikam  to  Miz- 
pah,  and  dwelt  with  him  among  the  people  that  were  left  in  the 
land. 

7  IT  Now,  when  all  the  captains  of  the  forces  which  u-:ere  in  the 
fields,  even  thej'  and  their  men,  heard  that  the  king  of  Babylon  had 
made  Gedaliah,  the  son  of  Ahikam,  governor  in  the  land,  and  had 
committed  unto  him  men,  and  women,  and  children,  and  of  the  poor 
of  the  land,  of  them  that  were  not  carried  away  captive  to  Babylon  ; 

8  Then  they  came  to  Gedaliah  to  Mizpah,  even  Ishmael,  the  son 
of  Nethaniah,  and  Johanan  and  Jonathan,  the  sons  of  Kareah,  and 
Seraiah,  the  son  of  Tanhumeth,  and  the  sons  of  Ephai  the  Netopha- 
thite,  and  Jezaniah,  the  son  of  a  Maachathite,  they  and  their  men. 

9  And  Gedaliah,  the  son  of  Ahikam,  the  son  of  Shaphan,  sware 
unto  them,  and  to  their  men,  saying.  Fear  not  to  serve  the  Chal- 
deans: dwell  in  the  land,  and  serve  the  king  of  Babylon,  and  it  shall 
be  well  with  you. 

10  As  for  me,  behold,  I  will  dwell  at  Mizpah,  to  serve  the  Chal- 
deans v/hich  will  come  unto  us  :  but  ye,  gather  ye  wine,  and  sum- 
mer-fruits, and  oil,  and  put  them  in  your  vessels,  and  dwell  in  your 
cities  that  ye  have  taken. 

11  Likewise,  when  all  the  Jews  that  were  in  Moab,  and  among  the 
Ammonites,  and  in  Edom,  and  that  were  in  all  the  countries,  heard 
that  the  king  of  Babylon  had  left  a  remnant  of  Judah,  and  that  he 
had  set  over  them  Gedaliah,  the  son  of  Ahikam,  the  son  of  Shaphan; 

12  Even  all  the  Jews  returned  out  of  all  places  whither  they  were 
driven,  and  came  to  the  land  of  Judah,  to  Gedaliah,  unto  Mizpah, 
and  gathered  wine  and  summer- fruits  very  much. 

13  IT  Moreover,  Johanan,  the  son  of  Kareah,  and  all  the  captains  of 
the  forces  that  were  in  the  fields,  came  to  Gedaliah  to  Mizpah, 

14  And  said  unto  him.  Dost  thou  certainly  know  that  Baalis  the 
king  of  the  Ammonites  hath  sent  to  Ishmael,  the  son  of  Nethaniah, 
io  slay  thee  f    But  Gedaliah,  the  son  of  Ahikam,  believed  them  not. 


336  Jeremiah. 

15  Then  Johanan,  the  son  of  Kareah,  spake  to  Gedahah  in  Mizpah 
secretly,  saying,  Let  me  go,  I  pray  thee,  and  I  will  slay  Ishmael, 
the  son  of  Nethaniah,  and  no  man  shall  kno\v?7.'  wherefore  should 
he  slay  thee,  that  all  the  Jews  which  are  gathered  unto  thee  should 
be  scattered,  and  the  remnant  in  Judah  perish? 

16  But  Gedaliah,  the  son  of  Ahikain,  said  unto  Johanan,  the  son  of 
areah, 

Ishmael. 

JEREMIAH,    XLI. 

Ishmael  treacherously  killeth  Gedaliah  and  others.    Johanan  recov- 
ereth  the  cajJtives. 

1  Now  it  came  to  pass  in  the  seventh  month,  that  Ishmael,  the  son 
of  Nethaniah,  the  son  of  Elishama,  of  the  seed  royal,  and  the  princes 
of  the  king,  even  ten  men  with  him,  came  unto  Gedaliah,  the  son  of 
Ahikam,  to  Mizpah  ;  and  there  they  did  eat  bread  together  in  Miz- 
pali. 

2  Then  arose  Ishmael,  the  son  of  Nethaniah,  and  the  ten  men  that 
were  with  hiiu,  and  smote  Gedaliah,  the  son  of  Ahikam,  the  son  of 
Shaphan,  with  the  sword,  and  slew  him,  whom  the  king  of  Babylon 
had  made  governor  over  the  land. 

3  Ishmael  also  slew  all  the  Jews  that  were  with  him,  even  with 
Gedaliah  at  JMizpah,  and  the  Chaldeans  that  were  found  there,  and 
the  men  of  war. 

4  And  it  came  to  pass,  the  second  day  after  he  had  slain  Gedaliah, 
and  no  man  knew  it, 

5  That  there  came  certain  from  Shechem,  from  Shiloh,  and  from 
Samaria,  everi  fourscore  men,  having  their  beards  shaven,  and  their 
clothes  rent,  and  having  cut  themselves,  with  offerings  and  incense 
in  their  hand,  to  bring  them  to  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

6  And  Ishmael,  the  son  of  Nethaniah,  went  forth  from  Mizpah  to 
meet  them,  weeping  all  along  as  he  went :  and  it  came  to  pass,  as  he 
met  them,  he  said  unto  them,  Come  to  Gedaliah,  the  son  of  Ahi- 
kam. 

7  And  it  was  so,  when  they  came  into  the  midst  of  the  city,  that 
Ishmael,  the  son  of  Nethaniah  slew  them,  and  cast  them  into  the 
midst  of  the  pit,  he,  and  the  men  that  were  with  him. 

8  But  ten  men  were  found  among  them,  that  said  unto  Ishmael, 
Slay  us  not ;  for  we  have  treasures  in  the  field,  of  wheat,  and  of 
barley,  and  of  oil,  and  of  honey.  So  he  forbare,  and  slew  them  not 
among  their  brethren. 

9  Now  the  pit  wherein  Ishmael  had  cast  all  the  dead  bodies  of  the 
men  (whom  he  had  slain  because  of  Gedaliah)  ivas  it  which  Asa  the 
king  had  made  for  fear  of  Baasha  king  of  Israel  ;  and  Ishmael,  the 
son  of  Nethaniah,  filled  it  with  them  that  were  slain. 

10  Then  Ishmael  carried  away  captive  all  the  residue  of  the  people 
that  tf ere  in  Mizpah,  evenihe  king's  daughters,  and  all  the  people 
that  remained  in  Mizpah,  whom  Nebuzar-adan  the  captain  of  the 
guard  had  committed  to  Gedaliah,  the  son  of  Ahikam  :  and  Ishmael, 
the  son  of  Nethaniah,  carried  them  away  captive,  and  departed  to  go 
over  to  the  Ammonites. 

H !!  But  when  Johanan,  the  son  of  Kareah,  and  all  the  captains  at 


Jeremiah,  337 

the  forces  that  were  with  him,  heard  of  all  the  evil  that  Ishmael,  the 
son  of  Nethaniah,  had  done, 

12  Then  the}^  took  all  the  men,  and  went  to  fight  with  Ishmael, 
tire  son  of  Nethaniah,  and  found  him  by  the  great  waters  that  are  in 
Gibeon, 

13  Now  it  carae  to  pass,  that  when  all  the  people  which  ?oe?-e  with 
Ishmael  saw  Johanan,  the  son  of  Kareah,  and  all  the  captains  of  the 
forces  that  were  with  him,  then  they  were  glad. 

14  So  all  the  people  that  Ishmael  had  carried  away  captive  from 
Mizpah  cast  about,  and  returned,  and  went  unto  Johanan,  the  son  of 
Kareah. 

15  But  Ishmael,  the  son  of  Nethaniah,  escaped  from  Johanan  with 
eight  men,  and  went  to  the  Ammonites. 

16  Then  took  Johanan  the  son  of  Kareah,  and  all  the  captains  of 
the  forces  that  were  with  him,  all  the  remnant  of  the  people  whom 
he  had  recovered  from  Ishmael  the  son  of  Nethaniah,  from  Mizpah, 
after  that  he  had  slain  Gedaliah  the  son  of  Ahikam,  even  mighty  men 
of  war,  and  the  women,  and  the  children,  and  the  eunuchs,  whom 
he  had  brought  again  from  Gibeon  : 

17  And  they  departed,  and  dwelt  in  the  habitation  of  Chimham, 
which  is  by  Beth-lehem,  to  go  to  enter  into  Egypt, 

18  Because  of  the  Chaldeans :  for  they  were  afraid  of  them,  be- 
cause Ishmael  the  son  oi  Nethaniah  had  slain  Gedaliah  the  son  of 
Ahikam,  whom  the  king  of  Babylon  made  governor  in  the  land. 

JEREMIAH,    XLII. 

Johanan  desireth  Jeremiah  to  inquire  of  God,  promising  obedience. 
Jcre7niah's  answer.     Their  hypocrisy  reproved. 

1  Then  all  the  captains  of  the  forces,  and.  Johanan  the  son  of  Ka- 
reah, and  Jezaniah  the  son  of  Hoshaiah,  and  all  the  people  from  the 
least  even  unto  the  greatest,  came  near, 

2  And  said  unto  Jeremiah  the  prophet.  Let,  we  beseech  thee,  our 
supplication  be  accepted  before  thee,  and  pray  for  us  unto  the  Lord 
thy  God,  et-e/i  for  all  this  remnant;  (for  we  are  left  &wf  a  few  of 
many,  as  thine  eyes  do  behold  us  :) 

3  That  the  Lord  thy  God  may  shew  us  the  way  wherein  we  may 
walk,  and  the  thing  that  we  may  do. 

4  Then  Jeremiah  the  prophet  said  unto  them,  I  have  heard  you; 
behold,  I  will  pray  unto  the  Lord  your  God  according  to  your  words; 
and  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  whatsoever  thing  the  Lord  shall  an- 
swer you,  I  will  declare  it  unto  you  ;  I  will  keep  nothing  back  from 
you. 

5  Then  they  said  to  Jeremiah,  The  Lord  be  a  true  and  faithful 
witness  between  us.  If  we  do  not  even  according  to  all  things  for 
the  which  the  Lord  thy  God  shall  send  thee  to  us, 

6  Whether  it  he  good,  or  whether  it  he  evil,  we  will  obey  the 
voice  of  the  Lord  our  God,  to  whom  we  send  tliee  ;  that  it  may  be 
well  with  us,  when  we  obey  the  voice  of  the  Lord  our  God. 

7  IT  And  it  came  to  pass  after  ten  days,  that  the  word  of  the  Lord 
came  unto  Jeremiah. 

8  Then  called  he  Johanan  the  son  of  Kareah,  and  ail  the  captains 

28* 


338  Jeremiah, 

of  the  forces  which  were  with  hiin,  and  all  the  people  from  the  least 
even  to  the  greatest, 

9  And  said  unto  them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Israel, 
unto  whom  ye  sent  me  to  present  your  supplication  before  him  ; 

10  If  ye  will  still  abide  in  this  land,  then  will  I  build  you,  and  not 
pull  you  down,  and  I  will  plant  you,  and  not  pluck  you  up  :  for  I 
repent  me  of  the  evil  that  I  have  done  unto  you. 

11  Be  not  afraid  of  the  king  of  Babylon,  of  whom  ye  are  afraid; 
be  not  afraid  of  him,  saith  the  Lord  :  for  I  am  with  you  to  save  you, 
and  to  deliver  you  from  his  hand. 

12  And  I  will  shew  mercies  unto  you,  that  he  may  have  mercy 
upon  you,  and  cause  you  to  return  to  your  own  land. 

13  But  if  ye  say,  We  will  not  dwell  in  this  land,  neither  obey  the 
voice  of  the  Lord  your  God, 

14  Saying,  No;  but  we  will  go  into  the  land  of  Egypt,  where  we 
shall  see  no  war,  nor  hear  the  sound  of  the  trumpet,  nor  have  hun- 
ger of  bread  ;  and  there  will  we  dwell : 

15  And  now  therefore  hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  ye  remnant  of 
Judah,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel ;  If  ye 
wholly  set  your  faces  to  enter  into  Eg3'pt,  and  go  to  sojourn  there  ; 

16  Then  it  siiall  come  to  pass,  that  the  sword,  which  ye  feared, 
shall  overtake  you  there  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  the  famine, 
whereof  ye  were  afraid,  shall  follow  close  after  you  there  in  Egypt ; 
and  there  ye  shall  die. 

17  So  shall  it  be  with  all  the  men  that  set  their  faces  to  go  into 
Egypt  to  sojourn  there ;  they  shall  die  by  the  sword,  by  the  famine, 
and  by  the  pestilence  :  and  none  of  them  shall  remain  or  escape 
from  the  evil  that  I  will  bring  upon  them. 

IS  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel ;  As  mine 
anger  and  my  fury  hath  been  poured  forth  upon  the  inhabitants  of 
Jerusalem  ;  so  shall  my  fury  be  poured  forth  upon  you,  when  ye 
shall  enter  into  Egypt :  and  ye  shall  be  an  execration,  and  an  aston- 
ishment, and  a  curse,  and  a  reproach ;  and  ye  shall  see  this  place 
no  more. 

19  TT  The  Lord  hath  said  concerning  you,0  ye  remnant  of  Judah, 
Go  ye  not  into  Egypt :  know  certainly  that  I  have  adQionished  you 
this  day. 

20  For  ye  dissembled  in  your  hearts,  when  ye  sent  me  unto  the 
Lord  your  God,  saying,  Pray  for  us  unto  the  Lord  ovu-  God  :  and 
according  unto  all  that  the  Lord  our  God  shall  say,  so  declare  unto 
u?,  and  we  will  do  it. 

21  And  now  I  have  tliis  day  declared  it  to  you  ;  but  ye  have 
not  obeyed  the  voice  of  the  Lord  your  God,  nor  any  thing  for  the 
which  he  hath  sent  me  unto  you. 

22  Now,  therefore,  know  certainly  that  ye  shall  die  by  the  sword, 
by  the  famine,  and  by  the  pestilence,  in  the  place  whither  ye  desire 
to  go,  and  to  sojourn. 

JEREMIAH,    XLIII. 

Johanan  carricth  Jeremiah  into  Egypt.     Jeremiah  prophesieth  the 
conquest  of  Egypt  by  the  Babylonians. 
1  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  Jeremiah  had  made  an  end  of 


Jeremiah.  339 

speaking  unto  all  the  people  all  the  words  of  the  Lord  their  God, 
for  which  the  Lord  their  God  had  sent  him  to  them,  even  all  these 
words, 

2  Then  spake  Azariah  the  son  of  Hoshaiah,  and  Johanan  the  son  of 
Kareah,  and  all  the  proud  men,  saying  unto  Jeremiah,  Thou  speakest 
falsely  :  the  Lord  our  God  hath  not  sent  thee  to  say,  Go  not  into 
Egypt  to  sojourn  there  : 

3  But  Barach,  the  son  of  Neriah,  setteth  thee  on  against  us,  for  to 
deliver  us  into  the  hand  of  the  Chaldeans,  that  they  might  put  us  to 
death,  and  carry  us  away  captives  into  Babylon. 

4  So  Johanan  the  son  of  Kareah,  and  all  the  captains  of  the  forces, 
and  all  the  people,  obeyed  not  the  voice  of  the  Lord,  to  dwell  in  the 
land  of  Judah. 

5  But  Jolianan  the  son  of  Kareah  and  all  the  captains  of  the  forces, 
took  all  tlie  remnant  of  Judah,  that  were  returned  from  all  nations, 
whither  they  had  been  driven,  to  dwell  in  the  land  of  Judah  ; 

6  Eveii  men,  and  women,  and  children,  and  the  king's  daughters, 
and  every  person  that  Nebuzar-adan  the  captain  of  the  guard  had  left 
with  Gedaliah  the  son  of  Ahikam,  the  son  of  Shaphan,  and  Jeremiah 
the  prophet,  and  Baruch  tlie  son  of  Neriah. 

7  So  they  came  into  the  land  of  Egypt  :  for  they  obeyed  not  the 
voice  of  the  Lord  :  thus  came  they  even  to  Tahpanhes. 

LAMENTATIONS,    I. 

Jerusalem'' s  misery  for  her  sins  :  her  complaint,  and  confession  of 
God's  righteous  judgment. 

1  How  doth  the  city  sit  solitary  that  teas  full  of  people  I  hoio  is 
she  become  as  a  widow  !  she  that  ivas  great  among  the  nations,  and 
princes  among  the  provinces,  hoio  is  she  become  tributary ! 

2  She  weepeth  sore  in  the  night,  and  her  tears  are  on  her  cheeks: 
among  all  her  lovers  she  hath  none  to  comfort  her :  all  her  friends 
have  dealt  treacherously  with  her ;  they  are  become  her  enemies. 

3  Judah  is  gone  into  captivity  because  of  affliction,  and  because  of 
great  servitude  :  she  dwelleth  among  the  heathen,  she  findeth  no 
rest:  all  her  persecutors  overtook  her  between  the  straits. 

.4  The  ways  of  Zion  do  mourn,  because  none  come  to  the  solemn 
feasts  :  all  her  gates  are  desolate  :  her  priests  sigh,  her  virgins  are 
afflicted,  and  she  is  in  bitterness. 

5  Her  adversaries  are  the  chief,  her  enemies  prosper ;  for  the 
Lord  hath  afflicted  her  for  the  multitude  of  her  transgressions  :  her 
children  are  gone  into  captivity  before  the  enemy. 

6  And  from  the  daughter  of  Zion  all  her  beauty  is  departed  :  her 
princes  are  become  like  harts  that  find  no  pasture,  and  they  are  gone 
without  strength  before  the  pursuer. 

7  Jerusalem  remembered  in  the  days  of  her  affliction  and  of  her 
miseries  all  her  pleasant  things  that  she  had  in  the  days  of  old,  when 
her  people  fell  into  the  hand  of  the  enemy,  and  none  did  help  her  : 
the  adversaries  saw  her,  ayid  did  mock  at  her  sabbaths. 

8  Jerusalem  hath  grievously  sinned ;  therefore  she  is-  removed  ; 
all  that  honored  her  despise  her,  because  they  have  seen  her  naked- 
ness ;  yea,  she  sigheth,  and  turneth  backward. 

9  Her  filthiness  is  in  her  skirts :  she  remembereth  not  her  last 


340  Jeremiah. 

end ;  therefore  she  came  down  wonderfully  :  she  had  no  comforter. 
O  Lord,  behold  my  affliction :  for  the  enemy  hath  magnitied  kbii' 
self. 

10  The  adversary  hath  spread  out  his  hand  upon  ail  her  pleasant 
things  :  for  she  hath  seen  that  the  heathen  entered  into  her  sanctuary, 
whom  thou  didst  command  that  they  should  not  enter  into  thy  con- 
gregation. 

11  All  her  people  sigh,  they  seek  bread  ;  they  have  given  their 
pleasant  things  for  meat  to  relieve  the  soul :  see,  O  Lord,  and  con- 
sider ;  for  I  am  become  vile. 

12  IT  Is  it  nothing  to  you,  all  ye  that  pass  by  ?  behold,  and  see  if 
there  be  any  sorrow  like  unto  my  sorrow,  which  is  done  unto  me, 
wherewith  the  Lord  hath  afflicted  me  in  the  day  of  his  tierce  anger. 

13  From  above  hath  he  sent  fire  into  my  bones,  and  it  prevaileth 
against  them  :  he  hath  spread  a  net  for  my  feet,  he  hath  turned  me 
back:  he  hath  marie  me  desolate  and  faint  all  the  day. 

14  The  yoke  of  my  transgressions  is  bound  by  his  hand  :  they  are 
wreathed,  and  come  up  upon  my  neck  :  he  hath  made  my  strength 
to  fall,  the  Lord  hath  delivered  me  into  their  hands,  frorii  whom  I 
am  not  able  to  rise  up. 

15  The  Lord  hath  trodden  under  foot  all  my  mighty  men.  in  the 
midst  of  me  :  he  hath  called  an  assembly  against  me  to  crush  my 
young  men :  the  Lord  hath  trodden  the  virgin,  the  daughter  of  Judah, 
as  in  a  winepress. 

16  For  these  things  I  weep  ;  mine  eye,  mine  eye  runneth  down 
with  water,  because  the  comforter  that  should  relieve  my  soul  is  far 
from  me  :  my  children  are  desolate,  because  the  enemy  prevailed. 

17  Zion  spreadeth  forth  her  hands,  and  there  is  none  to  comfort 
her:  the  Lord  hath  commanded  concerning  Jacob,  that  his  adversa- 
ries should  be  round  about  him  :  Jerusalem  is  a  menstruous  woman 
among  them. 

18  "[[  The  Lord  is  righteous  ;  for  I  have  rebelled  against  his  com- 
mandment: hear,  I  pray  you,  all  people,  and  behold  my  sorrow  :  my 
virgins  and  my  young  men  are  gone  into  captivity. 

19  1  called  for  my  lovers,  but  they  deceived  me  :  my  priests  and 
mine  elders  gave  up  the  ghost  in  the  city,  while  they  sought  their 
meat  to  relieve  their  souls. 

20  Behold,  O  Lord  ;  for  I  am  in  distress  :  my  bowels  are  troubled; 
mine  heart  is  turned  within  me ;  for  1  have  grievously  rebelled : 
abroad  the  sword  bereaveth,  at  home  there  is  as  death. 

21  They  have  heard  that  I  sigh:  there  is  none  to  comfort  me  :  all 
mine  enemies  have  heard  of  my  trouble  ;  they  are  glad  that  thou  hast 
done  it :  thou  wilt  bring  the  day  that  ihou  hast  called,  and  they  shall 
be  like  unto  me. 

22  Let  all  their  wickedness  come  before  thee  ;  and  do  unto  them 
as  thou  hast  done  unto  me  for  all  niy  transgressions  :  for  my  sighs  are 
many,  and  my  heart  is  faint. 


LAME^TATtO^S,    II. 

usalcm''s  misery.     He 
God. 
1  How  hath  the  Lord  covered  the  dauohter  of  Zion  with  a  cloud 


Jeremiah  lamentcth  Jerusalem'' s  misery.     He  complaineth  thereof  to 

God. 


Jeremiah.  341 

in  his  anger,  and  cast  down  from  heaven  unto  the  earth  the  beauty 
of  Israel,"and  remembered  not  his  footstool  in  the  day  of  his  anger  ! 

2  The  Lord  hath  swallowed  up  all  the  habitations  of  Jacob,  and 
hath  not  pitied  :  he  hath  thrown  down  in  his  wrath  the  strong  holds  of 
the  daughter  of  Judah  ;  he  hath  brought  them  down  to  the  ground : 
he  hath  polluted  the  kingdom  and  the  princes  thereof. 

3  He  hath  cut  oft'  in  his  fierce  anger  all  the  horn  of  Israel :  he 
hath  drawn  back  his  right  hand  from  before  the  enemy,  and  he 
burned  against  Jacob  like  a  flaming  fire,  which  devoureth  round 
about. 

4  He  hath  bent  his  bow  like  an  enemy  :  he  stood  with  his  right 
hand  as  an  adversary,  and  slew  all  that  were  pleasant  to  the  eye  in 
the  tabernacle  of  the  daughter  of  Zion :  he  poured  out  his  fury  like 
fire. 

5  The  Lord  was  as  an  enemy  ;  he  hath  swallowed  up  Israel,  he 
hath  swallowed  up  all  her  palaces  ;  he  hath  destroyed  his  strong 
holds,  and  hath  increased  in  the  daughter  of  Judah  mourning  and 
lamentation. 

6  And  he  hath  violently  taken  away  his  tabernacle,  as  if  it  ivere  of 
a  garden  ;  he  hath  destroyed  his  places  of  the  assembly :  the  Lord 
hath  caused  the  solemn  feasts  and  sabbaths  to  be  forgotten  in  Zion, 
and  hath  despised,  in  the  indignation  of  his  anger,  the  king  and  the 
priest. 

7  The  Lord  hath  cast  off  his  altar,  he  hath  abhorred  his  sanctuary, 
he  hath  given  up  into  the  hand  of  the  enemy  the  walls  of  her  palaces; 
they  have  made  a  noise  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  as  in  the  day  of  a 
solemn  feast. 

8  The  Lord  hath  purposed  to  destroy  the  wall  of  the  daughter  of 
Zion;  he  hath  stretched  out  a  line,  he  hath  not  withdrawn  his  hand 
from  destroying  :  therefore  he  made  the  rampart  and  the  wall  to 
lament;  they  languished  together. 

9  Her  gates  are  sunk  into  the  ground  ;  he  hath  destroyed  and 
broken  her  bars  ;  her  king  and  her  princes  are  among  the  Gentiles: 
the  law  is  no  more  ^  her  prophets  also  find  no  vision  from  the  Lord. 

10  The  elders  of  the  daughter  of  Zion  sit  upon  the  ground,  and 
keep  silence  :  they  have  cast  up  dust  upon  their  heads  ;  they  have 
girded  themselves  with  sackcloth  :  the  virgins  of  Jerusalem  hang 
down  their  heads  to  the  ground. 

11  Mine  eyes  do  fail  with  tears,  my  bowels  are  troubled,  my  liver 
is  poured  upon  the  earth,  for  the  destruction  of  the  daughter  of  my 
people ;  because  the  children  and  the  sucklings  swoon  in  the  streets 
of  the  city. 

12  They  say  to  their  mothers.  Where  is  corn  and  wine  ?  when 
they  swooned  as  the  wounded  in  the  streets  of  the  city,  when  their 
soul  was  poured  out  into  their  mother's  bosom. 

13  What  thing  shall  I  take  to  witness  for  thee  ?  what  thing  shall  I 
liken  to  thee,  O  daughter  of  Jerusalem  ?  what  shall  I  equal  to  thee, 
that  I  may  comfort  thee,  O  virgin  daughter  of  Zion  ?  for  thy  breach 
is  great  like  the  sea  ;  who  can  heal  thee  ? 

14  Thy  prophets  have  seen  vain  and  foolish  things  for  thee  ;  and 
they  have  not  discovered  thine  iniquity,  to  turn  away  thy  captivity; 
but  have  seen  for  thee  false  burdens,  and  causes  of  banishment. 

15  AH  that  pass  by  clap  their  hands  at  thee  ;  they  hiss  and  wag 


342  Jeremiah. 

their  head  at  the  daughter  of  Jerusalem,  saying.  Is  this  the  city  that 
men  call  The  perfection  of  beauty,  The  joy  of  the  whole  earth  ? 

16  All  thine  enemies  have  opened  their  mouth  against  thee :  they 
hiss  and  gnash  the  teeth  :  they  sa}'^,  We  have  swallowed  her  up  : 
certainly  this  is  the  day  that  we  looked  for ;  we  have  found,  we  have 
seen  it. 

17  The  Lord  hath  done  that  which  he  had  devised  ;  he  hath  fulfilled 
his  word  that  he  had  commanded  in  the  days  of  old  :  he  hath  thrown 
down,  and  hath  not  pitied  :  and  he  hath  caused  thine  enemy  to  rejoice 
over  thee  ;  he  hath  set  up  the  horn  of  thine  adversaries. 

18  Their  heart  cried  unto  the  Lord,  O  wall  of  the  daughter  of 
Zion,  let  tears  run  down  like  a  river  day  and  night ;  give  thyself  no 
rest ;  let  not  the  apple  of  thine  eye  cease. 

19  Arise,  cry  out  in  the  night ;  in  the  beginning  of  the  watches 
pour  out  thine  heart  like  water  before  the  face  of  the  Lord  :  lift  up 
thy  hands  toward  him  for  the  life  of  thy  young  children,  that  faint  for 
hunger  in  the  top  of  every  street. 

20  IT  Behold,  O  Lord,  and  consider  to  whom  thou  hast  done  this. 
Shall  the  women  eat  their  fruit,  and  children  of  a  span  long  ?  shall 
the  priest  and  the  prophet  be  slain  in  the  sanctuary  of  the  Lord  ? 

21  The  young  and  the  old  lie  on  the  ground  in  the  streets :  my 
virgins  and  my  young  men  are  fallen  by  the  sword  ;  thou  hast  slain 
the7n  in  the  day  of  thine  anger  ;  thou  hast  killed,  and  not  pitied. 

22  Thou  hast  called,  as  in  a  solemn  day,  my  terrors  round  about ; 
so  that  in  the  day  of  the  Lord's  anger  none  escaped  nor  remained  : 
those  that  I  have  swaddled  and  brought  up  hath  mine  enemy  con- 
sumed. 

LAME^TATIO^•S,    III. 

The  faithful  bewail  their  calamities,  fyc. 

1  I  am  the  man  that  hath  seen  affliction  by  the  rod  of  his  wrath. 

2  He  hath  led  me,  and  brought  me  into  darkness,  but  not  into 
light. 

3  Surely  against  me  is  he  turned  ;  he  turneth  his  hand  against  me 
all  the  day. 

4  My  fiesh  and  my  skin  hath  he  made  old  ;  he  hath  broken  my 
bones. 

5  He  hath  builded  against  me,  and  compassed  me  with  gall  and 
travail. 

6  He  hath  set  me  in  dark  places,  as  they  that  be  dead  of  old. 

7  He  hath  hedged  me  about,  that  I  cannot  get  out :  he  hath  made 
my  chain  heavy. 

8  Also  when  I  cry  and  shout,  he  shutteth  out  my  prayer. 

9  He  hath  inclosed  my  ways  with  hewn  stone  ;  he  hath  made  my 
paths  crooked. 

10  He  was  unto  me  as  a  bear^lying  in  wait,  and  as  a  lion  in  secret 
places. 

11  He  hath  turned  aside  my  ways,  and  pulled  me  in  pieces  :  he 
hath  made  me  desolate. 

12  He  hath  bent  his  bow,  and  set  me  as  a  mark  for  the  arrow. 

13  He  hath  caused  the  arrows  of  his  quiver  to  enter  into  my 
reins. 


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14  I  was  a  derision  to  all  my  people,  and  their  song  all  the  day. 

15  He  hath  filled  me  with  bitterness,  he  hath  made  me  drunken 
with  wormwood. 

16  He  hath  also  broken  my  teeth  with  grarel-stones,  he  hath  cov- 
ered me  with  ashes. 

17  And  thou  hast  removed  my  soul  far  off  from  peace  :  I  forgat 
prosperity. 

18  And  1  said,  My  strength  and  my  hope  is  perished  from  the 
Lord  : 

19  Remembering  mine  affliction  and  my  misery,  the  wormwood 
and  the  gall. 

20  My  soul  hath  them  still  in  remembrance,  and  is  humbled  in 
me. 

21  This  I  recall  to  my  mind,  therefore  have  I  hope. 

22  U  It  is  of  the  Lord's  mercies  that  we  are  not  consumed,  because 
his  compassions  fail  not. 

23  They  are  new  every  morning  :  great  is  thy  faithfulness. 

24  The  Lord  is  my  portion,  saith  my  soul ;  therefore  will  I  hope 
in  him. 

25  The  Lord  is  good  unto  them  that  wait  for  him,  to  the  soul  thai 
seeketh  him. 

26  It  is  good  that  a  man  should  both  hope  aiid  quietly  wait  for  the 
salvation  of  the  Lord. 

27  It  is  good  for  a  man  that  he  bear  the  j^oke  in  his  youth. 

28  He  sitteth  alone,  and  keepeth  silence,  because  he  hath  borne  it 
upon  him. 

29  He  putteth  his  mouth  in  the  dust,  if  so  be  there  may  be  hope. 

30  He  giveth  his  cheek  to  him  that  smiteth  him :    he  is  filled  full 
with  reproach. 

31  For  the  Lord  will  not  cast  off  for  ever : 

32  But  though  he  cause  grief,  yet  will  he  have  compassion  accord- 
ing to  the  multitude  of  his  rnercies. 

33  For  he  doth  not  afflict  wilUngly,  nor  grieve  the  children  of 
men. 

34  To  crush  under  his  feet  all  the  prisoners  of  the  earth, 

35  To  turn  aside  the  right  of  a  man  before  the  face  of  the  most 
High, 

36  To  subvert  a  man  in  his  cause,  the  Lord  approveth  not. 

37  ¥  Who  is  he  that  saith,  and  it  cometh  to  pass,  when  the  Lord 
commandeth  it  not  ? 

38  Out  of  the  mouth  of  the  most  High  proceedeth  not  evil  and 
good  ? 

39  Wherefore  doth  a  living  man  complain,  a  man  for  the  punish- 
ment of  his  sins  ? 

40  Let  us  search  and  try  our  ways,  and  turn  again  to  the  Lord. 

41  Let  us  lift  up  our  heart  with   our   hands  unto   God  in   the 
heavens. 

42  We  have  transgressed,  and  have  rebelled  :    thou  hast  not  par- 
doned. 

43  Thou  hast  covered  with  anger,  and  persecuted  us  :  thou  hast 
slain,  thou  hast  not  pitied. 

44  Thou  hast  covered  thyself  with  a  cloud  that  our  prayer  should 
not  pass  through. 


344  Jeremiah. 

Ao  Thou  hast  made.us  as  the  offscouring  and  refuse  in  the  midst  of 
the  people. 

46  All  our  enemies  hav^e  opened  their  mouths  against  us. 

47  Fear  and  a  snare  is  come  upon  us,  desolation  and  destruction. 

48  Mine  eye  runneth  down  with  rivers  of  water  for  the  destruction 
of  the  daughter  of  my  people. 

49  ]Mine  eye  trickleth  down,  and  ceaseth  not  without  any  inter- 
mission. 

50  Till  the  Lord  look  down,  and  behold  from  heaven. 

51  Mine  eye  aflEecteth  mine  heart  because  of  all  the  daughters  of 
my  city. 

52  Mine  enemies  chased  me  sore,  like  a  bird  without  cause. 

53  They  have  cut  ofi'my  life  in  the  dungeon,  and  cast  a  stone  upon 
me. 

54  Waters  flowed  over  mine  head  ;  then  I  said,  I  am  cut  off. 

55  IT  I  called  upon  thy  name,  0  Lord,  out  of  the  low  dungeon. 

56  Thou  hast  heard  my  voice  :  hide  not  thine  ear  at  my  breathing, 
at  my  cry. 

57  Thou  drewest  near  in  the  day  that  I  called  upon  thee :  thou 
saidst.  Fear  not. 

58  0  Lord,  thou  hast  pleaded  the  causes  of  my  soul ;  thou  hast 
redeemed  my  life. 

59  0  Lord,  thou  hast  seen  my  wrong :  judge  thou  my  cause. 

60  Thou  hast  seen  all  their  vengeance  and  all  their  imaginations 
against  me. 

61  Thou  hast  heard  their  reproach,  0  Lord,  and  all  their  imagi- 
nations against  me  ; 

62  The  lips  of  those  that  rose  up  against  me,  and  their  device 
against  me  all  the  day. 

63  Behold  their  sitting  down,  and  their  rising  up  ;  I  am  their 
music. 

64  Render  unto  them  a  recompense,  O  Lord,  according  to  the 
work  of  their  hands. 

65  Give  them  sorrow  of  heart,  thy  curse  unto  them. 

QQ  Persecute  and  destroy  them  in  anger  from  under  the  heavens 
of  the  Lord. 

LAMENTATIONS,    IV. 

Zion's  pitiful  estate  bewailed:    she  confesseth  her  sins.     Edam 
threatened. 

1  How  is  the  gold  become  dim !  how  is  the  most  fine  gold 
changed  !  the  stones  of  the  sanctuary  are  poured  out  in  the  top  of 
every  street. 

2  The  precious  sons  of  Zion,  comparable  to  fine  gold,  how  are  they 
esteemed  as  earthen  pitchers,  the  work  of  the  hands  of  the  potter  ! 

3  Even  the  sea-monsters  draw  out  the  breast,  they  give  suck  to 
their  young  ones :  the  daughter  of  my  people  is  become  cruel,  like 
the  ostriches  in  the  wilderness. 

4  The  tongue  of  the  sucking  child  cleaveth  to  the  roof  of  his 
mouth  for  thirst ;  the  young  children  ask  bread,  andno  man  breaketh 
it  unto  them. 


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5  They  that  did  feed  delicately  are  desolate  in  the  streets ;  they 
that  were  brought  up  in  scarlet,  embrace  dung-hills. 

6  For  the  punishment  of  (he  iniquity  of  the  daughter  of  my  people 
is  greater  than  the  punishment  of  the  sin  of  Sodom,  that  was  over- 
thrown as  in  a  moment,  and  no  hands  stayed  on  her. 

7  Her  Nazarites  were  purer  than  snow,  they  were  whiter  than 
milk,  they  were  more  ruddy  in  body  than  rubies,  their  polishing  was 
of  sapphire  : 

8  Their  visage  is  blacker  than  a  coal  ;  they  are  not  known  in  the 
streets  :  their  skin  cleaveth  to  their  bones  ;  it  is  withered,  it  is  become 
like  a  stick. 

9  They  that  he  slain  with  the  sword  are  better  than  they  that  he 
slain  with  hunger:  for  these  pine  away,  stricken  through  for  want  of 
the  fruits  of  the  field. 

10  The  hands  of  the  pitiful  women  have  sodden  their  ovi^n  children, 
they  were  their  meat  in  the  destruction  of  the  daughter  of  my 
people. 

11  The  Lord  hath  accomplished  his  fury  ;  he  hath  poured  out  his 
fierce  anger,  and  hath  kindled  a  fire  in  Zion,  and  it  hath  devoured  the 
foundations  thereof. 

12  The  kings  of  the  earth,  and  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  world, 
would  not  have  believed  that  the  adversary  and  the  enemy  should 
have  entered  into  the  gates  of  Jerusalem. 

13  TT  For  the  sins  other  prophets,  and  the  iniquities  of  her  priests, 
that  have  shed  the  blood  of  the  just  in  the  midst  of  her, 

14  They  have  wandered  as  blind  men  in  the  streets,  they  have 
polluted  themselves  with  blood,  so  that  men  could  not  touch  their 
garments. 

15  They  cried  unto  them.  Depart  ye  ;  it  is  unclean  ;  depart,  depart, 
touch  not :  when  they  f!ed  away  and  wandered,  they  said  among  the 
heathen,  They  shall  no  more  sojourn  there. 

16  The  anger  of  the  Lord  hath  divided  them  ;  he  will  no  more 
regard  them  :  they  respected  not  the  persons  of  the  priests,  they 
favored  not  the  elders. 

17  As  for  us,  our  6yes  as  yet  foiled  for  our  vain  help  :  in  our 
watching  we  have  watched  for  a  nation  that  could  not  save  us. 

18  They  hunt  our  steps,  that  we  cannot  go  in  our  streets  :  our  end 
is  near,  our  days  are  fulfilled,  for  our  end  is  come. 

19  Our  persecutors  are  swifter  than  the  eagles  of  the  heaven  : 
they  pursued  us  upon  the  mountains,  they  laid  wait  for  us  in  the 
wilderness. 

20  The  breath  of  our  nostrils,  the  anointed  of  the  Lord,  was  taken 
in  their  pits,  of  whom  we  said,  Under  his  shadow  we  shall  live  among 
the  heathen. 

21  U  Rejoice  and  be  glad,  0  daughter  of  Edom,  that  dwellestin  the 
land  of  Uz  :  the  cup  also  shall  pass  through  unto  thee  ;  thou  shalt 
be  drunken,  and  shalt  make  thyself  naked. 

22  The  punishment  of  thine  iniquity  is  accomplished,  0  daughter 
of  Zion;  he  will  no  more  carry  thee  away  into  captivity:  he  will 
visit  thine  iniquity,  O  daughter  of  Edom  ;  he  will  discover  thy 
sins. 

29 


346  Jeremiah,     Ezehiel. 

LAMENTATIONS,    V. 

Jl  pitiful  complaint  of  Zion  in  prayer  to  God. 

1  Remember,  0  Lord,  what  is  come  upon  us:  consider,  and  behold 
our  reproach. 

2  Our  inheritance  is  turned  to  strangers,  our  houses  to  ahens. 

3  We  are  orphans  and  fatherless,  our  mothers  are  as  widows. 

4  We  have  drunken  our  water  for  money ;  our  wood  is  sold  unto 
us. 

5  Our  necks  are  under  persecution  ;  we  labor,  a7id  have  no  rest. 

6  We  have  given  the  hand  to  the  Egyptians,  an.d  to  the  Assyrians, 
•to  be  satisfied  with  bread. 

7  Our  fathers  have  sinned,  and  are  not ;   and  w'e  have  borne  their 
iniquities. 

8  Servants  have  ruled  over  us  :  there  is  none  that  doth  deliver  w^ 
out  of  their  hand. 

9  We  gat  our  bread  with  the  peril  of  our  lives,  because  of  the 
sword  of  the  wilderness. 

10  Our   skin  was  black  like   an  oven,   because   of  the   terrible 
famine. 

11  They  ravished  the  women  in  Zion,  and  the  maids  in  the  cities 
of Judah. 

12  Princes  are  hanged  up  by  their  hand  :  the  faces  of  elders  were 
not  honored. 

13  They  took  the  young  men  to  grind,  and  the  children  fell  under 
the  wood. 

14  The  elders  have  ceased  from  the  gate,  the  young  men  from 
their  music. 

15  Tiie  joy  of  our  heart  is  ceased  ;  our  dance  is  turned  into 
mourning. 

16  The  crown  is  fallen /rom  our  head  :  woe  unto  us  that  we  have 
sinned  ! 

17  For  this  our  heart  is  faint ;  for  these  things  our  eyes  are  dim. 

18  Because  of  the  mountain  of  Zion,  which  is  desolate,  the  foxes 
walk  upon  it. 

19  Thou,  O  Lord,  remainest  for  ever  ;  thy  throne  from  generation 
to  generation. 

20  Wherefore  dost  thou  forget  us  for  ever,  and  forsake  us  so  long 
time  ? 

21  Turn  thou  us  unto  thee,  0  Lord,  and  we  shall  be  turned ; 
renew  our  days  as  of  old. 

22  But  thou  hast  utterly  rejected  us  ;  thou  art  very  wroth  against 
us. 

EZEKIEL,    XXX. 

20  11  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  eleventh  year,  in  the  first  nionth,'m 
the  seventh  day  of  the  month,  that  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto 
me,  saying, 

21  Sonof  man,  I  have  broken  the  arm  of  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt ; 
and,  lo,  it  shall  not  be  bound  up  to  be  healed,  to  put  a  roller  to  bind  it, 
to  make  it  strong  to  hold  the  sword. 

22  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Behold,  I  am  against  Pha- 


Ezehiel  347 

raoh  king  of  Egypt,  and  will  break  his  arms,  the  strong,  and  that 
which  was  broken ;  and  I  will  cause  the  sword  to  fall  out  of  his 
hand. 

23  And  I  will  scatter  the  Egyptians  among  the  nations,  and  will 
disperse  them  through  the  countries. 

24  And  I  will  strengthen  the  arms  of  the  king  of  Babylon,  and  put 
my  sword  in  his  hand  :  but  I  will  break  Pharaoh's  arms,  and  he 
shall  groan  before  him  with  the  groanings  of  a  deadly  wounded  man. 

25  But  I  will  strengthen  the  arms  of  the  king  of  Babylon,  and  the 
arms  of  Pharaoh  shall  fall  down ;  and  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord,  when  I  shall  put  my  sword  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of 
Babylon,  and  he  shall  stretch  it  out  upon  the  land  of  Egypt. 

26  And  I  will  scatter  the  Egyptians  among  the  nations,  and  dis- 
perse them  among  the  countries  ;  and  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord. 

EZEKIEL,    XXXI. 

^  relation  unto  Pharaoh  nfthe  glory  of.fissyria,  and  the  fall  thereof 
for  pride  :  the  like  destruction  of  Egypt. 

1  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  eleventh  year,  in  the  third  7nonth,  in 
the  first  day  of  the  month,  that  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me, 
saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  speak  unto  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt,  and  to  his  multi- 
tude ;  Whom  art  thou  like  in  thy  greatness  ? 

3  IF  Behold,  the  Assyrian  was  a  cedar  in  Lebanon  with  fair  branches, 
and  with  a  shadowing  shroud,  and  of  an  high  stature  ;  and  his  top  was 
among  the  thick  boughs. 

4  The  waters  made  him  great,  the  deep  set  him  up  on  high  with 
her  rivers  running  round  about  his  plants,  and  sent  out  her  little 
rivers  unto  all  the  trees  of  the  field. 

5  Therefore  his  height  was  exalted  above  all  the  trees  of  the  fields 
and  his  boughs  were  multiplied,  and  his  branches  became  long, 
because  of  the  multitude  of  waters,  when  he  shot  forth. 

6  All  the  fowls  of  heaven  made  their  nests  in  his  boughs,  and  under 
his  branches  did  all  the  beasts  of  the  field  bring  forth  their  young, 
and  under  his  shadow  dwelt  all  great  nations. 

7  Thus  was  he  fair  in  his  greatness,  in  the  length  of  his  branches : 
for  his  root  was  by  great  waters. 

8  The  cedars  in  the  garden  of  God  could  not  hide  him  :  the  fir- 
trees  were  not  like  his  boughs,  and  the  chesnut-trees,  were  not  like 
his  branches ;  nor  any  tree  in  the  garden  of  God  was  liks  unto  him  in 
his  beauty. 

9  I  have  made  him  fair  by  the  multitude  of  his  branches  :  so  that 
all  the  trees  of  Eden,  that  were  in  the  garden  of  God,  envied  him. 

10  IT  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Because  thou  hast  lifted 
up  thyself  in  height,  and  he  hath  shot  up  his  top  among  the  thick 
boughs,  and  his  heart  is  lifted  up  in  his  height; 

111  have,  therefore,  delivered  him  into  the  hand  of  the  mighty  one 
of  the  heathen  ;  he  shall  surely  deal  with  him  :  I  have  driven  him 
out  for  his  wickedness. 

12  And  strangers,  the  terrible  of  the  nations,  have  cut  him  off,  and 
have  left  him  :  upon  the  mountains  and  in  all  the  vallies  his  branches 


348  Ezehiel 

are  fallen,  and  his  boughs  are  broken  by  all  the  rivers  of  the  land  ; 
and  all  the  people  of  the  earth  are  gone  down  from  his  shadow,  and 
have  left  him. 

13  Upon  his  ruin  shall  all  the  fowls  of  the  heaven  remain,  and  all 
the  beasts  of  the  field  shall  be  upon  his  branches  : 

14  To  the  end  that  none  of  all  the  trees  by  the  waters  exalt  them- 
selves for  their  height,  neither  shoot  up  their  top  among  the  thick 
boughs,  neither  their  trees  stand  up  in  their  height,  all  that  drink 
water :  for  they  are  all  delivered  unto  death,  to  the  nether  parts  of  the 
earth,  in  the  midst  of  the  children  of  men,  with  them  that  go  down  to 
the  pit. 

10  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  In  the  day  when  he  went  down  to 
the  grave  I  caused  a  mourning  :  I  covered  the  deep  for  him,  and  I 
restrained  the  floods  thereof,  and  the  great  waters  were  stayed ;  and 
I  caused  Lebanon  to  mourn  for  him,  and  all  the  trees  of  the  field 
fainted  for  him. 

16  1  made  the  nations  to  shake  at  the  sound  of  his  fall,  when  I  cast 
him  down  to  hell  with  them  that  descend  into  the  pit:    and  all  the 

trees  of  Eden,  the  choice  ami  best  uf   Lebanon,    all    that  drink  water, 

shall  be  comforted  in  the  nether  parts  of  the  earth. 

IT  They  also  went  down  into  hell  with  him  unto  them  that  he 
slain  with  the  sword  ;  and  they  that  were  his  arm,  that  dwelt  under 
his  shadow  in  the  midst  of  the  heathen. 

18  H  To  whom  art  thou  thus  like  in  glory  and  in  greatness  among 
the  trees  of  Eden  .'  Yet  shalt  thou  be  brought  down  with  the  trees  of 
Eden  unto  the  nether  parts  of  the  earth  :  thou  shalt  lie  in  the  midst 
of  the  imcircumcised  with  them  that  he  slain  by  the  sword.  This  is 
Pharaoh  and  all  his  multitude,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

EZEKIEL,    XXVI. 

Tyncs,  for  insulting  against  Jerusalem,  is  threatened :  JVehuchad' 
rezzar's  power  against  her  :   the  mourning  for  her. 

1  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  eleventh  year,  in  the  first  day  of  the 
month,  that  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  because  that  Tyrus  hath  said  against  Jerusalem, 
Aha,  she  is  broken  that  was  the  gates  of  the  people ;  she  is  turned 
unto  me  ;  I  shall  be  replenished,  now  she  is  laid  waste  : 

3  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Behold,  I  ara  against  thee, 
0  Tyrus,  and  will  cause  many  nations  to  come  up  against  thee,  as 
the  sea  causeth  his  waves  to  come  up. 

4  And  they  shall  destroj'  the  walls  of  Tyrus,  and  break  down  her 
towers:  I  will  also  scrape  her  dust  from  her,  and  make  her  like  the 
top  of  a  rock. 

5  it  shall  be  a  place  for  the  spreading  of  nets  in  the  midst  of  the 
sea  :  for  I  have  spoken  it,  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  and  it  shall  become  a 
spoil  to  the  nations. 

6  And  her  daughters  which  are  in  the  field  shall  be  slain  by  the 
sword  ;  and  they  shall  know  that  I  ain  the  Lord. 

7  IT  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Behold,  I  will  bring  upon  Tyrus 
Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon,  a  king  of  kings,  from  the  north, 
with  horses,  and  with  chariots,  and  with  horsemen,  and  companies, 
and  much  people. 


Ezekiel  349 

8  He  shall  slay  with  the  sword  thy  daughters  in  the  field  ;  and  he 
shall  make  afort  against  thee,  and  cast  a  mount  against  thee,  and  lift 
up  the  buckler  against  thee. 

9  And  he  shall  set  engines  of  war  against  thy  walls,  and  with  his 
axes  he  shall  break  down  thy  lowers. 

10  By  reason  of  the  abundance  of  his  horses  their  dust  shall  cover 
thee  :  thy  walls  shall  shake  at  the  noise  of  the  horsemen,  and  of  the 
wheels,  and  of  the  chariots,  when  he  shall  enter  into  thy  gates,  as 
men  enter  into  a  city  wherein  is  made  a  breach. 

11  With  the  hoofs  of  his  horses  sliall  he  tread  down  all  thy  streets: 
he  shall  slay  thy  people  by  the  sword,  and  thy  strong  garrisons  shall 
go  down  to  the  ground. 

12  And  they  shall  make  a  spoil  of  thy  riches,  and  make  a  prey  of 
thy  merchandise  :  and  they  shall  break  down  thy  walls,  and  destroy 
thy  pleasant  houses;  and  they  shall  lay  thy  stones  and  thy  timber  and 
thy  dust  in  the  midst  of  the  water. 

13  And  I  will  cause  the  noise  of  thy  songs  to  cease  :  and  the  sound 
of  thy  harps  shall  be  no  more  heard. 

14  And  I  will  make  thee  like  the  top  of  a  rock  :  thou  shalt  be  a 
place  to  spread  nets  upon  ;  thou  shalt  be  built  no  more  :  lor  I  the 
Lord  have  spoken  it,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

15  ^  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  to  Tyrus  ;  Shall  not  the  isles  shake 
at  the  sound  of  thy  fall,  when  the  wounded  cry,  when  the  slaughter 
is  made  in  the  midst  of  thee  ? 

16  Then  all  the  princes  of  the  sea  shall  come  down  from  their 
thrones,  and  lay  away  their  robes,  and  put  off  their  broidered  gar- 
ments :  they  shall  clothe  themselves  with  trembling;  they  shall  sit 
upon  the  ground,  and  shall  tremble  at  every  moment,  and  be  aston- 
ished at  thee. 

17  And  they  shall  take  up  a  lamentation  for  thee,  and  shall  say  to 
thee.  How  art  thou  destroyed,  that  wast  inhabited  of  seafaring  men, 
the  renowned  city  which  wast  strong  in  the  sea,  she  and  her  inhabi- 
tants, which  cause  their  terror  to  be  on  all  that  haunt  it ! 

IS  Now  shall  the  isles  tremble  in  the  day  of  thy  fall ;  yea,  the  isles 
that  are  in  the  sea  shall  be  troubled  at  thy  departure. 

19  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  when  I  shall  make  thee  a  deso- 
late city,  like  the  cities  that  aie  not  inhabited  ;  when  1  shall  bring  up 
the  deep  upon  thee,  and  great  waters  shall  cover  thee  ; 

20  When  I  shall  bring  thee  down  with  them  that  descend  into  the 
pit,  with  the  people  of  old  time,  and  shall  ?et  thee  in  the  low  parts  of 
the  earth,  in  places  desolate  of  old,  with  them  that  go  down  to  tlie 
pit,  that  thou  be  not  inhabited  ;  and  I  shall  set  glory  in  the  land  of  the 
living; 

21  I  will  make  thee  a  terror,  and  thou  shalt  be  no  more  :  though 
thou  be  sought  for,  yet  shalt  thou  never  be  found  again,  saith  the 
Lord  God. 

EZEKIEL,  XXVII. 

The  rich  supply  of  Tyrus  :  the  great  and  irrecoverable  fall  thereof. 

1  The  word  of  the  Lord  came  again  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Now,  thou  son  of  man,  take  up  a  lamentation  for  Tyrus; 

-     3  And  say  unto  Tyrus,  O  thou  that  art  situate  at  the  entry  of  the 
29* 


t350  Ezekiel. 

sea,  which  art  a  merchant  of  the  people  for  many  isles,  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  God  ;     O  Tyrus,  thou  hast  said,  I  am  of  perfect  beauty. 

4  Thy  borders  are  in  the  midst  of  the  seas,  thy  builders  have  per- 
fected thy  beauty. 

5  They  have  made  all  thy  ship  boards  of  fir-trees  of  Senir;  they 
have  taken  cedars  from  Lebanon  to  make  masts  for  thee. 

6  Ofihe  oaks  of  Bashan  have  they  made  thine  oars;  the  company 
of  the  Ashurites  have  made  thy  benches  of  ivory  brought  out  of  the 
isles  of  Chittim. 

7  Fine  linen  with  broidered  work  from  Egypt,  was  that  which 
thou  spreadest  forth  to  be  thy  sail ;  blue  and  purple  from  the  isles  of 
Eiishah  was  that  which  covered  thee. 

8  The  inhabitants  of  Zidon  and  Afvad  were  thy  mariners :  thy 
wise  men,  O  Tyrus,  that  were  in  thee,  were  thy  pilots. 

9  The  ancients  of  Gebal,  and  the  wise  i7ie7i  thereof  were  in  thee, 
thy  calkers:  all  the  ships  of  the  sea  with  their  mariners  were  in  thee 
to  occupy  thy  merchandise. 

10  They  of  Persia,  and  of  Lud,  and  of  Phut,  were  in  thine  army 
thy  men  of  war:  they  hanged  the  shield  and  helmet  in  thee  ;  they 
set  forth  thy  comeliness. 

11  The  uien  of  Arvad,  with  thine  army,  tuere  upon  thy  walls  round 
about,  and  the  Gammadims  were  in  thy  towers  :  they  hanged  their 
shields  upon  thy  walls  round  about ;  they  have  made  thy  beauty 
perfect. 

12  Tarshish  was  thy  merchant  by  reason  of  the  multitude  of  all 
kind  of  riches ;  with  silver,  iron,  tin,  and  lead,  they  traded  in  thy 
fairs. 

13  Javan,  Tubal,  and  Meshech,  they  tcere  thy  merchants  :  they 
traded  the  persons  of  men  and  vessels  of  brass  in  thy  market. 

14  They  of  the  house  of  Togarmah  traded  in  thy  fairs  with  horses, 
and  horsemen,  and  mules. 

15  The  men  of  Dedan  were  thy  merchants;  many  isles  were  the 
merchandise  of  thine  hand  :  they  brought  thee /or  a  present  horns  of 
ivory  and  ebony. 

16  Syria  teas  thy  merchant  by  reason  of  the  multitude  of  the 
wares  of  thy  making:  they  occupied  in  thy  fairs  with  emeralds, 
purple,  and  broidered  work,  and  fine  linen,  and  coral,  and  agate. 

17  Judah,  and  the  land  of  Israel,  they  were  thy  merchants  :  they 
traded  in  thy  market  wheat  of  Minnith,  and  Pannag,  and  honey,  and 
oil,  and  balm. 

18  Damascus  was  thy  merchant  in  the  multitude  of  the  wares  of 
thy  n;iaking,  for  the  multitude  of  all  riches  ;  in  the  wine  of  Helbon, 
and  white  wool. 

19  Dan  also  and  Javan,  going  to  and  fro,  occupied  in  thy  fairs; 
bright  iron,  cassia,  and  calamus,  were  in  thy  market. 

20  Dedan  icas  thy  merchant  in  precious  clothes  for  chariots. 

21  Arabia,  and  all  the  princes  of  Kedar,  they  occupied  with  thee  in 
lambs,  and  rams,  and  goats ;  in  these  were  they  thy  merchants. 

22  The  merchants  of  Sheba  and  Raamah,they  ivere  thy  merchants : 
they  occupied  in  thy  fairs  with  chief  of  all  spices,  and  with  all  pre- 
cious stones,  and  gold. 

23  Haran,  and  Canneh,  and  Eden,  the  merchants  of  Sheba,  Asshur, 
and  Chilmad,  were  thy  merchants. 


Ezehiel  351 

24  These  were  thy  merchants  in  all  sorts  of  things,  in  blue 
clothes,  and  broidered  work,  and  in  chests  of  rich  apparel,  bound 
with  cords,  and  made  of  cedar,  among  thy  merchandise. 

25  The  ships  of  Tarshish  did  sing  of  thee  in  thy  market ;  and  thou 
wast  replenished,  and  n)ade  very  glorious  in  the  midst  of  the  seas. 

26  U  Thy  rowers  have  brought  thee  into  great  waters ;  the  east 
wind  hath  broken  thee  in  the  midst  of  the  seas. 

27  Thy  riches  and  tby  fairs,  thy  merchandise,  thy  mariners,  and 
thy  pilots,  thy  calkers,  and  the  occupiers  of  thy  merchandise,  and  all 
thy  men  of  war,  that  are  in  thee,  and  in  all  thy  company,  which  is 
in  the  midst  of  thee,  shall  fall  into  the  midst  of  the  seas  in  the  day  of 
thy  ruin. 

28  The  suburbs  shall  shake  at  the  sound  of  the  cry  of  thy  pilots. 

29  And  all  that  handle  the  oar,  the  mariners,  a7id  all  the  pilots  of 
the  sea,  shall  come  down  from  their  ships,  they  shall  stand  upon  the 
land  ; 

30  And  shall  cause  their  voice  to  be  heard  against  thee,  and  shall 
cry  bitterly,  and  shall  cast  up  dust  upon  their  heads ;  they  shall 
wallow  themselves  in  the  ashes  ; 

31  And  they  shall  make  themselves  utterly  bald  for  thee,  and  gird 
them  with  sackcloth  ;  and  they  shall  weep  for  thee  with  bitterness  of 
heart  and  bitter  wailing. 

32  And  in  their  wailing  they  shall  take  up  a  lamentation  for  thee, 
and  lament  over  thee,  saying.  What  city  is  like  Tyrus,  like  the  de- 
stroyed in  the  midst  of  the  sea  ? 

3o3  When  thy  wares  went  forth  out  of  the  seas,  thou  filledst  many 
people  ;  thou  didst  enrich  the  kings  of  the  earth  with  the  multitude 
of  thy  riches,  and  of  thy  merchandise. 

34  In  the  time  ivheii  thou  shalt  be  broken  by  the  seas  in  the  depths 
of  the  waters,  thy  merchandise  and  all  thy  company  in  the  midst  of 
thee  shall  fall. 

35  All  the  inhabitants  of  the  isles  shall  be  astonished  at  thee, 
and  their  kings  shall  be  sore  afraid,  they  shall  be  troubled  in  their 
countenance. 

36  The  merchants  among  the  people  shall  hiss  at  thee  ;  thou  shalt 
be  a  terror,  and  never  shalt  beany  more. 

EZEKIEL,    XXVIII. 

God's  judgment  upon   the  prince  of  Tyrus.     The  judgment  of 
Zidon. 

1  The  word  of  the  Lord  came  again  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  say  unto  the  prince  of  Tyrus,  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God  ;  Because  thine  heart  is  lifted  up,  and  thou  hast  said,  I  a??i  a 
god,  I  sit  in  the  seat  of  God,  in  the  midst  of  the  seas :  yet  thou  art 
a  man,  and  not  God,  though  thou  set  thine  heart  as  the  heart  of 
God: 

3  Behold,  thou  art  wiser  than  Daniel ;  there  is  no  secret  that  they 
can  hide  from  thee  : 

4  With  thy  wisdom  and  with  thine  understanding  thou  hast  gotten 
thee  riches,  and  hast  gotten  gold  and  silver  into  thy  treasures  : 

5  By  thy  great  wisdom  and  by  thy  traffic  hast  thou  increased  thy 
riches,  and  thine  heart  is  lifted  up  because  of  thy  riches : 


352  Ezekiel 

6  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Because  thou  hast  set  thine 
heart  as  the  heart  of  God  ; 

7  Behold,  therefore,  I  will  bring  strangers  upon  thee,  the  terrible 
of  the  nations :  and  they  shall  draw  their  swords  against  the  beauty 
of  thy  wisdom,  and  they  shall  detile  thy  brightness. 

8  They  shall  bring  thee  down  to  the  pit,  and  thou  shalt  die  the 
deaths  of  them  that  are  slain  in  the  midst  of  the  seas. 

9  Wilt  thou  yet  say  before  him  that  slayeth  thee,  I  am  God  ?  but 
thou  shalt  be  a  man,  and  no  god,  in  the  hand  of  him  that  slayeth 
thee. 

10  Thou  shalt  die  the  deaths  of  the  uncircumcised  by  the  hand  of 
strangers  :  for  1  have  spoken  it,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

11  IT  Moreover,  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

12  Son  of  man,  take  up  a  lamentation  upon  the  king  of  Tyrus,  and 
say  unto  him.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Thou  sealest  up  the  sum, 
full  of  wisdom,  and  perfect  in  beauty. 

13  Thou  hast  been  in  Eden  the  garden  of  God  ;  every  precious 
stone  was  thy  covering,  the  sardius,  topaz,  and  the  diamond,  the 
beryl,  the  onyx,  and  the  jasper,  the  sapphire,  the  emerald,  and  the 
carbuncle,  and  gold :  the  workmanship  of  thy  tabrets,  and  of  thy 
pipes  was  prepared  in  thee  in  the  day  that  thou  wast  created. 

14  Thou  art  the  anointed  cherub  that  covereth  ;  and  I  have  set 
thee  .90  .•  thou  wast  upon  the  holy  mountain  of  God ;  thou  liast 
walked  up  and  down  in  the  rnidst  of  the  stones  of  fire. 

15  Thou  wast  perfect  in  thy  ways  from  the  day  that  thou  wast 
created,  till  iniquity  was  found  in  thee. 

16  By  the  multitude  of  thy  merchandise  they  have  filled  the  midst 
of  thee  with  violence,  and  thou  hast  sinned  :  therefore  I  will  cast 
thee  as  protane  out  of  the  mountain  of  God  :  and  I  will  destroy  thee, 
O  covering  cherub,  from  the  midst  of  the  stones  of  fire. 

17  Thuie  heart  was  lifted  up  because  of  thy  beaut5%  thou  hast 
corrupted  thy  wisdom  by  reason  of  thy  brightness:  I  will  cast  thee 
to  the  ground,  I  will  lay  thee  before  kings,  that  they  may  behold 
thee. 

18  Thou  hast  defiled  thy  sanctuaries  by  the  multitude  of  thine 
iniquities,  by  the  iniquity  of  thy  traffic  ;  therefore  will  I  bring  forth 
a  fire  from  the  midst  of  thee,  it  shall  devour  thee  ;  and  I  will  bring 
thee  to  ashes  upon  the  earth  in  the  sight  of  all  them  that  behold 
thee. 

19  All  they  that  know  thee  among  the  people  shall  be  astonished 
at  thee :  thou  shalt  be  a  terror,  and  never  shalt  thou  be  any  more. 

20  TT  Again  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

21  Son  of  man,  set  thy  face  against  Zidon,  and  prophesy  against 
it, 

22  And  say,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Behold,  I  ain  against  thee, 
O  Zidon  ;  and  I  will  be  glorified  in  the  midst  of  thee  :  and  they  shall 
know  that  I  ain  the  Lord,  when  I  shall  have  executed  judgments  in 
her,  and  shall  be  sanctified  in  her. 

23  For  I  will  send  into  her  pestilence,  and  blood  into  her  streets  ; 
and  the  wounded  shall  be  judged  in  the  midst  of  her  by  the  sword 
upon  her  on  every  side  ;  and  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

24  H  And  there  shall  be  no  more  a  pricking  brier  unto  the  house  of 


Jeremiah.  353 

Israel,  nor  any  grieving  thorn  of  all  that  are  round  about  them  that 
despised  them ;  and  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  God. 

25  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  When  I  shall  have  gathered  the 
house  of  Israel  from  the  people  among  whom  they  are  scattered,  and 
shall  be  sanctified  in  them  in  the  sight  of  the  heathen,  then  shall  they 
dwell  in  their  land  that  I  have  given  to  my  servant  Jacob. 

26  And  they  shall  dwell  safely  therein,  and  shall  build  houses,  and 
plant  vineyards  ;  yea,  they  shall  dwell  with  confidence,  when  I  have 
ejiecuted  judgments  upon  all  those  that  despise  them  round  about 
them ;  and  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  their  God. 

JEREMIAH,    XLIV.  B.  C.  587. 

The  desolation  of  Jiidah  for  idolatry.      The  Jeius*  obstinacy  is 
threatened.     The  destruction  of  Egypt  foreshewn. 

1  The  word  that  came  to  Jeremiah  concerning  all  the  Jews  which 
dwell  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  which  dwell  at  Migdol,  and  at  Tahpanhes, 
and  at  Noph,  and  in  the  country  of  Pathros,  saying, 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  Ye  have  seen 
all  the  evil  that  I  have  brought  upon  Jerusalem,  and  upon  all  the 
cities  of  Judah  ;  and,  behold,  this  day  they  are  a  desolation,  and  no 
man  dwelleth  therein  ; 

3  Because  of  their  wickedness  which  they  have  committed,  to  pro- 
voke  me  to  anger,  in  that  they  went  to  burn  incense,  and  to  serve 
other  gods,  whom  they  knew  not,  neither  they,  ye,  nor  your  fathers. 

4  Hovvbeit,  I  sent  unto  you  all  my  servants  the  prophets,  rising 
early,  and  sending  them,  saying.  Oh,  do  not  this  abominable  thing 
that  I  hate. 

5  But  they  hearkened  not,  nor  inclined  their  ear  to  turn  from  their 
wickedness,  to  burn  no  incense  unto  other  gods. 

6  Wherefore  my  fury  and  mine  anger  was  poured  forth,  and  was 
kindled  in  the  cities  of  Judah,  and  in  the  streets  of  Jerusalem ;  and 
they  are  wasted  and.  desolate,  as  at  this  day. 

7  Therefore  now  thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  hosts,  the  God 
of  Israel,  Wherefore  commit  ye  this  great  evil  against  your  souls,  to 
cut  off  from  you  man  and  woman,  child  and  suckling,  out  of  Judah, 
to  leave  you  none  to  remain  ; 

8  In  that  ye  provoke  me  unto  wrath  with  the  works  of  your  hands, 
burning  incense  unto  other  gods  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  whither  ye  be 
gone  to  dwell,  that  ye  might  cut  yourselves  off,  and  that  ye  might  be 
a  curse  and  a  reproach  among  all  the  nations  of  the  earth  ? 

9  Have  ye  forgotten  the  wickedness  of  your  fathers,  and  the 
wickedness  of  the  kings  of  Judah,  and  the  wickedness  of  their  wives, 
and  your  own  wickedness,  and  the  wickedness  of  your  wives,  which 
they  have  committed  in  the  land  of  Judah,  and  in  the  streets  of 
Jerusalem? 

10  They  are  not  humbled  even  unto  this  day,  neither  have  they 
feared,  nor  walked  in  my  law,  nor  in  my  statutes,  that  I  set  before 
you,  and  before  your  fathers. 

11  TT  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel, 
Behold,  I  will  set  my  face  against  you  for  evil,  and  so  cut  off  all 
Judah. 

12  And  I  will  take  the  remnant  of  Judah,  that  have  set  their  faces 


354  Jeremiah. 

to  go  into  the  land  of  Egypt  to  sojourn  there,  and  they  shall  all  be 
consumed,  and  fall  in  the  land  of  Egypt;  they  shall  even  be  con- 
sumed by  the  sword  and  by  the  famine  :  they  shall  die,  from  the 
least  even  unto  the  greatest,  by  the  sword  and  by  the  famine  ;  and 
they  shall  be  an  execration,  and  an  astonishment,  and  a  curse,  and  a 
reproach. 

13  For  I  will  punish  them  that  dwell  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  as  I 
have  punished  Jerusalem,  by  the  sword,  by  the  famine,  and  by  the 
pestilence  : 

14  So  that  none  of  the  remnant  of  Judah,  which  are  gone  into  the 
land  of  Egypt  to  sojourn  there,  shall  escape  or  remain,  that  they 
should  return  into  the  land  of  Judah,  to  the  which  they  have  a  de- 
sire to  return  to  dwell  there  ;  for  none  shall  return  but  such  as  shall 
escape. 

15  ![  Then  all  the  men  which  knew  that  their  wives  had  burnt 
incense  unto  other  gods,  and  all  the  women  that  stood  by,  a  great 
multitude,  even  all  the  people  that  dwelt  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  in 
Pathros,  answered  Jeremiah,  saying, 

16  As  for  the  word  that  thou  hast  spoken  unto  us  in  the  name  of 
the  Lord,  we  will  not  hearken  unto  thee. 

17  But  we  will  certainly  do  whatsoever  thing  goeth  forth  out  of 
our  own  mouth,  to  burn  incense  unto  the  queen  of  heaven,  and  to 
pour  out  drink-offerings  unto  her,  as  we  have  done,  we,  and  our 
fathers,  our  kin2;s,  and  our  princes,  in  the  cities  of  Judah,  and  in  the 
streets  of  Jerusalem  :  for  then  had  we  plenty  of  victuals,  and  were 
well,  and  saw  no  evil. 

18  But  since  we  left  off  to  burn  incense  to  the  queen  of  heaven, 
and  to  pour  out  drink-offerings  unto  her,  we  have  wanted  all  thingS} 
and  have  been  consumed  by  the  sword  and  by  the  famine. 

19  And  when  we  burnt  incense  to  the  queen  of  heaven,  and 
poured  out  drink-offerings  unto  her,  did  we  make  her  cakes  to  wor- 
ship her,  and  pour  out  drink-offerings  unto  her,  without  our  men  ? 

20  1[  Then  Jeremiah  said  unto  all  the  people,  to  the  men,  and  to 
the  women,  and  to  all  the  people  which  had  given  him  that  answer, 
saying, 

21  The  incense  that  ye  burnt  in  the  cities  of  Judah,  and  in  the 
streets  of  Jerusalem,  ye,  and  your  fathers,  your  kings  and  your 
princes,  and  the  people  of  the  land,  did  not  the  Lord  remember 
them,  and  came  it  not  into  his  mind  ? 

22  So  that  the  Lord  could  no  longer  bear,  because  of  the  evil  of 
your  doings,  and  because  of  the  abominations  which  ye  have  com- 
mitted ;  therefore  Is  your  land  a  desolation,  and  an  astonishment,  and 
a  curse,  without  an  inhabitant,  as  at  this  day. 

23  Because  ye  have  burnt  incense,  and  because  ye  have  sinned 
against  the  Lord,  and  have  not  obeyed  the  voice  of  the  Lord,  nor 
walked  in  his  law,  nor  in  his  statutes,  nor  in  his  testimonies  ;  there- 
fore this  evil  is  happened  unto  you,  as  at  this  day. 

24  Moreover  Jeremiah  said  unto  all  the  people,  and  to  all  the 
women,  Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  all  Judah  that  are  in  the  land 
of  Egypt: 

25  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  saying;  Ye 
and  your  wives  have  both  spoken  with  your  mouths,  and  fulfilled 
with  your  hand,  saying,  We  will  surely  perform  our  vows  that  we 


Jeremiah.  355 

have  vowed,  to  burn  incense  to  the  queen  of  heaven,  and  to  pour  out 
drink-offerings  unto  her:  ye  will  surely  accomplish  your  vows,  and 
surely  perforin  your  vows. 

26  Therefore  hear  ye  the  word  of  the  Lord  all  Judah  that  dwell 
in  the  land  of  Egypt;  Behold,  I  have  sworn  by  my  great  name, 
saith  the  Lord,  that  my  name  shall  no  more  be  named  in  the  mouth 
of  any  man  of  Judah  in  all  the  land  of  Egypt,  saying,  The  Lord 
God  liveth. 

27  Behold,  I  will  watch  over  them  for  evil  and  not  for  good  ;  and 
all  the  men  of  Judah  that  are  in  the  land  of  Egypt  shall  be  consumed 
by  the  sword  and  by  the  famine,  until  there  be  an  end  of  them. 

28  Yet  a  small  number  that  escape  the  sword  shall  return  out  of 
the  land  of  Egypt  into  the  land  of  Judah,  and  all  the  remnant  of 
Judah,  that  are  gone  into  the  land  of  Egypt  to  sojourn  there,  shall 
know  whose  word  shall  stand,  mine  or  their's. 

29  IT  And  this  shall  be  a  sign  unto  you,  saith  the  Lord,  that  I  will 
punish  you  in  this  place,  that  ye  may  know  that  my  words  shall 
surely  stand  against  you  for  evil : 

30  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Behold,  I  will  give  Pharaoh-hophra 
king  of  Egypt  into  the  hand  of  his  enemies,  and  into  the  hand  of 
them  that  seek  his  life  ;  as  I  gave  Zedekiah  king  of  Judah  into  the 
hand  of  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon,  his  enemy,  and  that  sought 
his  life. 

JEREMIAH,  XLVI. 

IS  II  The  word  that  the  Lord  spake  to  Jeremiah  the  prophet,  how 
Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon  should  come  and  smite  the  land  of 

Egypt. 

14  Declare  ye  in  Egypt,  and  publish  in  Migdol,  and  publish  in 
Noph,  and  in  Tahpanhes :  say  ye,  Stand  fast,  and  prepare  thee,  for 
the  sword  shall  devour  round  about  thee. 

15  Why  are  thy  valiant  men  swept  away  ?  they  stood  not,  because 
the  Lord  did  drive  them. 

16  He  made  many  to  fall,  yea,  one  fell  upon  another  ;  and  they 
said.  Arise,  and  let  us  go  again  to  our  own  people,  and  to  the  land  of 
our  nativity,  from  the  oppressing  sword. 

17  They  did  cry  there,  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt  is  but  a  noise  ;  he 
hath  passed  the  time  appointed. 

18  As  I  live,  saith  the  king,  whose  name  is  the  Lord  of  hosts. 
Surely  as  Tabor  is  among  the  mountains,  and  as  Carmel  by  the  sea, 
so  shall  he  come. 

19  O  thou  daughter  dwelling  in  Egypt,  furnish  thyself  to  go  into 
captivity :  for  Noph  shall  be  waste  and  desolate  without  an  inhabi- 
tant. 

20  Egypt  is  like  a  very  fair  heifer,  hut  destruction  cometh  ;  it 
Cometh  out  of  the  north, 

21  Also  her  hired  men  are  in  the  midst  of  her  like  fatted  bullocks; 
for  they  also  are  turned  back,  and  are  fled  away  together  :  they  did 
not  stand,  because  the  day  of  their  calamity  was  come  upon  them, 
and  the  time  of  their  visitation. 

22  The  voice  thereof  shall  go  like  a  serpent ;  for  they  shall  march 
with  an  army,  and  come  against  her  with  axes,  as  hewers  of  wood. 


356  Ezekiel 

23  They  shall  cut  down  her  forest,  saith  the  Lord,  though  it 
cannot  be  searched  ;  because  they  are  more  than  the  grasshoppers, 
and  are  innumerable. 

24  The  daughter  of  Egypt  shall  be  confounded ;  she  shall  be  de- 
livered into  the  hand  of  the  people  of  the  north. 

25  The  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  saith  ;  Behold,  I  will 
punish  the  multitudes  of  No,  and  Pharaoh,  and  Egypt,  with  their 
gods,  and  their  kings  ;  even  Pharaoh,  and  all  them  that  trust  in 
him. 

26  And  I  will  deliver  them  into  the  hand  of  those  that  seek  their 
lives,  and  into  the  hand  of  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon,  and 
into  the  hand  of  his  servants  :  and  afterwards  it  shall  be  inhabited,  as 
in  the  days  of  old,  saith  the  Lord. 

27  IT  But  fear  not  thou,  O  my  servant  Jacob,  and  be  not  dismayed, 
O  Israel  ;  for,  behold,  I  will  save  thee  from  afar  off,  and  thy  seed 
from  the  land  of  their  captivity  ;  and  Jacob  shall  return,  and  be  in 
rest,  and  at  ease,  and  none  shall  make  him  afraid. 

28  Fear  thou  not,  O  Jacob  my  servant,  saith  the  Lord,  for  I  am 
with  thee,  for  I  will  make  a  full  end  of  all  the  nations  whither  I  have 
driven  thee,  but  I  will  not  make  a  full  end  of  thee  ;  but  correct  thee 
in  measure,  yet  will  I  not  leave  thee  wholly  unpunished. 

B.  C.  586.  EZEKIEL,    XXXII. 

A  lamentation  for  the  fearful  fall  of  Egypt. 

1  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  twelfth  year,  in  the  twelfth  month, 
in  the  first  day  of  the  month,  that  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto 
me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  take  up  a  lamentation  for  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt, 
and  say  unto  him,  Thou  art  like  a  young  lion  of  the  nations,  and  thou 
art  as  a  whale  in  the  sea  :  and  thou  camest  forth  with  thy  rivers,  and 
troubledst  the  waters  with  thy  feet,  and  fouledst  their  rivers. 

3  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  I  will  therefore  spread  out  my  net 
over  thee  with  a  company  of  many  people  ;  and  they  shall  bring 
thee  up  in  my  net. 

4  Then  will  I  leave  thee  upon  the  land,  I  will  cast  thee  forth  upon 
the  open  field,  and  will  cause  all  the  fowls  of  the  heaven  to  remain 
upon  thee,  and  I  will  fill  the  beasts  of  the  whole  earth  with  thee. 

5  And  I  will  lay  thy  flesh  upon  the  mountains,  arid  fill  the  valleys 
with  thy  height. 

6  I  will  also  water  with  thy  blood  the  land  wherein  thou  swimmest, 
even  to  the  mountains;  and  the  rivers  shall  be  full  of  thee. 

7  And  when  I  shall  put  thee  out,  I  will  cover  the  heaven,  and 
make  the  stars  thereof  dark;  I  will  cover  the  sun  with  a  cloud,  and 
the  moon  shall  not  give  her  light. 

8  All  the  bright  lights  of  heaven  will  I  make  dark  over  thee,  and 
set  darkness  upon  thy  land,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

9  I  will  also  vex  the  hearts  of  many  people,  when  I  shall  bring 
thy  destruction  among  the  nations,  into  the  countries  which  thou  hast 
not  known. 

10  Yea,  I  will  make  many  people  amazed  at  thee,  and  their  kings 
shall  be  horribly  afraid  for  thee,  when  I  shall  brandish  my  sword 


Ezekiel  357 

before  them ;  and  they  shall   tremble  at  every  moment,  every  man 
for  bis  own  life,  in  the  day  of  thy  fall. 

11  IT  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  The  sword  of  the  king  of 
Babylon  shall  come  upon  thee. 

12  By  the  swords  of  the  mi2;hty  will  I  cause  thy  multitude  to  fall, 
the  terrible  of  the  nations,  all  of  them  :  and  they  shall  spoil  the 
pomp  of  E^ypt,  and  all  the  multitude  thereof  shall  be  destroyed. 

13  I  will  destroy  also  all  the  beasts  thereof  from  beside  the  great 
waters  ;  neither  shall  the  foot  of  man  trouble  them  any  more,  nor  the 
hoofs  of  beasts  trouble  them. 

14  Then  will  I  make  their  waters  deep,  and  cause  their  rivers  to 
run  like  oil,  saith  the  Loid  God. 

15  When  1  shall  make  the  land  of  Egypt  desolate,  and  the  country 
shall  he  destitute  of  that  whereof  it  was  full,  when  I  shall  smite  all 
them  that  dwell  therein,  then  shall  they  know  that  \  am  the  Lord. 

16  This  is  the  lamentation  wherewith  they  shall  lament  her  :  the 
daughters  of  the  nations  shall  lament  her  ;  they  shall  lament  for  her, 
even  for  Egypt,  and  for  all  her  multitude,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

17  II  It  came  to  pass  also  in  the  twelfth  year,  in  the  fifteenth  day 
of  the  month,  that  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

18  Son  of  man,  wail  for  the  multitude  of  Egypt,  and  cast  them 
down,  even  her,  and  the  daughters  of  the  famous  nations,  unto  the 
nether  parts  of  the  earth,  with  them  that  go  down  into  the  pit. 

19  AVhom  dost  thou  pass  in  beauty?  go  down,  and  be  thou  laid 
with  the  uncircumcised. 

20  They  shall  fall  in  the  midst  of  them  that  are  slain  by  the  sword; 
she  is  delivered  to  the  sword  :  draw  her  and  all  her  multitudes. 

21  The  strong  among  the  mighty  shall  speak  to  him  out  of  the 
midst "of  hell  with  them  that  help  him:  they  are  gone  down,  they  lie 
uncircumcised,  shin  by  the  sword. 

22  Ashur  is  there,  and  all  her  company :  his  graves  are  about 
him;  all  of  them  slain,  fallen  by  the  sword: 

23  Whose  graves  are  set  in  the  sides  of  the  pit,  and  her  company 
is  round  about  her  grave;  all  of  them  slain,  fallen  by  the  sword, 
which  caused  terror  in  the  land  of  the  living. 

24  There  is  Elam  and  all  her  multitude,  round  about  her  grave, 
all  of  them  slain,  fallen  by  the  sword,  which  are  gone  down  uncir- 
cumcised into  the  nether  parts  of  the  earth,  which  caused  their 
terror  in  the  land  of  the  living  ;  yet  have  they  bo-ine  their  shame 
with  them  thot  go  down  to  the  pit. 

25  They  have  set  her  a  bed  in  the  midst  of  the  slain,  with  all  her 
multitude  ;  her  graves  are  lound  about  him  :  all  of  them  uncircum- 
cised, slain  by  the  sword,  though  their  terror  was  caused  in  the  land 
of  the  living,  yet  have  they  borne  their  shame  with  them  that  go 
down  to  the  pit :  he  is  put  in  the  midst  of  them  thai  he  slain. 

29  There  is  Meshech,  Tubal,  and  all  her  multitude  :  her  graves 
are  round  about  him  :  all  of  them  uncircumcised,  slain  by  the  sword, 
though  they  caused  their  terror  in  the  land  of  the  living. 

27  And  they  shall  not  lie  with  the  mighty  that  are  fallen  of  the 
uncircumcised,  which  are  gone  down  to  hell  with  their  weapons  of 
war  :  and  they  have  laid  their  swords  under  their  heads,  but  their 
iniquities  shall  be  upon  their  bones,  though  they  tvere  the  terror  of 
the  mighty  in  the  land  of  the  living. 

30 


358  Ezekiel 

28  Yea,  thou  shalt  be  broken  in  the  midst  of  the  uncircumcised, 
and  shalt  lie  with  them  that  are  slain  with  the  sword, 

29  There  is  Edotn,  her  kings,  and  all  her  princes,  which  with 
their  might  are  laid  by  them  that  were  slain  by  the  sword  :  they  shall 
lie  with  the  uncircumcised,  and  with  them  that  go  down  to  the  pit. 

30  There  he  the  princes  of  the  north,  all  of  them,  and  all  the 
Zidonians,  which  are  gone  down  with  the  slain  ;  with  their  terror 
they  are  ashamed  of  their  might ;  and  they  lie  uncircumcised  with 
them  that  he  slain  by  the  sword,  and  bear  their  shame  with  them  that 
ffo  down  to  the  pit. 

31  Pharaoh  shall  see  them,  and  shall  be  comforted  over  all  his 
multitude,  even  Pharaoh  and  all  his  army  slain  by  the  sword,  saith 
the  Lord  God. 

32  For  I  have  caused  my  terror  in  the  land  of  the  living  :  and  he 
shall  be  laid  in  the  midst  with  the  sword,  even  Pharaoh  and  all  his 
multitude,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

EZEKIEL,  XXXIir. 

By  the  duty  of  a  watchman,  Ezekielis  admonished  of  his  duty. 
God  sheweth  the  justice  of  his  ways. 

1  Again  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  speak  to  the  children  of  thy  people,  and  say  unto 
them.  When  I  bring  the  sword  upon  a  land,  if  the  people  of  the 
land  take  a  man  of  their  coasts,  and  set  him  for  (heir  watchman  : 

3  If  when  he  seeth  the  sword  come  upon  the  land,  he  blow  the 
trumpet,  and  warn  the  people  ; 

4  Then  whosoever  heareth  the  sound  of  the  trumpet,  and  taketh 
not  warning;  if  the  sword  come,  and  take  him  away,  his  blood  shall 
be  upon  his  own  head. 

5  He  heard  the  sound  of  the  trumpet,  and  took  not  warning;  his 
blood  shall  be  upon  him.  But  he  that  taketh  warning  shall  deliver 
his  soul. 

6  But  if  the  watchman  see  the  sword  come,  and  blow  not  the 
trumpet,  and  the  people  be  not  warned  ;  if  the  sword  come,  and  take 
any  person  from  among  them,  he  is  takers  away  in  his  iniquity  ;  but 
his  blood  will  I  require  at  the  watchman's  irand. 

7  H  So  thou,  0  son  of  man,  I  have  set  thee  a  watchman  unto  the 
house  of  Israel ;  therefore  thou  shalt  hear  the  word  at  my  mouth, 
and  warn  them  from  me. 

8  When  I  say  unto  the  wicked,  O  wicked  man,  thou  shalt  stirely 
die  ;  if  thou  dost  not  speak  to  warn  the  wicked  from  his  way,  that 
wicked  man  shall  die  in  his  iniquity  ;  but  his  blood  will  1  require  at 
thine  hand. 

9  Nevertheless,  if  thon  warn  the  wicked  of  his  way  to  turn  from 
it ;  if  he  do  not  turn  fro.'.n  his  way,  he  shall  die  in  his  iniquity  ;  but 
tliou  hast  delivered  thy  soul. 

10  ^  Therefore,  O  thou  son  of  tnan,  speak  unto  the  house  of  Israel, 
Thus  ye  speak,  saying,  If  our  transgressions  and  our  sins  &e  upon  us, 
and  we  pine  away  in  them,  how  should  we  then  live  .' 

11  Say  unto  them,  As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  I  have  no 
pleasure  in  the  death  of  the  wicked  ;  but  that  the  wicked  turn  from 


Ezckiel.  359 

his  way  and  live  :  turn  ye,  turn  ye,   from  your  evil  ways  ;  for  why 
will  ye  die,  0  house  of  Israel? 

12  Therefore,  thou  son  of  man,  say  unto  the  children  of  thy 
people.  The  righteousness  of  the  righteous  shall  not  deliver  him  in 
the  day  of  his  transgression  :  as  for  the  wickedness  of  tlie  wicked,  he 
shall  not  fall  thereby  in  the  day  that  he  turneth  from  his  wickedness; 
neither  shall  the  righteous  be  able  to  live  for  his  righteousness  in  the 
day  that  he  sinneth. 

13  When  1  shall  say  to  the  righteous,  that  he  shall  surely  live  ;  if 
he  trust  to  his  own  righteousness,  and  commit  iniquity,  all  his  right- 
eousnesses shall  not  be  remembered ;  but  for  his  iniquity  that  he 
hath  committed,  he  shall  die  for  it. 

14  Again,  when  I  say  unto  the  wicked,  Thou  shalt  surely  die  ;  if 
he  turn  from  his  sin,  and  do  that  which  is  lawful  and  right ; 

15  If  the  wicked  restore  the  pledge,  give  again  that  he  had  robbed, 
walk  in  the  statutes  of  life,  without  committing  iniquity ;  he  shall 
surely  live,  he  shall  not  die. 

16  None  of  his  sins  that  he  hath  committed  shall  he  mentioned 
unto  him  :  he  hath  done  that  which  is  lawful  and  right ;  he  shiall 
surely  live. 

17  IT  Yet  the  children  of  thy  people  say.  The  way  of  the  Lord  is 
not  equal :  but,  as  for  them,  their  way  is  not  equal. 

18  When  the  righteous  turneth  from  his  righteousness,  and  com- 
mitteth  iniquity,  he  shall  even  die  thereby. 

19  But  if  the  wicked  turn  from  his  wickedness,  and  do  that  which 
is  lawful  and  right,  he  shall  live  thereby. 

20  Yet  ye  say,  The  way  of  the  Lord  is  not  equal.  O  ye  house 
of  Israel,  I  will  judge  you  every  one  after  his  ways. 

21  IT  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  twelfth  year  of  our  captivity,  in 
the  tenth  month,  in  the  tifth  day  of  the  month,  that  one  that  had 
escaped  out  of  Jerusalem  came  unto  me,  saying.  The  city  is  smitten. 

22  Now  the  hand  of  the  Lord  was  upon  me  in  the  evening,  afore 
he  that  was  escaped  came,  and  had  opened  my  mouth,  until  he  came 
to  me  in  the  morning  ;  and  my  mouth  was  opened,  and  I  was  no 
more  dumb. 

23  Then  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  rae,  saying, 

24  Son  of  man,  they  that  inhabit  those  wastes  of  the  land  of  Israel 
speak,  saying,  Abraham  was  one,  and  he  inherited  the  land:  but  we 
are  many;  the  land  is  given  us  for  inheritance. 

25  Wherefore  say  unto  them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Ye  eat 
with  the  blood,  and  lift  up  your  eyes  toward  your  idols,  and  shed 
blood  :  And  shall  ye  possess  the  land  ? 

26  Ye  stand  upon  your  sword,  ye  work  abomination,  and  ye  defile 
every  one  his  neighbor's  wife  :  and  shall  ye  possess  the  land  ? 

27  Say  thou  thus  unto  them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  As  I  live, 
surely  they  that  are  in  the  wastes  shall  fall  by  the  sword ;  and  him 
that  is  in  the  open  field  will  I  give  to  the  beasts  to  be  devoured ;  and 
they  that  be  in  the  forts,  and  in  the  caves,  shall  die  of  the  pesti- 
lence. 

28  For  I  will  lay  the  land  most  desolate,  and  the  pomp  of  her 
strength  shall  cease  ;  and  the  mountains  of  Israel  shall  be  desolate, 
that  none  shall  pass  through. 

29  Then  shall  they  know  that  I  am  the  Lord,  when  I  have  laid 


360  Ezekiel 

the  land  most  desolate,  because  of  all  their  abominations  which  they 
have  committed. 

30  IT  Also,  thou  son  of  man,  the  children  of  thy  people  still  are 
talking  against  thee  by  the  walls,  and  in  the  doors  of  the  houses,  and 
speak  one  to  another,  every  one  to  his  brother,  saying.  Come,  I  pray 
you,  and  hear  what  is  the  word  that  cometh  forth  from  the  Lord. 

31  And  they  come  unto  thee  as  the  people  cometh,  and  they  sit 
before  thee  as  my  people,  and  they  hear  thy  words,  but  they  will 
not  do  them  :  for  with  their  mouth  they  shew  much  love,  but  their 
heart  goeth  after  their  covetousness. 

32  And,  lo,  thou  art  unto  them  as  a  very  lovely  song  of  one  that 
hath  a  pleasant  voice,  and  can  play  well  on  an  instrument:  for  they 
hear  thy  words,  but  they  do  them  not. 

33  And  when  this  cometh  to  pass,  (lo,  it  will  come,)  then  shall 
they  know  that  a  prophet  hath  been  among  them. 

EZEKIEL,    XXXIV. 

1  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  prophesy  against  the  shepherds  of  Israel,  prophesy, 
and  say  unto  them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  unto  the  shepherds. 
Woe  &e  to  the  shepherds  of  Israel  thai  do  feed  themselves  I  should 
not  the  shepherds  feed  the  flocks  ? 

3  Ye  eat  the  fat,  and  ye  clothe  you  with  the  wool,  ye  kill  them 
that  are  fed  :  hut  ye  feed  not  the  flock. 

4  The  diseased  have  ye  not  strengthened,  neither  have  ye  healed 
that  which  was  sick,  neither  have  ye  bound  up  that  which  was 
broken,  neither  have  ye  brought  again  that  which  was  driven  away, 
neither  have  ye  sought  that  which  was  lost;  but  with  force  and  with 
cruelty  have  ye  ruled  them. 

5  And  they  were  scattered,  because  there  is  no  shepherd  :  and 
they  became  meat  to  all  the  beasts  of  the  field,  when  they  were 
scattered. 

6  My  sheep  wandered  through  all  the  mountains,  and  upon  every 
high  hill:  yea,  my  flock  was  scattered  upon  all  the  face  of  the 
earth,  and  none  did  search  or  seek  after  them. 

7  IT  Therefore,  ye  shepherds,  hear  the  word  of  the  Lord  ; 

8  jIs  I  live  saith  the  Lord  God,  surely  because  my  flock  became 
a  prey,  and  my  flock  became  meat  to  every  beast  of  the  field,  be* 
cause  there  was  no  shepherd,  neither  did  my  shepherds  search  for 
my  flock,  but  the  shepherds  fed  themselves,  and  fed  not  my  flock. 

9  Therefore,  O  ye  shepherds,  hear  the  word  of  the  Lord  ; 

10  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Behold,  I  am  against  the  shepherds; 
and  I  will  require  my  flock  at  their  hand,  and  cause  them  to  cease 
from  feeding  the  flock  ;  neither  shall  the  shepherds  feed  themselves 
any  more;  for  I  will  deliver  my  flock  from  their  mouth,  that  they 
may  not  be  meat  for  them. 

11  IT  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Behold  I,  even  I,  will  both 
search  my  sheep,  and  seek  them  out. 

12  As  a  shepherd  seeketh  out  his  flock  in  the  day  that  he  is  among 
his  sheep  that  are  scattered  ;  so  will  I  seek  out  my  sheep,  and  will 
deliver  them  out  of  all  places  where  they  have  been  scattered  in  th§ 
cloudy  and  dark  day. 


Ezekiel.  361 

13  And  I  will  bring;  them  out  from  the  people,  and  gather  them 
from  the  countries,  and  will  bring  them  to  their  own  land,  and  feed 
them  upon  the  mountains  of  Israel  by  the  rivers,  and  in  all  the  in- 
habited places  of  the  country. 

14  I  will  feed  them  in  a  good  pasture,  and  upon  the  high  mountains 
of  Israel  shall  their  fold  be  :  there  shall  they  lie  in  a  good  fold,  and 
in  a  fat  pasture  shall  they  feed  upon  the  mountains  of  Israel. 

15  I  will  feed  my  flock,  and  I  will  cause  them  to  lie  down,  saith 
the  Lord  God. 

16  I  will  seek  that  which  was  lost,  and  bring  again  that  which 
was  driven  away,  and  will  bind  up  that  which  was  broken,  and  will 
strengthen  that  which  was  sick  :  but  I  will  destroy  the  fat  and  the 
strong;  I  will  feed  them  with  judgment. 

17  And  as  for  you,  O  my  flock,  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Behold, 
I  judge  between  cattle  and  cattle,  between  the  rams  and  the  he-goats. 

18  "Seemtth  it  a  small  thing  unto  you  to  have  eaten  up  the  good 
pasture,  but  ye  must  tread  down  with  your  feet  the  residue  of  your 
pastures  ?  and  to  have  drunk  of  the  deep  waters,  but  ye  must  foul 
the  residue  with  your  feet  ? 

19  And  as  for  my  flock,  they  eat  that  which  ye  have  trodden  with 
your  feet ;  and  they  drink  that  which  ye  have  fouled  with  your  feet. 

20  ^  Therefore,  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  unto  them.  Behold  I,  even 
I,  will  judge  between  the  fat  cattle  and  between  the  lean  cattle. 

21  Because  ye  have  thrust  with  side  and  with  shoulder,  and 
pushed  all  the  diseased  with  your  horns,  till  ye  have  scattered  them 
abroad ; 

22  Therefore  will  I  save  my  flock,  and  they  shall  no  more  be  a 
prey;  and  I  will  judge  between  cattle  and  cattle, 

2.3  And  I  will  set  up  one  shepherd  over  them,  and  he  sliall  feed 
them,  even  my  servant  David;  he  shall  feed  them,  and  he  shall  be 
their  shepherd. 

24  And  I  the  Lord  will  be  their  God,  and  my  servant  David  a 
prince  among  them  ;  I  the  Lord  have  spoken  it. 

25  And  I  will  make  with  them  a  covenant  of  peace,  and  will  cause 
the  evil  beasts  to  cease  out  of  the  land  :  and  they  shall  dwell  safely 
in  the  wilderjiess,  and  sleep  in  the  woods. 

26  And  I  will  make  them  and  the  places  round  about  my  hill  a 
blessing ;  and  I  will  cause  the  shower  to  come  down  in  his  season  ; 
there  shall  be  showers  of  blessing. 

27  And  the  tree  of  the  field  shall  yield  her  fruit,  and  the  earth 
shall  yield  her  increase,  and  they  shall  be  safe  in  their  land,  and  shall 
know  that  I  am  the  Lord,  when  I  have  broken  the  bands  of  their 
yoke,  and  delivered  them  out  of  the  hand  of  those  that  served  them- 
selves of  them. 

28  And  they  shall  no  more  be  a  prey  to  the  heathen,  neither  shall 
the  beasts  of  the  land  devour  them:  but  they  shall  dwell  safely,  and 
none  shall  make  them  afraid. 

29  And  I  will  raise  up  for  them  a  plant  of  renown,  and  they  shall 
be  no  more  consumed  vvith  hunger  in  the  land,  neither  bear  the 
shame  of  the  heathen  any  more. 

30  Thus  shall  they  know  that  f  the  Lord  their  God  am  with 
them,  and  that  they,  even  the  house  of  Israel,  are  my  people,  saith 
the  Lord  God. 

30* 


362  EzeJcieL 

31  And  ye  my  flock,  the  flock  of  ray  pasture,  are  men,  and  I  am 
your  God,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

EZEKIEL,    XXXV. 

The  judgment  of  mount  Seir  for  their  hatred  of  Israel. 

1  Moreover  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  set  thy  face  against  mount  Seir,  and  prophesy 
against  it, 

"3  And  say  unto  it,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Behold,  O  mount 
Seir,  I  am  against  thee,  and  I  will  stretch  out  mine  hand  against 
thee,  and  I  will  make  thee  most  desolate, 

4  I  will  lay  thy  cities  waste,  and  thou  shalt  be  desolate,  and  thou 
&halt  know  that  1  a/n  the  Lord. 

5  Because  thou  hast  had  a  perpetual  hatred,  and  hast  shed  the 
blood  of  the  children  of  Israel  by  the  force  of  the  sword  in  the  time 
of  their  calamity,  in  the  time  that  their  iniquity  had  an  end  : 

6  Therefore,  as  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  I  will  prepare  thee 
unto  blood,  and  blood  shall  pursue  thee  :  since  thou  hast  not  hated 
blood,  even  blood  shalt  pursue  thee. 

7  Thus  will  I  make  mount  Seir  most  desolate,  and  cut  off  from 
it  him  that  passeth  out  and  him  that  returneth. 

8  And  I  will  fill  his  mountains  with  his  slain  men  :  in  thy  hills, 
and  in  thy  valleys,  and  in  all  thy  rivers,  shall  they  fall  that  are  slain 
with  the  sword. 

9  I  will  make  thee  perpetual  desolations,  and  thy  cities  shall  not 
return  :  and  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

10  Because  thou  hast  said.  These  two  nations  and  these  two 
countries  shall  be  mine,  and  we  will  possess  it ;  whereas  the  Lord 
was  there : 

11  Therefore,  as  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God,  I  will  even  do  accord- 
ing to  thine  anger,  and  according  to  thine  envy  which  thou  hast  used 
out  of  thy  hatred  against  them  ;  and  I  will  make  myself  known 
among  them,  when  I  have  judged  thee. 

12  And  thca  shalt  know  that  1  om  the  Lord,  and  that  I  have 
heard  all  thy  blasphemies  which  thou  hast  spoken  against  the  moun- 
tains of  Israel,  saying.  They  are  laid  desolate,  they  are  given  us  to 
consume. 

13  Thus  with  your  mouth  ye  have  boasted  against  me,  and  have 
multiplied  your  words  against  me  :  I  have  heard  them. 

14  Thus  saitli  the  Lord  God,  When  the  whole  earth  rejoiceth,  I 
will  make  thee  desolate. 

15  As  thou  didst  rejoice  at  the  inheritance  .of  the  house  of  Israel, 
because  it  was  desolate,  so  will  I  do  unto  thee  :  thou  shalt  be  deso- 
late, O  mount  Seir,  and  all  Idumea,  eve/i  all  of  it ;  and  they  shall 
know  that  1  ain  the  Lord. 

EZEKIEL,  XXXVI. 

The  land  of  Israel  is  comforted  by  the  heatheii's  destruction,  and 
God's  biessing. 
1  Also,  (hou  son  of  man,  prophesy  unto  the  mountains  of    Israel, 
and  say,  Ye  mountains  of  Israe),  hear  the  word  of  the  Lord  : 


Ezekiel  363 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Because  the  enemy  hath  said  against 
you,  Aha,  even  the  ancient  high  places  are  ours  in  possession  ; 

3  Therefore  prophesy  and  say,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Because 
they  have  made  you  desolate,  and  swallowed  you  up  on  every  side, 
that  ye  might  be  a  possession  unto  the  residue  of  the  heathen,  and  ye 
are  taken  up  in  the  lips  of  talkers,  and  are  an  infamy  of  the  people  : 

4  Therefore,  ye  mountains  of  Israel,  hear  the  word  of  the  Lord 
God  ;  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  to  the  inountains  and  to  the  hills,  to 
the  rivers  and  to  the  valleys,  to  the  desolate  wastes  and  to  the  cities 
that  are  forsaken,  which  became  a  prey  and  derision  to  the  residue  of 
the  heathen  that  are  lound  about; 

5  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Surely  in  the  fire  of  my 
jealousy  have  I  spoken  against  the  residue  of  the  heathen,  and  against 
all  Idumea,  which  have  appointed  my  land  into  their  possession  with 
the  joy  of  all  their  heart,  with  despiteful  minds,  to  cast  it  out  for  a 
prey. 

6  Prophesy,  therefore,  concerning  the  land  of  Israel,  and  say  unto 
the  mountains  and  to  the  hills,  to  the  rivers  and  to  the  valleys.  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  God,  Behold,  1  have  spoken  in  my  jealousy  and  in  my 
fury,  because  ye  have  borne  the  shame  of  the  heathen, 

7  Therefore,  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  1  have  lifted  up  mine  hand, 
Surely  the  heathen  that  are  about  you  they  shall  bear  their  shame. 

8  H  But  ye,  O  mountains  of  Israel,  ye  shall  shoot  forth  your 
branches,  and  yield  your  fruit  to  my  people  of  Israel ;  for  they  are  at 
hand  to  come. 

9  For,  behold,  I  am  for  you,  and  I  will  turn  unto  you,  and  ye  shall 
be  tilled  and  sown. 

10  And  I  will  multiply  men  upon  you,  all  the  house  of  Israel,  even 
all  of  it :  and  the  cities  shall  be  inhabited,  and  the  wastes  shall  be 
builded  : 

11  And  I  will  multiply  upon  you  man  and  beast;  and  they  shall 
increase  and  bring  fruit :  and  I  will  settle  you  after  your  old  estates, 
and  will  do  better  unto  you  than  at  your  beginnings  ;  and  ye  shall 
know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

12  Yea,  I  will  cause  men  to  walk  upon  you,  even  my  people 
Israel;  and  they  shall  possess  thee,  and  thou  shalt  be  their  inher- 
itance, and  thou  shalt  no  more  henceforth  bereave  them  of  men. 

13  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Because  they  say  unto  you,  Thou 
land  devourest  up  men,  and  hast  bereaved  ihy  nations; 

14  Therefore  thou  shalt  devour  men  no  more,  neither  bereave  thy 
nations  any  more,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

15  Neither  will  I  cause  meii  to  hear  in  thee  the  shame  of  the 
heathen  any  more,  neither  shalt  thou  bear  the  reproach  of  the  people 
any  more,  neither  shalt  thou  cause  thy  nations  to  fall  any  more, 
saith  the  Lord  God. 

16  W  Moreover,  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

17  Son  of  man,  when  the  house  of  Israel  dwelt  in  their  own  land, 
they  defiled  it  by  their  own  way,  and  by  their  doings  :  their  way  was 
before  me  as  the  uncleanness  of  a  removed  woman. 

18  Wherefore  I  poured  my  fury  upon  them  for  the  blood  that  they 
had  shed  upon  the  land  ;  and  for  their  idols  wherewith  they  had  pol- 
luted it : 

19  And  I  scattered  them  among  the  heathen,  and  they  were  dis- 


364  Ezekid. 

persed  through  the  countries :  according  to  their  way,  and  according 
to  their  doings,  I  judged  them. 

20  And  when  they  entered  unto  the  heathen,  whither  they  went, 
they  profaned  my  holy  name,  when  they  said  to  them,  These  are  the 
people  of  the  Lord,  and  are  gone  forth  out  of  his  land. 

21  IT  But  I  had  pity  for  mine  holy  name,  which  the  house  of  Israel 
had  profaned  among  the  heathen,  whither  they  went. 

22  Therefore  say  unto  the  house  of  Israel,  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God,  I  do  not  this  (or  your  sakes,  ()  house  of  Israel,  but  for  mine  holy 
name's  sake,  which  ye  have  profaned  among  the  heathen  whither  ye 
went. 

23  And  I  will  sanctify  my  great  name  which  was  profaned  among 
the  heathen,  which  ye  have  profaned  in  the  midst  of  them  ;  and  the 
heathen  shall  know  that  I  om  the  Lord,  saith  the  Lord  God,  when  I 
shall  be  sanctified  in  you  before  their  eyes. 

24  For  I  will  take  you  from  among  the  heathen,  and  gather  you 
out  of  all  countries,  and  will  bring  you  into  your  own  land. 

25  II  Then  will  I  sprinkle  clean  water  upon  you,  and  ye  shall  be 
clean  :  from  all  your  filthiness,  and  from  all  your  idols,  will  I  cleanse 
you. 

26  A  new  heart  also  will  I  give  you,  and  a  new  spuit  will  I  put 
within  you  :  and  I  will  take  away  the  stony  heart  out  of  your  flesh, 
and  I  will  give  you  an  heart  of  flesh. 

27  And  1  will  put  my  spirit  within  you,  and  cause  you  to  walk  in 
ray  statutes,  and  ye  shall  keep  niy  judgments,  and  do  them. 

28  And  ye  shall  dwell  in  the  land  that  I  gave  to  your  fathers  ;  and 
ye  shall  be  my  people,  and  I  will  be  your  God. 

29  I  will  also  save  you  fiom  all  your  uncleannesses  :  and  I  will 
call  for  the  corn,  and  will  increase  it,  and  lay  no  famine  upon  you. 

30  And  I  will  multiply  the  fruit  of  the  tree,  and  the  increase  of  the 
field,  that  ye  shall  receive  no  more  reproach  of  famine  among  the 
heathen. 

31  Then  shall  ye  remember  3'our  own  evil  ways,  and  your  doings 
that  were  not  good,  and  shall  loathe  yourselves  in  your  own  sight  for 
your  iniquities  and  for  your  abominations. 

32  Not  for  your  sakes  do  I  this,  saith  the  Lord  God,  be  it  known 
unto  you  :  be  ashamed  and  confounded  for  your  own  ways,  O  house 
of  Israel. 

33  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  In  the  day  that  I  shall  have  cleansed 
you  from  all  your  iniquities  1  will  also  cause  you  to  dwell  in  the 
cities,  and  the  wastes  shall  be  builded. 

34  And  the  desolate  land  shall  be  tilled,  whereas  it  lay  desolate  in 
the  sight  of  ail  that  passed  by. 

35  And  tl.ey  shall  say.  This  land  that  was  desolate,  is  become  like 
the  garden  of  Eden  ;  and  the  waste,  and  desolate,  and  ruined  cities 
are  become  fenced,  and  are  inhabited. 

36  Then  the  heathen  that  are  left  round  about  you,  shall  know 
that  I  the  Lord  build  the  ruined /)/ac(S,  and  plant  that  that  was  des- 
olate :   I  the  Lord  have  spoken  it,  and  I  will  do  it, 

37  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  I  will  yet  for  this  be  inquired  of  by 
the  house  of  Israel  to  do  it  for  them  ;  1  will  increase  them  with  men 
like  a  flock. 

38  As  the  holy  flock,  as  the  flock  of  Jerusalem  in  her  solemn  feasts. 


Ezekiel.     Ohadiah.  '3G5 

so  shall  the  waste  cities  be  filled  with  flocks  of  men  ;  and  they  shall 
know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

OBADIAII,   I.  B.  C.  586.* 

The  destruction  of  Edom  for  their  pride,  and  for  their  unnatural 
behavior  in  Jacob's  distress.  The  salvation  and  victories  of 
Jacob. 

1  The  vision  of  Obadiah.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  concerning 
Edom  ;  We  have  heard  a  rumor  from  the  Lord,  and  an  ambassador 
is  sent  among  the  heathen,  Arise  ye,  and  let  us  rise  up  against  her  in 
battle.     - 

2  Behold,  I  have  made  thee  small  among  the  heathen:  thou  art 
greatly  despised. 

.S  H  The  pride  of  thine  heart  hath  deceived  thee,  thou  that  dwellest 
in  the  clefts  of  the  rock,  whose  habitation  is  high  ;  that  saith  in  his 
heart.  Who  shall  bring  ine  down  to  the  ground  ? 

4  Though  thou  exalt  thyself  ^s  the  eagle,  and  though  thou  set  thy 
nest  among  the  stars,  thence  will  I  bring  thee  down,  saith  the  Lord. 

5  If  thieves  came  to  thee,  if  robbers  by  night,  (how  art  thou  cut 
off!)  would  they  not  have  stolen  till  they  had  enough  ?  if  the  grape- 
gatherers  came  to  thee,  would  they  not  leave  some  grapes? 

6  How  are  the  things  of  Esau  searched  out !  how  are  his  hidden 
things  sought  up  ! 

7  All  the  men  of  thy  confederacy  have  brought  thee  cwen  to  the 
border ;  the  men  that  were  at  peace  with  thee  have  deceived  thee, 
and  prevailed  against  thee ;  they  that  eat  thy  bread  have  laid  a 
wound  under  thee  :  there  is  none  understanding  in  him. 

8  Shall  I  not  in  that  day,  saith  the  Lord,  even  destroy  the  wise 
men  out  of  Edom,  and  understanding  out  of  the  mount  of  Esau  ? 

9  And  thy  mighty  7nen,  O  Teman,  shall  be  dismayed,  to  the  end 
that  every  one  of  the  mount  of  Esau  rnay  be  cut  off  by  slaughter. 

10  IT  For  thy  violence  against  thy  brother  Jacob  shame  shall  cover 
thee,  and  thou  shalt  be  cut  off  for  ever. 

11  In  the  day  that  thou  stoodest  on  the  other  side,  in  the  day  that 
the  strangers  carried  away  captive  his  forces,  and  foreigners  entered 
into  his  gates,  and  cast  lots  upon  Jerusalem,  even  thou  ivast  as  one 
of  them. 

12  But  thou  shouldest  not  have  looked  on  the  day  of  thy  brother  in 
the  day  that  he  became  a  stranger  :  neither  shouldest  thou  have 
rejoiced  over  the  children  of  Judah  in  the  day  of  their  destruction: 
neither  shouldest  thou  have  spoken  proudly  in  the  day  of  distress. 

13  Thou  shouldest  not  have  entered  into  the  gate  of  my  people  in 
the  day  of  their  calamity  ;  yea,  thou  shouldest  not  have  looked  on 
their  affliction  in  the  day  of  their  calamity,  nor  have  laid  hands  on 
their  substance  in  the  day  of  their  calamity  ; 

14  Neither  shouldest  thou  have  stood  in  the  cross-way,  to  cut  off 


*  There  is  no  date  given  in  this  prophecy  :  I  have  therefore  followed  Mr.  Scott 
in  the  above  date.  Mr.  Townsend  dates  this  prophecy  154  years  earlier,  i.  e.  B.  C. 
740.  He  says  in  a  note:  "I  have  ventured  to  place  the  book  of  Obadiah  in  this 
place,  from  comparing  the  tenor  of  the  prophecy  contained  in  it  with  2  Chronicles, 
jcxviii.  17,  where  it  is  expressly  said,  For  agaio  the  Edomites  had  come  andsraittea 
Judah  and  carried  away  captive^." 


366  Obadiah.     Ezehiel. 

those  of  his  that  did  escape  ;  neither  shouldest  thou  have  delivered  up 
those  of  his  that  did  remain  in  the  day  of  distress. 

15  For  the  day  of  the  Lord  is  near  upon  all  the  heathen :  as  thou 
hast  done,  it  shall  be  done  unto  thee  :  thy  reward  shall  return  upon 
thine  own  head. 

16  For  as  ye  have  drunk  upon  my  holy  mountain,  so  shall  all  the 
heathen  drink  continually,  yea,  they  shall  drink,  and  they  shall 
swallow  down,  and  they  shall  be  as  thouoh  they  had  not  been. 

17  ir  But  upon  mount  Zion  shall  be  deliverance,  and  there  shall  be 
holiness;  and  the  house  of  Jacob  shall  possess  their  possessions. 

18  And  the  house  of  Jacob  shall  be  a  fire,  and  the  house  of  Joseph 
a  flame,  and  the  house  of  Esau  for  stubble,  and  they  shall  kindle  in 
them,  and  devour  them  ;  and  there  shall  not  be  any  remaining  of 
tlie  house  of  Esau  ;  for  the  Lord  hath  spoken  it. 

19  And  they  of  the  south  shall  possess  the  mount  of  Esau  ;  and 
they  o/the  plain  the  Philistines  :  and  they  shall  possess  the  fields  of 
Ephraim,  and  the  fields  of  Samaria:  and  Benjamin  shall  possess 
Gilead. 

20  And  the  captivity  of  this  host  of  the  children  of  Israel  shall 
possess  that  of  the  Canaanites,  even  unto  Zarephath ;  and  the  cap- 
tivity of  Jerusalem,  which  is  in  Sepharad,  shall  possess  the  cities  of 
the  south. 

21  And  saviours  shall  come  up  on  mount  Zion  to  judge  the  mount 
of  Esau  ;  and  the  kingdom  shall  be  the  Lord's. 

EZEKIEL,    XXXVII. 

By  the  resurrection  of  dry  hones,  the  dead  hope  of  Israel  is  revived. 

1  The  hand  of  the  Lord  was  upon  me,  and  carried  me  out  in  the 
Spirit  of  the  Lord>  and  set  me  down  in  the  midst  of  the  valley  which 
was  full  of  bones, 

2  And  caused  me  to  pass  by  them  round  about :  and,  behold,  there 
were  very  many  in  the  open  valley ;  and,  lo,  they  were  very  dry. 

3  And  he  said  unto  me,  Son  of  man,  can  these  bones  live  ?  And  I 
answered,  O  Lord  God,  thou  knowest. 

4  Again  he  said  unto  me.  Prophesy  upon  these  bones,  and  say  unto 
them,  O  ye  dry  bones,  hear  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

5  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  unto  these  bones,  Behold,  I  will  cause 
breath  to  enter  into  yon,  and  ye  shall  live  : 

6  And  I  will  lay  sinews  upon  you,  and  will  bring  up  flesh  upon 
you,  and  cover  you  v^ith  skin,  and  put  breath  in  you,  and  ye  shall 
live  ;  and  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

7  So  I  prophe-^ied  as  I  was  coiruiianded  :  and  as  I  prophesied  there 
was  a  noise,  and,  behold,  a  shaking,  and  the  bones  came  together, 
bone  to  his  bone. 

8  And  when  I  beheld,  lo,  the  sinews  and  the  flesh  came  up  upon 
them,  and  the  skin  covered  them  above :  but  there  was  no  breath  in 
them. 

9  Then  said  he  unto  me.  Prophesy  unto  the  wind,  prophesy,  son 
of  man,  and  say  to  the  wind.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Come  from 
the  four  winds,  O  breath,  and  breathe  upon  these  slain,  that  they  may 
live. 

10  So  I  prophesied,  as  he  commanded  me,  and  the  breath  came 


Ezekiel  367 

into  them,  and  they  lived,  and  stood  up  upon  their  feet,  an  exceeding 
great  army. 

11  ^  Then  he  said  unto  me,  Son  of  man,  these  bones  are  the  whole 
house  of  Israel :  behold,  they  say,  Our  bones  are  ciried,  and  our  hope 
is  lost:  we  are  cut  off  for  our  parts. 

12  Therefore  prophesy  and  say  unto  them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God,  Behold,  0  my  people,  I  will  open  your  graves,  and  cause  you 
to  come  up  out  of  your  graves,  and  bring  you  into  the  land  of  Israel. 

13  And  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord,  when  I  have  opened 
your  graves,  O  my  people,  and  brought  you  up  out  of  your  graves, 

14  And  shall  put  my  spirit  in  you,  and  ye  shall  live,  and  I  shall 
place  you  in  your  own  land  :  then  shall  ye  know  that  I  the  Lord 
have  spoken  it,  and  perfoi  med  it,  saith  the  Lord. 

15  IT  The  word  of  the  Lord  came  again  unto  me,  saying, 

16  Moreover,  thou  son  of  man,  take  thee  one  stick,  and  write  upon 
it.  For  Judah,  and  for  the  children  of  Israel  his  companions  :  then 
take  another  stick,  and  write  upon  it,  For  Joseph,  the  slick  of  Ephraim, 
and/or  all  the  house  of  Israel  his  companions  : 

17  And  join  them  one  to  another  into  one  stick  ;  and  they  shall 
become  one  in  thine  hand. 

18  U  And  when  the  children  of  thy  people  shall  speak  unto  thee, 
saying,  Wilt  thou  not  shew  us  what  thou  meanest  by  these  ? 

19  Say  unto  them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  Behold,  I  will  take 
the  stick  of  Joseph,  which  is  in  the  hand  of  Ephraiin,  and  the  tribes 
of  Israel  his  fellows,  and  will  put  them  with  him,  even  with  the  stick 
of  Judah,  and  make  them  one  stick,  and  they  shall  be  one  in  mine 
hand. 

20  IT  And  the  sticks  whereon  thou  writest  shall  be  in  thine  hand 
before  their  eyes. 

21  And  say  unto  them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  Behold,  I  will 
take  the  children  of  Israel  from  among  the  heathen,  whither  they  be 
gone,  and  will  gather  them  on  every  side,  and  bring  them  into  their 
own  land  : 

22  And  I  will  make  them  one  nation  in  the  land  upon  the  mountains 
of  Israel :  and  one  king  shall  be  king  to  them  all  ;  and  they  shall  be 
no  more  two  nations,  neither  shall  they  be  divided  into  two  kingdoms 
any  more  at  all : 

23  Neither  shall  they  defile  themselves  any  more  with  their  idols, 
nor  with  their  detestable  things,  nor  with  any  of  their  transgressions: 
but  I  will  save  them  out  of  ail  their  dwelling  places,  wherein  they 
have  sinned,  and  will  cleanse  them  :  so  shall  they  be  my  people,  and 
I  will  be  their  God. 

24  And  David  my  servant  shall  he  king  over  them  ;  and  they  all 
shall  have  one  shepherd  :  they  shall  also  walk  in  my  judgments,  and 
observe  my  statutes,  and  do  them. 

2.5  And  they  shall  dwell  in  the  land  that  I  have  given  unto  Jacob 
my  servant,  wherein  your  fatb.ers  have  dwelt ;  and'they  shall  dwell 
therein,  even  they,  and  their  children,  and  their  children's  children 
for  ever  :  and  my  servant  David  shall  be  their  prince  for  ever. 

26  Moreover,  I  will  make  a  covenant  of  peace  with  them;  it  shall 
be  an  everlasting  covenant  with  them  :  and  I  will  place  them,  and 
multiply  them,  and  will  set  my  sanctuary  in  the  midst  of  them  for 
evermore. 


368  Ezekiel 

27  My  tabernacle  also  shall  be  with  them,  yea,  I  will  be  their  God, 
and  they  shall  be  my  people. 

28  And  the  heathen  shall  know  that  I  the  Lord  do  sanctify  Israel, 
'when  my  sanctuary  shall  be  in  the  midst  of  them  for  evermore. 

B.  C.  585.  EZEKIEL,   XXXVIII. 

The  army  and  malice  of  Gog.     God's  judgment  against  him. 

1  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  set  thy  face  against  Gog,  the  land  of  Magog,  the 
chief  prince  of  Meshech  and  Tuba!,  and  prophesy  against  him, 

3  And  say.  Thus  saiih  the  Lord  God  ;  Behold,  I  am  against  thee, 
O  Gog,  the  chief  prince  of  Meshech  and  Tubal : 

4  And  I  will  turn  thee  back,  and  put  hooks  into  thy  jaws,  and  I 
will  bring  thee  forth,  and  all  thine  army,  horses  and  horsemen  all  of 
them  clothed  with  all  sorts  of  armor,  even  a  great  company  with 
bucklers  and  shields,  all  of  them  handling  swords  : 

5  Persia,  Ethiopia,  and  Lybia  with  them  ;  all  of  them  vi'ith  shield 
and  helmet : 

6  Gomer,  and  all  his  bands  ;  the  house  of  Togarmah  of  the  north 
quarters,  and  all  his  bands:  and  many  people  with  thee. 

7  Be  thou  prepared,  and  prepare  for  thyself,  thou,  and  all  thy 
company  that  are  assembled  unto  thee,  and  be  thou  a  guard  unto 
them. 

8  II  After  many  days  thou  shalt  be  visited  :  in  the  latter  years  thou 
shalt  come  into  the  land  that  is  brought  back  from  the  sword,  and  is 
gathered  out  of  many  people,  against  the  mountains  of  Israel,  which 
have  been  always  waste :  but  it  is  brought  forth  out  of  the  nations, 
and  they  shall  dwell  safely  all  of  them. 

9  Thou  shalt  ascend  and  come  like  a  storm,  thou  shalt  be  like  a 
cloud  to  cover  the  land,  thou,  and  all  thy  bands,  and  many  people 
with  thee. 

10  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  it  shall  also  come  to  pass,  thai  at  the 
same  time  shall  things  come  into  thy  mind,  and  thou  shalt  think  an 
evil  thought : 

11  And  thou  shalt  say,  I  will  go  up  to  the  land, of  unwalled 
villages  ;  I  will  go  to  them  that  are  at  rest,  that  dwell  safely,  all  of 
them  dwelling  without  walls,  and  having  neither  bars  nor  gates, 

12  To  take  a  spoil,  and  to  take  a  prey  ;  to  turn  thine  hand  upon 
the  desolate  places  that  are  now  inhabited,  and  upon  the  people  that 
are  gathered  out  of  the  nations,  which  have  gotten  cattle  and  gocxls, 
that  dwell  in  the  midst  of  the  land. 

13  Sheba,  and  Dedan,  and  the  merchants  of  Tarshisb,  with  all  the 
young  lions  thereof,  shall  say  unto  thee.  Art  thou  come  to  take 
a  spoil  ?  hast  thou  gathered  thy  company  to  take  a  prey  .'  to  carry 
away  silver  and  gold,  to  take  away  cattle  and  goods,  to  take  a  great 
spoil  .'' 

14  IF  Therefore,  son  of  man,  prophesy  and  say  unto  Gog,  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  God ;  In  that  day  when  my  people  of  Israel  dwelleth 
safely,  shalt  thou  not  know  it  7 

15  And  thou  shalt  come  from  thy  place  out  of  the  north  parts,  thou, 
and  many  people  with  thee,  ail  of  them  riding  upon  horses,  a  great 
company,  and  a  mighty  army  : 


Ezekiel.  369 

16  And  thou  shalt  come  up  against  my  people  of  Israel,  as  a  cloud 
to  cover  the  land ;  it  shall  be  in  the  latter  days,  and  I  will  bring  thee 
against  my  land,  that  the  heathen  may  know  me,  when  I  shall  be 
sanctified  in  thee,  O  Gog,  before  their  eyes. 

17  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  ^rt  thou  he  of  whom  I  have  spoken 
in  old  time  by  my  servants  the  prophets  of  Israel,  which  prophesied 
in  those  days  many  years,  that  I  would  bring  thee  against  them  ? 

18  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  at  the  same  time  when  Gog  shall 
come  against  the  land  of  Israel,  saith  the  Lord  God,  that  my  fury 
shall  come  up  in  my  face. 

19  For  in  my  jealousy  and  in  the  fire  of  my  wrath  have  I  spoken. 
Surely  in  that  day  there  shall  be  a  great  shaking  in  the  land  of 
Israel ; 

20  So  that  the  fishes  of  the  sea,  and  the  fowls  of  the  heaven,  and  the 
beasts  of  the  field,  and  all  creeping  things  that  creep  upon  the  earth, 
and  all  the  men  that  are  upon  the  face  of  the  earth,  shall  shake  at 
my  presence,  and  the  mountains  shall  be  thrown  down,  and  the 
steep  places  shall  fall,  and  every  wall  shall  fall  to  the  ground. 

21  And  I  will  call  for  a  sword  against  him  throughout  all  my 
mountains,  saith  the  Lord  God  :  every  man's  sword  shall  be  against 
his  brother. 

22  And  I  will  plead  against  him  with  pestilence  and  with  blood ; 
and  I  will  rain  upon  him,  and  upon  his  bands,  and  upon  the  many 
people  that  are  with  him,  an  overflowing  lain,  and  great  hailstones, 
fire  and  brimstone. 

23  Thus  will  I  magnify  myself,  and  sanctify  myself;  and  I  will  be 
known  in  the  eyes  of  many  nations ;  and  they  shall  know  that  I  am 
the  Lord. 

EZEKIEL,    XXXIX. 

Go(Vs  judgments  upon  Gog.     Israel's  victory.     The  feast  of  the 
folds. 

1  Therefore,  thou  son  of  man,  prophesy  against  Gog,  and  say. 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Behold,  I  am  against  thee,  O  Gog,  the 
chief  prince  of  Meshech  and  Tubal : 

2  And  I  will  turn  thee  back,  and  leave  but  the  sixth  part  of  thee, 
and  will  cause  thee  to  come  up  from  the  north  parts,  and  will  bring 
thee  upon  the  mountains  of  Israel : 

3  And  1  will  smite  thy  bow  out  of  thy  left  hand,  and  will  cause 
thine  arrows  to  fall  out  of  thy  right  hand. 

4  Thou  shalt  fall  upon  the  mountains  of  Israel,  thou,  and  all  thy 
bands,  and  the  people  that  is  with  thee  :  I  will  give  thee  unto  the 
ravenous  birds  of  every  sort,  and  to  the  beasts  of  the  field,  to  be 
devoured. 

5  Thou  shalt  fall  upon  the  open  field  ;  for  I  have  spoken  it,  saith 
the  Lord  God. 

6  And  I  will  send  a  fire  on  Magog,  and  among  them  that  dwell 
carelessly  in  the  isles;  and  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

7  So  will  I  make  my  holy  name  known  in  the  midst  of  my  people 
Israel ;  and  I  will  not  let  them  pollute  my  holy  name  any  more  ; 
and  the  heathen  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord,  the  holy  One  in 
Israel. 

31 


370  Ezekiel 

8  IT  Behold,  it  is  come,  and  it  is  done,  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  this  is 
the  day  whereof  I  have  spoken. 

9  And  they  that  dwell  in  the  cities  of  Israel  shall  go  forth,  and 
shall  set  on  fire  and  burn  the  weapons,  both  the  shields  and  the 
bucklers,  the  bows  and  the  arrows,  and  the  hand-staves  and  the 
spears,  and  they  shall  burn  them  with  fire  seven  years  ; 

10  So  that  they  shall  take  no  wood  out  of  the  field,  neither  cut 
down  any  out  of  the  forests ;  for  they  shall  burn  the  vreapons  with 
fire :  and  they  shall  spoil  those  that  spoiled  them,  and  rob  those  that 
robbed  them,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

11  H  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  I  will  give  unto 
Gog  a  place  there  of  graves  in  Israel,  the  valley  of  the  passengers  on 
the^  east  of  the  sea  ;  and  it  shall  stop  the  noses  of  the  passengers  :  and 
there  shall  they  bury  Gog  and  all  his  multitude  ;  and  they  shall  call 
it,  The  valley  of  Hamon-gog. 

12  And  seven  months  shall  the  house  of  Israel  be  burying  of  them, 
that  they  may  cleanse  the  land. 

13  Yea,  all  the  people  of  the  land  shall  bury  the7ti,  and  it  shall  be 
to  them  a  renown,  the  day  that  I  shall  be  glorified,  saith  the  Lord 
God. 

14  And  they  shall  sever  out  men  of  continual  employment,  passing 
through  the  land,  to  bury  with  the  passengers  those  that  remain  upon 
the  face  of  the  earth,  to  cleanse  it:  after  the  end  of  seven  months 
shall  they  search. 

15  And  the  passengers  that  pass  through  the  land,  when  any  seeth 
a  man's  bone,  then  shall  he  set  up  a  sign  by  it,  till  the  buriers  have 
buried  it  in  the  valley  of  Hamon-gog. 

16  And  also  the  name  of  the  city  shall  be  Hamonah.  Thus  shall 
they  cleanse  the  land. 

17  ^  And  thou  son  of  man,  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Speak  unto 
every  feathered  fowl,  and  to  every  beast  of  the  field.  Assemble 
yourselves,  and  come  ;  gather  yourselves  on  every  side  to  my  sacri- 
fice that  1  do  sacrifice  for  you,  even  a  great  sacrifice  upon  the 
mountains  of  Israel,  that  ye  may  eat  flesh,  and  drink  blood. 

18  Ye  shall  eat  the  flesh  of  the  mighty,  a:;!  drink  the  blood  of  the 
princes  of  the  earth,  of  rams,  of  lambs,  and  ui  goats,  of  bullocks,  all 
of  them  fatlings  of  Bashan. 

19  And  ye  shall  eat  fat  till  ye  be  full,  and  drhik  blood  till  ye  be 
drunken,  of  my  sacrifice  which  I  have  sacrificed  for  you. 

20  Thus  ye  shall  be  filled  at  my  table  with  horses  and  chariots, 
with  mighty  men,  and  with  all  men  of  war,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

21  And  I  will  set  my  glory  among  ihe  heathen,  and  all  the  heathen 
shall  see  my  judgment  that  1  have  executed,  and  my  hand  that  I  have 
laid  upon  them. 

22  So  the  house  of  Israel  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  their 
God  from  that  chy  and  forward. 

23  'W  And  the  heathen  shall  knov/  that  the  house  of  Israel  went 
into  captivity  for  their  iniquity  :  because  they  trespassed  against  me, 
therefore  hid  I  my  face  from  them,  and  gave  them  into  the  hand  of 
their  enemies  ;  so  fell  they  all  by  the  sword. 

24  According  to  their  uncleanness,  and  according  to  their  trans- 
gressions, have  I  done  unto  them,  and  hid  my  face  from  them. 

25  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Now  will  1  bring  again  the 


Ezekiel.     Jeremiah.     Daniel.  371 

captivity  of  Jacob,  and  have  mercy  upon  the  whole  house  of  Israel, 
and  will  be  jealous  for  ray  holy  name  ; 

26  After  that  they  have  borne  their  shame,  and  all  their  trespasses 
whereby  they  have  trespassed  against  me,  when  they  dwelt  safely 
in  their  land,  and  none  made  them  afraid. 

27  When  I  have  brought  them  again  from  the  people,  and  gathered 
them  out  of  their  enemies'  lands,  and  am  sanctified  in  them  in  the  sight 
of  many  nations  ; 

28  Then  shall  they  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  their  God,  which 
caused  them  to  be  led  into  captivity  among  the  heathen  :  but  I  have 
gathered  them  unto  their  own  land,  and  have  left  none  of  them  any 
more  there. 

29  Neither  will  T  hide  my  face  any  more  from  them  :  for  I  have 
poured  out  my  Spirit  upon  the  house  of  Israel,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

JEREMIAH,   XLIII.  B.    C.    584. 

8  H  Then  came  the  word  of  the  Lord  unto  Jeremiah  in  Tahpanhes, 
saying, 

9  Take  great  stones  in  thine  hand,  and  hide  them  in  the  clay  in 
the  brickkiln,  which  is  at  the  entry  of  Pharaoh's  house  in  Tahpanhes, 
in  the  sight  of  the  men  of  Judah  ; 

10  And  say  unto  them,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of 
Israel ;  Behold,  I  will  send  and  take  Nebuchadrezzar  the  king  of 
Babylon,  my  servant,  and  will  set  his  throne  upon  these  stones  that  I 
have  hid  ;  and  he  shall  spread  his  royal  pavilion  over  them. 

11  And  when  he  cometh,  he  shall  smite  the  land  of  Egypt,  and 
deliver  such  as  are  for  death  to  death  ;  and  such  as  are  for  captivity 
to  captivity  ;  and  such  as  are  for  the  sword  to  the  sword. 

12  And  I  will  kindle  a  fire  in  the  houses  of  the  gods  of  Egypt;  and 
he  shall  burn  them  and  carry  them  away  captives,  and  he  shall  array 
himself  with  the  land  of  Egypt,  as  a  shepherd  putteth  on  his  garment, 
and  he  shall  go  forth  from  thence  in  peace. 

13  He  shall  break  also  the  images  of  Beth-shemesh,  that  is  in  the 
land  of  Egypt,  and  the  house  of  the  gods  of  the  Egyptians  shall  he 
burn  with  fire. 

DANIEL,  III.  B.  C.  580. 

JVebuchadnezzar  dedicateth  a  golden  image  in  Dura.     Shadrach, 
Meshach,  and  Ahed-nego  are  accused. 

1  Nebuchadnezzar  the  king  made  an  image  of  gold,  whose  height 
was  threescore  cubits,  and  the  breadth  thereof  six  cubits :  he  set  it 
up  in  the  plain  of  Dura,  in  the  province  of  Babylon. 

2  Then  Nebuchadnezzar  the  king  sent  to  gather  together  the 
princes,  the  governors,  and  the  captains,  the  judges,  Xhe  treasurers, 
the  counsellors,  the  sheriffs,  and  all  the  rulers  of  the  piovinces,  to 
come  to  the  dedication  of  the  image  which  Nebuchadnezzar  the  king 
had  set  up. 

3  Then  the  princes,  the  governors,  and  captains,  the  judges,  the 
treasurers,  the  counsellors,  the  sheriffs,  and  all  the  rulers  of  the 
provinces,  were  gathered  together  unto  the  dedication  of  the  image 


372  DanieL 

that  Nebuchadnezzar  the  king  had  set  up  ;  and  they  stood  before  the 
image  that  Nebuchadnezzar  had  set  up. 

4  Then  an  herald  cried  aloud,  To  you  it  is  commanded,  0  people, 
nations  and  languages, 

5  That  at  what  time  ye  hear  the  sound  of  the  cornet,  flute,  harp, 
sackbut,  psaltery,  dulcimer,  and  all  kinds  of  music,  ye  fall  down  and 
worship  the  golden  image  that  Nebuchadnezzar  the  king  hath  set 
up. 

6  And  V,  hoso  falleth  not  down  and  worshippeth  shall  the  same  hour 
be  ca?t  into  tbe  midst  of  a  burning  fiery  furnace. 

7  Therefore  at  that  time,  when  all  the  people  heard  the  sound  of 
the  cornet,  flute,  harp,  sackbut,  psaltery,  and  all  kinds  of  music,  all 
the  people,  the  nations,  and  the  languages,  fell  down  and  worsliip- 
ped  the  golden  image  that  Nebuchadnezzar  the  kingliad  set  up. 

8  TT  Wherefore  at  that  time  certain  Chaldeans  came  near,  and 
accused  the  Jews. 

9  They  spake  and  said  to  the  king  Nebuchadnezzar,  O  king,  live  for 
ever. 

10  Thou,  O  king,  hast  made  a  decree,  that  every  man  that  shalj 
hear  the  sound  of  the  cornet,  flute,  harp,  sackbut,  psaltery,  and  dulci- 
mer, and  all  kinds  of  music,  shall  fall  down  and  worship  the  golden 
image  : 

11  And  whoso  falleth  not  down  and  worshippeth,  that  he  should  be 
cast  into  the  midst  of  a  burning  fiery  furnace. 

12  There  are  certain  Jews  whom  thou  hast  set  over  the  affairs  of 
the  province  of  Babylon,  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed-nego  ;  these 
men,  O  king,  have  not  regarded  thee  ;  they  serve  not  thy  gods,  nor 
worship  the  golden  image  which  thou  hast  set  up. 

13  M  Then  Nebuchadnezzar,  in  his  rage  and  fury,  commanded  to 
bring  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed-nego.  Then  they  brought  these 
men  before  tlie  king. 

14  Nebuchadnezzar  spake  and  said  unto  them,  Is  it  true,  O 
Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed-nego.'  do  not  ye  serve  my  gods,  nor 
worship  the  golden  image  which  I  have  set  up  ? 

15  Now  if  ye  be  ready,  that  at  what  time  ye  hear  the  sound  of  the 
cornet,  flute,  harp,  sackbut,  psaltery,  and  dulcimer,  and  all  kinds  of 
music,  ye  fall  down  and  worship  the  image  which  I  have  m^(\e,well; 
but  if  ye  worship  not,  ye  shall  be  cast  the  same  hour  into  the  midst 
of  a  burning  fiery  furnace  :  and  who  is  that  god  that  shall  deliver  you 
out  of  my  hands  ? 

16  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed-nego  answered  and  said  to  the 
king,  0  Nebuchadnezzar,  we  are  not  careful  to  answer  thee  in  this 
matter. 

17  If  it  be  so,  our  God,  whom  we  serve,  is  able  to  deliver  us  from 
the  burning  fiery  i'urnace  ;  and  he  will  deliver  us  out  of  thine  hand,  O 
king. 

18  But  if  not,  be  it  known  unto  thee,  O  king,  that  we  will  not 
serve  thy  gods,  nor  worship  the  golden  image  which  thou  hast  set 
up. 

19  H  Then  was  Nebuchadnezzar  full  of  fury,  and  the  form  of  his 
visage  was  changed  against  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed-nego; 
therefore  he  spake  and  commanded  that  they  should  heat  the  furnace 
one  seven  times  more  than  it  was  wont  to  be  heated, 


Daniel.      Ezekiel,  373 

20  And  he  commanded  the  most  mighty  men  that  were  in  his 
army  to  bind  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed-nego,  and  to  cast  them 
into  the  burning  fiery  furnace. 

21  Then  these  men  were  bound  in  their  coats,  their  hosen,  and 
their  hats,  and  their  other  garments,  and  were  cast  into  the  midst  of 
the  burning  fiery  furnace. 

22  Therefore,  because  the  king's  commandment  was  urgent,  and 
the  furnace  exceeding  hot,  the  flame  of  the  fire  slew  those  men  that 
took  up  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed-nego. 

23  And  these  three  men,  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed-nego,  fell 
down  bound  into  the  midst  of  the  burning  fiery  furnace. 

24  Then  Nebuchadnezzar  the  king  was  astonied,  and  rose  up  in 
haste,  and  spake,  and  said  unto  his  counsellors.  Did  not  we  cast  three 
men  bound  into  the  midst  of  the  fire  ?  They  answered  and  said  unto 
the  king.  True,  0  king. 

25  He  answered  and  said,  Lo,  I  see  four  men  loose,  walking  in  the 
midst  of  the  lire,  and  they  have  no  hurt ;  and  the  form  of  the  fourth 
is  like  the  son  of  God. 

26  \\  Then  Nebuchadnezzar  came  near  to  the  mouth  of  the  burning 
fiery  furnace,  aad  spake,  and  said,  Shadrach, v Meshach,  and  Abed- 
nego,  ye  servants  of  the  most  high  God,  come  forth,  and  come  hither. 
Then  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed-nego,  came  forth  of  the  midst  of 
the  fire. 

27  And  the  princes,  governors,  and  captains,  and  the  king's  coun- 
sellors, being  gathered  together,  saw  these  men,  upon  whose  bodies 
the  fire  had  no  power,  nor  was  an  hair  of  their  head  singed,  neither 
were  their  coats  changed,  nor  the  smell  of  fire  had  passed  on  them. 

23  Then  Neduchadnezzar  spake,  and  said,  Blessed  be  the  God  of 
Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed-nego,  who  hath  sent  his  angel,  and 
delivered  his  servants  that  trusted  in  him,  and  have  changed  the 
king's  word,  and  yielded  their  bodies,  that  they  might  not  serve  nor 
worship  any  god,  except  their  own  God. 

29  Therefore  I  make  a  decree.  That  every  people,  nation,  and  lan- 
guage, which  speak  any  thing  amiss  against  the  God  of  Shadrach, 
Meshach,  and  Abed-nego,  shall  be  cut  in  pieces,  and  their  houses 
shall  be  made  a  dunghill :  because  there  is  no  other  God  that  can 
deliver  after  this  sort. 

30  H  Then  the  king  promoted  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed-nego^ 
in  the  province  of  Babylon. 

EZEKIEL,    XL.  B.  C.  574. 

The  time,  mariner,  and  end  of  EzehieVs  vision.     Eight  tables,  the 
chambers,  the  porch  of  the  house. 

1  In  the  five  and  twentieth  year  of  our  captivity,  in  the  beginning 
of  the  year,  in  the  tenth  day  of  the  month,  in  the  fourteenth  year  after 
that  the  city  was  smitten,  in  the  self-same  day  the  hand  of  the  Lord 
was  upon  me,  and  brought  me  thither. 

2  In  the  visions  of  God  brought  he  me  into  the  land  of  Israel,  and 
set  me  upon  a  very  high  mountain,  by  which  ivas  as  the  frame  of  a 
city  on  the  south. 

3  And   he  brought  me  thither,  and,  behold,  there  was  a  man, 

31* 


374  Ezehiel 

whose  appearance  was  like  the  appearance  of  brass,   with  a  line  oi 
flax  in  his  hand,  and  a  measuring-reed  ;  and  he  stood  in  the  gate. 

4  And  the  man  said  unto  me.  Son  of  man,  behold  with  thine  eyes, 
and  hear  with  thine  ears,  and  set  thine  heart  upon  all  that  I  shall 
shew  thee  ;  for  to  the  intent  that  J  might  shew  them  unto  thee  art 
thou  brought  hither:  declare  all  that  thou  seest  to  the  house  of 
Israel. 

5  And,  behold,  a  wall  on  the  outside  of  the  house  round  about,  and 
in  the  man's  liand  a  measuring-reed  of  six  cubits  long,  by  the  cubit; 
and  an  hand-breadth  :  so  he'measured  the  breadth  of  the  building, 
one  reed,  and  the  height  one  reed. 

6  U  Then  came  he  unto  the  gate  which  looketh  toward  the  east, 
and  went  up  the  stairs  thereof,  and  measured  the  threshold  of  the 
gate,  which  was  one  reed  broad,  and  the  other  threshold  of  the  gate, 
which  was  one  reed  broad. 

7  And  every  little  chamber  M'as  one  reed  long,  and  one  reed  broad  ; 
and  between  the  little  chambers  were  five  cubits;  and  the  threshold 
of  the  gate,  by  the  porch  of  the  gate  within,  was  one  reed. 

8  He  measured  also  the  porch  of  the  gate  within,  one  reed. 

9  Then  measured  he  the  porch  of  the  gate,  eight  cubits  ;  and  the 
posts  thereof,  two  cubits;  and  the  porch  of  the  gate  luas  inward. 

10  And  the  little  chambers  of  the  gate  eastward  icere  three  on  this 
side,  and  three  on  that  side  ;  they  three  icere  of  one  measure  :  and 
the  posts  had  one  measure  on  this  side  and  on  that  side. 

11  And  he  measured  the  breadth  of  the  entry  of  the  gate,  ten 
cubits  ;  and  the  length  of  the  gate,  thirteen  cubits. 

12  The  space  also  before  the  little  chambers  ivas  one  cubit  on  this 
side,  and  the  space  laas  one  cubit  On  that  side  ;  and  the  little 
chambers  were  six  cubits  on  this  side,  and  six  cubits  on  that  side. 

13  He  measured  then  the  gate  from  the  roof  of  one  little  chamber 
to  the  roof  of  another  :  the  breadth  was  five  and  twenty  cubits,  door 
against  door. 

14  He  made  also  posts  of  threescore  cubits,  even  unto  the  post  of 
the  court  round  nbout  the  gate. 

1.5  And  from  the  face  of  the  gate  of  the  entrance,  unto  the  face  of 
the  porch  of  the  inner  gate,  were  fifty  cubits. 

16  And  there  ivere  narrow  windows  to  the  little  chambers,  and  to 
their  posts  within  the  gate  round  about,  and  likewise  to  the  arches  ; 
and  windows  were  round  about  inward :  and  upon  each  post  were 
palm-trees. 

17  Then  brought  he  me  into  the  outward  court,  and,  lo,  there  were 
chambers,  and  a  pavement  made  for  the  court  round  about :  thirty 
chambers  wej'e  upon  the  pavement. 

18  And  the  pavement  by  the  side  of  the  gates,  over  against  the 
length  of  the  gates,  was  the  lower  pavement. 

19  Then  he  measured  the  breadth,  from  the  fore-front  of  the  lower 
gate  unto  the  fore-front  of  the  inner  court  without,  an  hundred  cubits 
eastward  and  northward. 

20  ^  And  the  gate  of  the  outward  court,  that  looked  toward  the 
north,  he  measured  the  length  thereof,  and  the  breadth  thereof. 

21  And  the  little  chambers  thereof  ^vere  three  on  this  side,  and 
three  on  that  side ;  and  the  posts  thereof,  and  the  arches  thereof, 


Ezekiel  375 

were  after  the  measure  of  the  first  gate  :  the  length  thereof  was 
fifty  cubits,  and  the  breadth  five  and  twenty  cubits. 

22  And  their  windows,  and  their  arches,  and  their  palm-trees, 
were  after  the  measure  of  the  gate  that  looketh  toward  the  east ;  and 
they  went  up  unto  it  by  seven  steps ;  and  the  arches  thereof  were 
before  them. 

23  And  the  gate  of  the  inner  court  was  over  against  the  gate  toward 
the  north,  and  toward  the  east ;  and  he  measured  from  gate  to  gate 
an  hundred  cubits. 

24  H  After  that  he  brought  me  toward  the  south,  and,  behold,  a 
gate  toward  the  south  :  and  he  measured  the  posts  thereof,  and  the 
arches  thereof,  according  to  these  measures. 

25  And  there  were  windows  in  it,  and  in  the  arches  thereof  round 
about,  like  those  windows :  the  length  was  fifty  cubits,  and  the 
breadth  five  and  twenty  cubits. 

26  And  there  were  seven  steps  to  go  up  to  it,  and  the  arches 
thereof  were  before  them :  and  it  had  palm-trees,  one  on  this  side, 
and  another  on  that  side,  upon  the  posts  thereof. 

27  And  there  was  a  gate  in  the  inner  court  toward  the  south  :  and 
he  measured  from  gate  to  gate  toward  the  south  an  hundred  cubits. 

28  And  he  brought  me  to  the  inner  court  by  the  south  gate  :  and 
he  measured  the  south  gate  according  to  these  measures  ; 

29  And  the  little  chambers  thereof,  and  the  posts  thereof,  and  the 
arches  thereof,  according  to  these  measures:  and  there  were  windows 
in  it  and  in  the  arches  thereof  round  about :  it  was  fifty  cubits  long, 
and  five  and  twenty  cubits  broad. 

30  And  the  arches  round  about  were  five  and  twenty  cubits  long, 
and  five  cubits  broad. 

31  And  the  arches  thereof  were  toward  the  outer  court ;  and 
palm-trees  were  upon  the  posts  thereof:  and  the  going  up  to  it  had 
eight  steps. 

32  H  And  he  brought  me  into  the  inner  court  toward  the  east:  and 
he  measured  the  gate  according  to  these  measures. 

33  And  the  little  chambers  thereof,  and  the  posts  thereof,  and 
the  arches  thereof,  were  according  to  these  measures:  and  there  were 
windows  therein  and  in  the  arches  thereof  round  about:  it  was  fifty 
cubits  long,  and  five  and  twenty  cubits  broad. 

34  And  the  arches  thereof  tt'ere  toward  the  outward  court;  and 
palm-trees  were  upon  the  posts  thereof,  on  this  side  and  on  that  side  : 
and  the  going  up  to  it  had  eight  steps. 

35  IT  And  he  brought  me  to  the  north  gate,  and  measured  it  accord- 
ing to  these  measures  ; 

36  The  little  chambers  thereof,  the  posts  thereof,  and  the  arches 
thereof,  and  the  windows  to  it  round  about:  the  length  was  fifty 
cubits,  and  the  breadth  five  and  twenty  cubits. 

37  And  the  posts  thereof  were  toward  the  outer  court ;  and  palm- 
trees  were  upon  the  posts  thereof  on  this  side,  and  on  that  side  :  and 
the  going  up  to  it  had  eight  steps. 

38  And  the  chambers,  and  the  entries  thereof,  were  by  the  posts  of 
the  gates,  where  they  washed  the  burnt-offering. 

39  H  And  in  the  porch  of  the  gate  were  two  tables  on  this  side,  and 
two  tables  on  that  side,  to  slay  thereon  the  burnt-offering,  and  the  sin- 
offering,  and  the  trespass-offering. 


376  Ezekiel 

40  And  at  the  side  without,  as  one  goeth  up  to  the  entry  of  the 
north  gate,  were  two  tables ;  and  on  the  other  side,  which  was  at  the 
porch  of  the  gate,  were  two  tables. 

41  Four  tables  were  on  this  side,  and  four  tables  on  that  side,  by 
the  side  of  the  gate  ;  eight  tables,  whereupon  they  slew  their  sacri- 
fices. 

42  And  the  four  tables  were  of  hewn  stone  for  the  burnt-offering, 
of  a  cubit  and  an  half  long,  and  a  cubit  and  an  half  broad,  and  one 
cubit  high  :  whereupon  also  they  laid  the  instruments  wherewith 
they  slew  the  burnt-offering  and  the  sacrifice. 

43  And  within  were  hooks,  an  hand  broad  fastened  round  about : 
and  upon  the  tables  was  the  flesh  of  the  offering. 

44  i[  And  without  the  inner  gate  were  the  chambers  of  the  singers 
in  the  inner  court,  which  was  at  the  side  of  the  north  gate  ;  and 
their  prospect  was  toward  the  south  ;  one  at  the  side  of  the  east  gate, 
having  the  prospect  toward  the  north. 

45  And  he  said  unto  me.  This  chamber  whose  prospect  is  toward 
the  south,  is  for  the  priests,  the  keepers  of  the  charge  of  the   house. 

46  And  the  chamber  whose  pro«pect  is  toward  the  north  is  for  the 
priests,  the  keepers  of  the  charge  of  the  altar  :  these  are  the  sons  of 
Zadok,  among  the  sons  of  I^evi,  which  come  near  to  the  Lokd  to 
minister  unto  him. 

47  So  he  measured  the  court,  an  hundred  cubits  long,  and  an 
hundred  cubits  bi-oad,  four  square,  and  the  altar  that  ivas  before  the 
house. 

48  IF  And  he  brought  me  to  the  porch  of  the  house,  and  measured 
each  post  of  the  porch  five  cubits  on  this  side,  and  fiv^e  cubits  on  that 
side  :  and  the  breadth  of  the  gate  was  tln-ee  cubits  on  this  side,  and 
three  cul)its  on  that  side. 

49  The  length  of  the  porch  was  twenty  cubits,  and  the  breadth 
eleven  cubits;  and  he  brought  me  by  the  steps  whereby  they  went 
up  to  it ;  and  there  were  pillars  by  the  posts,  one  on  this  side,  and 
another  on  that  side. 

EZEKIEL,    XLI. 

The  measures,  parts,  chambers,  and  ornaments  of  the  temple. 

1  Afterward  he  brought  me  to  the  temple,  and  measured  the  posts, 
six  cubits  broad  on  the  one  side,  and  six  cubits  broad  on  the  other 
side,  ivhich  was  the  breadth  of  the  tabernacle. 

2  And  the  breadth  of  the  door  was  ten  cubits  ;  and  the  sides  of  the 
door  were  five  cubits  on  the  one  side,  and  five  cubits  on  the  other 
side  :  and  he  measured  the  length  thereof,  forty  cubits :  and  the 
breadth,  twenty  cubits. 

3  Then  went  he  inward,  and  measured  the  post  of  the  door  two 
cubits  ;  and  the  door  six  cubits  ;  and  the  breadth  of  the  door  seven 
cubits. 

4  So  he  measured  the  length  thereof,  twenty  cubits  ;  and  the 
breadth  twenty  cubits,  before  the  temple  ;  and  he  said  unto  me,  This 
is  the  mo?t  holy  place. 

5  After  he  measured  the  wall  of  the  house  six  cubits  ;  and  the 
breadth  of  every  side  chamber,  four  cubits,  round  about  the  house  on 
every  side. 


EzeMel.  377 

6  And  the  side  chambers  were  three,  one  over  another,  and  thirty 
in  order:  and  they  entered  into  the  wall,  which  ivas  of  the  house 
for  the  side  chambers  round  about,  that  they  might  have  hold,  but 
they  had  not  hold  in  the  wall  of  the  house. 

7  And  there  icas  an  enlarginf^,  and  a  winding  about  still  upward 
to  the  side  chambers  :  for  the  winding  about  of  the  house  went  still 
upward  round  about  the  house  :  therefore  the  breadth  of  the  house 
was  still  upward,  and  so  increased  from  the  lowest  chamber  to  the 
highest  by  the  midst. 

8  I  saw  also  the  height  of  the  house  round  about:  the  foundations 
of  the  side  chambers  were  a  full  reed  of  six  great  cubits. 

9  The  thickness  of  the  wall,  which  was  for  the  side  chamber 
without,  ivas  five  cubits :  and  that  which  was  left  was  the  place  of 
tlie  side  chambers  that  were  within. 

10  And  belween  the  chambers  icas  the  wideness  of  twenty  cubits 
round  about  the  house  on  every  side. 

11  And  the  doors  of  the  side  chambers  were  toward  the  place  that 
was  left,  one  door  toward  the  north,  and  another  door  toward  the 
south :  and  the  breadth  of  the  place  that  was  left  tvas  five  cubits 
round  about. 

12  Now  the  building  that  was  before  the  separate  place  at  the  end 
toward  the  west  was  seventy  cubits  broad;  and  the  wall  of  the 
building  icas  five  cubits  thick  round  about,  and  the  length  thereof 
ninety  cubits. 

13  So  he  measured  the  house,  an  hundred  cubits  long ;  and  the 
separate  place,  and  the  building,  with  the  walls  thereof,  an  hundred 
cubits  long ; 

14  Also  the  breadth  of  the  face  of  the  house,  and  of  the  separate 
place  toward  the  east,  an  hundred  cubits. 

15  And  he  measured  the  length  of  the  building  over  against  the 
separate  place  which  ivas  behind  it,  and  the  galleries  thereof  on  the 
one  side,  and  on  the  otiier  side,  an  hundred  cubits  with  the  inner 
temple,  and  the  porches  of  the  court; 

16  The  door  posts,  and  the  narrow  windows,  and  the  galleries 
round  about  on  their  three  stories,  over  against  the  door  ceiled  with 
wood  round  about,  and  from  the  ground  up  to  the  windows,  and  the 
windows  were  covered ; 

17  To  that  above  the  door,  even  unto  the  inner  house  and  without, 
and  by  all  the  wall  round  about  within  and  without,  by  measure. 

18  And  it  was  made  with  cherubims  and  palm-trees,  so  that  a 
palm-tree  ivas  between  a  cherub  and  a  cherub  ;  and  every  cherub 
had  two  faces  ; 

19  So  that  the  face  of  a  man  was  toward  the  palm-tree  on  the  one 
side,  and  the  face  of  a  young  lion  toward  the  palm-tree  on  the  other 
side  :  it  was  made  through  all  the  house  round  about. 

20  From  the  ground  unto  above  the  door  were  cherubims  and 
palm-trees  made,  and  un  the  wall  of  the  temple. 

21  The  posts  of  the  temple  were  squared,  and  the  face  of  the 
sanctuary  ;  the  appearance  of  the  o?reas  the  appearance  of  the  other. 

22  The  altar  of  wood  was  three  cubits  high,  and  the  length  thereof 
two  cubits  ;  and  the  corners  thereof,  and  the  length  thereof,  and  the 
walls  thereof,  were  of  wood:  and  he  said  unto  me.  This  is  the  tahl^ 
that  i$  before  the  Lorp. 


378  Ezekiel 

23  And  the  temple  and  the  sanctuary  had  two  doors. 

24  And  the  doors  had  two  leaves  apiece,  two  turning  leaves  ;  two 
leaves  for  the  one  door,  and  two  leaves  for  the  other  door. 

25  And  there  icere  made  on  them,  on  the  doors  of  the  temple, 
cherubims  and  palm-trees,  like  as  tvere  made  upon  the  walls  ;  and 
there  were  thick  planks  upon  the  face  of  the  porch  without. 

26  And  there  were  narrow  windows  and  palm-trees  on  the  one 
side  and  on  the  other  side,  on  the  sides  of  the  porch,  and  upon  the 
side-chambers  of  the  house,  and  thick  planks. 

EZEKIEL,    XLII. 

The  priests^   chambers :   the  use  thereof.        The  outward    court 
measured. 

1  Then  he  brought  me  forth  into  the  outer  court,  the  way  toward 
the  north,  and  he  brought  me  into  the  chamber  that  ivas  over 
against  the  separate  place,  and  which  was  before  the  building  toward 
the  north. 

2  Before  the  length  of  an  hundred  cubits  was  the  north  door,  and 
the  breadth  was  fifty  cubits. 

3  Over  against  the  twenty  cubits  which  were  for  the  inner  court, 
and  over  against  the  pavement  which  ivas  for  the  outer  court,  was 
gallery  against  gallery  in  three  stories. 

4  And  before  the  chambers  icas  a  walk  of  ten  cubits'  breadth 
inward,  a  way  of  one  cubit ;  and  their  doors  toward  the  north. 

5  Now,  the  upper  chambers  were  shorter  :  for  the  galleries  were 
higher  than  these,  than  the  lower,  and  than  the  middlemost  of  the 
building. 

6  For  they  were  in  three  stories,  but  had  not  pillars  as  the  pillars 
of  the  courts :  therefore  the  building  was  straitened  more  than  the 
lowest  and  the  middlemost  from  the  ground, 

7  And  the  wall  that  ivas  without  over  against  the  chambers,  toward 
the  outer  court  on  the  fore-part  of  the  chambers,  the  length  thereof 
was  fifty  cubits. 

8  For  the  length  of  the  chambers  that  tvere  in  the  outer  court 
ivas  fifty  cubits  :  and,  lo,  before  the  temple  ivere  an  hundred  cubits. 

9  And  from  under  these  chambers  ivas  the  entry  on  the  east  side, 
as  one  goeth  into  them  from  the  outer  court. 

10  The  chambers  ivere  in  the  thickness  of  the  wall  of  the  court 
toward  the  east,  over  against  the  separate  place,  and  over  against 
the  building. 

11  A.nd  the  way  before  them  was  like  the  appearance  of  the 
chambers  which  were  toward  the  north,  as  long  as  they,  and  as 
broad  as  they  ;  and  all  their  goings  out  were  both  according  to  their 
fashions,  and  according  to  their  doors. 

12  And  according  to  the  doors  of  the  chambers  that  were  toward 
the  south  was  a  door  in  the  head  of  the  way,  even  the  way  directly 
before  the  wall  toward  the  east,  as  one  entereth  into  them. 

13  11  Then  said  he  unto  me,  The  north  chambers,  and  the  south 
chambers,  which  are  before  the  separate  place,  they  be  holy  cham- 
bers, where  the  priests  that  approach  unto  the  Lord  shall  eat  the 
piost  holy  things :  there  shall  they  lay  the  most  holy  things,  and  the 


Ezelciel.  379 

meat-offering,  and  the  sin-offering,  and  the  trespass-offering ;  for  the 
place  is  holy, 

14  When  the  priests  enter  therein,  then  shall  they  not  go  out  of 
the  holy  place  into  the  outer  court,  but  there  they  shall  lay  their 
garments  wherein  they  minister ;  for  they  are  holy ;  and  shall  put 
on  other  garments,  and  shall  approach  to  those  things  which  are  for 
the  people. 

15  1[  Now,  when  he  had  made  an  end  of  measuring  the  inner 
house,  he  brought  me  forth  toward  the  gate  whose  prospect  is  toward 
the  east,  and  measured  it  round  about. 

16  He  measured  the  east  side  with  the  measuring-reed,  five  hun- 
dred reeds,  with  the  measuring-reed  round  about. 

17  He  measured  the  north  side  five  hundred  reeds,  with  the 
measuring-reed  round  about. 

18  He  measured  the  south  side  five  hundred  reeds,  with  the  meas- 
uring-reed. 

19  He  turned  about  to  the  west  side,  and  measured  five  hundred 
reeds,  with  the  measuring-reed. 

20  He  measured  it  by  the  four  sides :  it  had  a  wall  round  about 
five  hundred  reeds  long,  and  five  hundred  broad,  to  make  a  separa- 
tion between  the  sanctuary  and  the  profane  place. 

EZEKIEL,  XLIir. 

Hie  returning  of  the  glory  of  God  into  the  temple.     The  tin  of 
Israel  hindereth  God's  presence. 

1  Afterward  he  brought  me  to  the  gate,  even  the  gate  that  looketfa 
toward  the  east : 

2  And,  behold,  the  glory  of  the  God  of  Israel  came  from  the  way 
of  the  east ;  and  his  voice  was  like  a  noise  of  many  waters :  and  the 
earth  shined  with  his  glory  ; 

3  And  it  was  according  to  the  appearance  of  the  vision  which  I 
saw,  even  according  to  the  vision  that  I  saw  when  I  came  to  destroy 
the  city  :  and  the  visions  were  like  the  vision  that  I  saw  by  the  river 
Chebar ;  and  I  fell  upon  my  face. 

4  And  the  glory  of  the  Loud  came  into  the  hou^e,  by  the  way  of 
the  gate  whose  prospect  is  toward  the  east. 

5  So  the  Spirit  took  me  up,  and  brought  me  into  the  inner  court; 
and,  behold,  the  glory  of  the  Lord  filled  the  house. 

6  And  I  heard  him  speaking  unto  me  out  of  the  house  ;  and  the 
man  stood  by  me. 

7  IT  And  he  said  unto  me.  Son  of  man,  the  place  of  my  throne,  and 
tlje  place  of  the  soles  of  iHy  feet,  where  I  will  dwell  in  the  midst  of 
the  chddren  of  Israel  for  ever,  and  my  holy  name  shall  the  house  of 
Israel  no  more  defile,  neither  they,  nor  their  kings,  by  their  whore- 
dom, nor  by  the  carcasses  of  their  kings  in  their  high  places. 

8  In  their  setting  of  their  threshold  by  my  thresholds,  and  their 
post  by  my  posts,  and  the  v/all  between  me  and  them,  they  have 
even  defiled  my  holy  name  by  their  abominations  that  they  have 
committed  :  wherefore  I  have  consumed  them  in  mine  anger. 

9  Now  let  them  put  away  their  whoredom,  and  the  carcas=?es  of 
their  kings  far  from  me,  and  I  will  dwell  in  the  midst  of  them  for 
ever. 


380  Ezehiel 

10  IT  Thou  son  of  man,  shew  the  house  to  the  house  of  Israel,  that 
they  may  be  ashamed  of  their  iniquities :  and  let  them  measure  the 
pattern. 

11  And  if  they  be  ashamed  of  all  that  they  have  done,  shew  them 
the  form  of  the  house,  and  the  fashion  thereof,  and  the  goings  out 
thereof,  and  the  comings  in  thereof,  and  all  the  forms  thereof,  and  all 
the  ordinances  thereof,  and  all  the  forms  thereof,  and  all  the  laws 
thereof,  and  write  it  in  their  sight,  that  they  may  keep  the  whole 
form  thereof,  and  all  the  ordinances  thereof,  and  do  them. 

12  This  is  the  law  of  the  house  ;  Upon  the  top  of  the  mountain, 
the  whole  limit  thereof  round  about  shall  be  most  holy.  Behold  this 
is  the  law  of  the  house. 

13  And  these  are  the  measures  of  the  altar  after  the  cubits.  The 
cubit  is  a  cubit  and  an  hand  breadth  ;  even  the  bottom  shall  he  a 
cubit,  and  the  breadth  a  cubit,  and  the  border  thereof  by  the  edge 
thereof  round  about  shall  be  a  span  :  and  this  shall  be  the  higher 
place  of  the  altar. 

14  And  from  the  bottom  upon  the  ground  even  to  the  lower  settle 
shall  be  two  cubits,  and  the  breadth  one  cubit;  and  from  the  lesser 
settle  even  to  the  greater  settle  shall  be  four  cubits,  and  the  breadth 
one  cubit. 

15  So  the  altar  shall  be  four  cubits ;  and  from  the  altar  and  upwards 
shall  be  four  horns. 

16  And  the  altar  shall  be  twelve  cubits  long,  twelve  broad,  square 
in  the  four  squares  thereof. 

17  And  the  settle  shall  be  fourteen  cubits  long  and  fourteen  broad 
in  the  four  squares  thereof:  and  the  border  about  it  s/m// &e  half  a 
cubit,  and  the  bottom  thereof  shall  be  a  cubit  about :  and  his  stairs 
shall  look  toward  the  east. 

18  ^  And  he  said  unto  me,  Son  of  man,  thus  saith  the  Lord  God, 
These  are  the  ordinances  of  the  altar,  in  the  day  when  they  shall 
make  it,  to  offer  burnt-offerings  thereon,  and  to  sprinkle  blood  there- 
on. 

19  And  thou  shalt  give  to  the  priests  the  Levites  that  be  of  the 
seed  of  Zadok,  which  approach  unto  me,  to  minister  unto  me,  saith 
the  Lord  God,  a  young  bullock  for  a  sin-offering. 

20  And  thou  shalt  take  of  the  blood  thereof,  and  put  it  on  the  four 
horns  of  it ;  and  on  the  four  corners  of  the  settle,  and  upon  the  bor- 
der round  about :  thus  shalt  thou  cleanse  and  purge  it. 

21  Tliou  shalt  take  the  bullock  also  of  the  sin-offering  :  and  he 
shall  burn  it  in  the  appointed  place  of  the  house  without  the  sanc- 
tuary. 

22  And  on  the  second  day  thou  shalt  offer  a  kid  of  the  goats  with- 
out blemish  for  a  sin-offering:  and  they  shall  cleanse  the  altar,  as  they 
did  cleanse  it  with  the  bullock. 

23  When  thou  hast  made  an  end  of  cleansing  it,  thou  shalt  offer  a 
young  bullock  without  blemish,  and  a  ram  out  of  the  flock  without 
blemish. 

24  And  thou  shalt  offer  them  before  the  Lord,  and  the  priests 
shall  cast  salt  upon  them,  and  they  shall  offer  them  up  for  a  burnt- 
offering  unto  the  Lord. 

25  Seven  days  shalt  thou  prepare  every  day  a  goat  for  a  sin-offer- 


EzekieL  381 

ing :  they  shall  also  prepare  a  young  bullock,  and  a  rain  out  of  the 
flock  without  blemish. 

26  Seven  days  shall  they  purge  the  altar  and  purify  it,  and  they 
shall  consecrate  themselves, 

27  And  when  these  days  are  expired,  it  shall  be  that  upon  the 
eighth  day  and  so  forward,  the  priests  shall  make  your  burnt-offerings 
upon  the  altar,  and  your  peace-offerings  :  and  I  will  accept  you, 
saith  the  Lord  God. 

EZEKIEL,    XLIV. 

The  prince's  gate.     The  priests  reproved  for  polluting  the  sanc- 
tuary. 

1  Then  he  brought  me  back  the  way  of  the  gate  of  the  outward 
sanctuary,  which  looketh  toward  the  east,  and  it  was  shut. 

2  Then  said  the  Lord  unto  me  ;  This  gate  shall  be  shut,  it  shall 
not  be  opened,  and  no  man  shall  enter  in  by  it:  because  the  Lord 
the  God  of  Israel  hath  entered  in  by  it,  therefore  it  shall  be  shut. 

3  It  is  for  the  prince  :  the  prince  he  shall  sit  in  it  to  eat  bread  be- 
fore the  Lord  ;  he  shall  enter  by  the  way  of  the  porch  oi  that  gate, 
and  shall  go  out  by  the  way  of  the  same. 

4  Then  brought  he  me  the  way  of  the  north  gate  before  the 
house:  and  I  looked,  and,  behold,  the  glory  of  the  Lord  filled  the 
house  of  the  Lord  :  and  I  fell  upon  my  face. 

5  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  Son  of  man,  mark  well,  and  behold 
with  thine  eyes,  and  hear  with  thine  ears  all  that  I  say  unto  thee 
concerning  all  the  ordinances  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  all  the 
laws  thereof;  and  mark  well  the  entering  in  of  the  house,  with 
every  going  forth  of  the  sanctuary. 

6  And  thou  shalt  say  to  the  rebellious,  ei'en  to  the  house  of  Israel, 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  O  ye  house  of  Israel,  let  it  suaice  you  of 
all  your  abominations, 

7  In  that  ye  have  brought  into  wiu  sancfuar^  strangers  uncircuni- 
cised  in  heart  and  uncircumcised  in  flesh,  to  be  in  my  sanctuary,  to 
pollute  it,  even  my  house,  when  ye  offer  my  bread,  (he  fat  and  the 
blood,  and  they  have  broken  my  covenant,  because  of  all  your  abom- 
inations. 

8  And  ye  have  not  kept  the  charge  of  mine  holy  things  :  but  ye 
have  set  keepers  of  my  cb.arge  in  my  sanctuary  for  yourselves. 

9  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Cod  ;  No  stranger,  uncircumrised  in 
heart,  nor  uncircumcised  in  flesh,  shall  enter  into  my  sanctuary,  of 
any  stranger  that  is  among  the  childien  of  Israel. 

10  And  the  Levites  that  arc  gone  away  far  from  me,  when  Israel 
went  astray,  which  went  astray  away  from  me  after  their  idols  ;  ihey 
shall  even  bear  their  iniquity. 

11  Yet  they  shall  be  ministers  in  my  sanctuary,  having  charge  at 
the  gates  of  the  house,  and  ministering  to  the  house-:  t'ley  shallslay 
the  burnt-offering,  and  the  sacrifice  for  the  people,  and  the}'^  shall 
stand  before  them  to  minister  unto  them. 

12  Because  they  ministered  unto  them  before  their  idols,  and 
caused  the  house  of  Israel  to  fall  into  iniquity;  therefore  have  1  lifted 
up  mine  hand  against  them,  saith  the  Lord  God,  and  they  shall  bear 
their  iniquity. 

f59 


382  Ezekiel 

13  And  they  shall  not  come  near  unto  me,  to  do  the  oflSce  of  a 
priest  unto  me,  nor  to  come  near  to  any  of  my  holy  things,  in  the 
most  holy  place  ;  but  they  shall  bear  their  shame,  and  their  abom- 
inations which  they  have  committed  : 

14  But  1  will  make  them  keepers  of  the  charge  of  the  house,  for 
all  the  service  thereof,  and  for  all  that  shall  be  done  therein. 

15  II  But  the  priests  the  Levites,  the  sons  of  Zadok,  that  kept  the 
charge  of  my  sanctuary  when  the  children  of  Israel  went  astray 
from  me,  they  shall  come  near  to  me  to  minister  unto  me,  and  they 
shall  stand  before  me  to  offer  unto  me  the  fat  and  the  blood,  saith  the 
Lord  God  : 

16  They  shall  enter  into  my  sanctuary,  and  they  shall  come  near 
to  my  table  to  minister  unto  me,  and  they  shall  keep  ray  charge. 

17  IT  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that,  when  they  enter  in  at  the 
gates  of  the  inner  court,  they  shall  be  clothed  with  linen  garments  ; 
and  no  wool  shall  come  upon  them  whiles  they  minister  in  the  gates 
of  the  inner  court,  and  within. 

18  They  shall  have  linen  bonnets  upon  their  heads,  and  shall  have 
linen  breeches  upon  their  loins  ;  they  shall  not  gird  themselves  with 
any  thing  that  causeth  sweat. 

19  And  when  they  go  forth  into  the  outer  court,  even  into  the 
outer  court  to  the  people,  they  shall  put  off  their  garments  wherein 
they  ministered,  and  lay  them  in  the  holy  chambers,  and  they  shall 
put  on  other  garments  ;  and  they  shall  not  sanctify  the  people  with 
their  garments. 

20  Neither  shall  they  shave  their  heads,  nor  suffer  their  locks  to 
grow  long  ;  they  shall  only  poll  their  heads. 

21  Neither  shall  any  priest  drink  wine  when  they  enter  into  the 
inner  court. 

22  Neither  shall  they  take  for  their  wives  a  widow,  nor  her  that 
is  put  away :  but  they  shall  take  maidens  of  the  seed  of  the  house  of 
Israel,  or  a  widow  that  had  a  priest  before, 

23  And  they  shall  teach  my  people  the  difference  between  the 
holy  and  profane,  and  cause  them  to  discern  between  the  unclean 
and  the  clean. 

24  And  in  controversy  they  shall  stand  in  judgment ;  and  they 
shall  judge  it  according  to  my  judgment?  :  and  they  shall  keep  my 
laws  and  my  statutes  in  all  mine  assemblies  ;  and  they  shall  hallow 
my  sabbaths. 

25  And  they  shall  come  at  no  dead  person  to  defile  themselves  : 
but  for  father,  or  for  mother,  or  for  son,  or  for  daughter,  for  brother, 
or  for  sister  that  hath  had  no  husband,  they  may  defile  themselves. 

26  And  after  he  is  cleansed,  they  shall  reckon  unto  him  seven 
days. 

27  And  in  the  day  that  he  goeth  into  the  sanctuary,  unto  the  inner 
court,  to  minister  in  the  sanctuary,  he  shall  offer  his  sin-offering,  saith 
the  Lord  God. 

28  And  it  shall  be  unto  them  for  an  inheritance  :  I  am  their  inher- 
itance :  and  ye  shall  give  them  no  possession  in  Israel :  I  am  their 
possession. 

29  They  shall  eat  the  meat-offering,  and  the  sin-offering,  and  the 
trespass-offering  ;  and  every  dedicated  thing  in  Israel  shall  be  their's. 

30  And  the  first  of  all  the  first  fruits  of  all  things,  and  every  obla- 


Ezekiel.  383 

tion  of  all,  of  every  sort  of  your  oblations  shall  be  the  priests  :  ye 
shall  also  give  unto  the  priest  the  first  of  your  dough,  that  he  may 
cause  the  blessing  to  rest  in  thine  house. 

31  The  priests  shall  not  eat  of  any  thing  that  is  dead  of  itself,  or 
torn,  whether  it  be  fowl  or  beast. 

EZEKIEL,  XLV. 

The  portion  of  land  for  the  sanctuary,  for  the  city,  and  for  the 
prince. 

1  Moreover,  when  ye  shall  divide  by  lot  the  land  for  inheritance, 
ye  shall  offer  an  oblation  unto  the  Lord,  an  holy  portion  of  the  land : 
the  length  shall  he  the  length  of  five  and  twenty  thousand  reeds,  and 
the  breadth  shall  be  ten  thousand.  This  shall  he  holy  in  all  the  bor- 
ders thereof  round  about. 

2  Of  this  there  shall  be  for  the  sanctuary  five  hundred  in  length, 
with  five  hundred  in  hreadth,  square  round  about;  and  fifty  cubits 
round  about  for  the  suburbs  thereof. 

3  And  of  this  measure  shalt  thou  measure  the  length  of  five  and 
twenty  thousand,  and  the  breadth  of  ten  thousand :  and  in  it  shall  be 
the  sanctuary  and  the  most  holy  place. 

4  The  holy  portion  of  the  land  shall  be  for  the  priests  the  minis- 
ters of  the  sanctuary,  which  shall  come  near  to  minister  unto  the 
Lord  ;  and  it  shall  be  a  place  for  their  houses,  and  an  holy  place  for 
the  sanctuary. 

5  And  the  five  and  twenty  thousand  of  length,  and  the  ten  thou- 
sand of  breadth,  shall  also  the  Levites,  the  ministers  of  the  house, 
have  for  themselves,  for  a  possession  for  twenty  chambers. 

6  U  And  ye  shall  appoint  the  possession  of  the  city  five  thousand 
broad,  and  five  and  twenty  thousand  long,  over  against  the  oblation 
of  the  holy  portion  :  it  shall  be  for  the  whole  house  of  Israel. 

7  ^  And  a  portion  shall  he  for  the  prince  on  the  one  side  and  on 
the  other  side  of  the  oblation  of  the  holy  portion,  and  of  the  pos- 
session of  the  city,  before  the  oblation  of  the  holy  portion,  and  be- 
fore the  possession  of  the  city,  from  the  west  side  westward,  and 
from  the  east  side  eastward  ;  and  the  length  shall  he  over  against  one 
of  the  portions,  from  the  west  border  unto  the  east  border. 

8  In  the  land  shall  be  his  possession  in  Israel :  and  my  princes 
shall  no  more  oppress  my  people  ;  and  the  rest  of  the  land  shall 
they  give  to  the  house  of  Israel  according  to  their  tribes, 

9  H  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Let  it  suffice  you,  O  princes  of 
Israel:  remove  violence  and  spoil,  and  execute  judgment  and  justice, 
take  away  your  exactions  from  my  people,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

10  Ye  shall  have  just  balances,  and  a  just  ephah,  and  a  just  bath. 

11  The  ephah  and  the  bath  shall  be  of  one  measure,  that  the  bath 
may  contain  the  tenth  part  of  an  homer,  and  the  ephah  the  tenth 
part  of  an  homer  :  the  measure  thereof  shall  be  after  the  homer. 

12  And  the  shekel  shall  he  twenty  gerahs  ;  twenty  shekels,  five 
and  twenty  shekels,  fifteen  shekels,  shall  be  your  maneh. 

13  This  is  the  oblation  that  ye  shall  offer:  the  sixth  part  of  an 
ephah  of  an  homer  of  wheat,  and  ye  shall  give  the  sixth  part  of  an 
ephah  of  an  homer  of  barley. 

14  Concerning  the  ordinance  of  oil,  the  bath  of  oil,  ye  shall  offer 


384  Ezehitl. 

the  tenth  part  of  a  bath  out  of  the   cor,  which  is  an  homer  of  ten 
baths  ;  for  ten  batlis  are  an  homer  : 

15  And  one  lamb  out  of  the  flock,  out  of  two  hundred,  out  of  the 
fat  pastures  of  Israel,  for  a  meat-offering,  and  for  a  burnt-offering,  for 
peace-offerings,  to  make  reconciliation  for  them,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

16  All  the  people  of  the  land  shall  give  this  oblation  for  the  prince 
in  Israel. 

17  And  it  shall  be  the  prince's  part  to  give  burnt-offerings,  and 
meat-offerings,  and  drink-offerings,  in  the  feasts,  and  in  the  new 
moons,  and  in  (he  sabbaths,  in  all  solemnities  of  the  house  of  Israel  : 
he  shall  prepare  the  sin-offering,  and  the  meat-offering,  and  the 
burnt-offering,  and  the  peace-offerings,  to  make  reconciliation  for  the 
house  of  Israel. 

18  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Gon  ;  In  the  first  month,  in  the  first  day 
of  the  month,  thou  shalt  take  a  young  bullock  without  blemish,  and 
cleanse  the  sanctuary : 

19  And  the  priest  shall  take  of  the  blood  of  the  sin-offering,  and 
put  it  upon  the  posts  of  the  house,  and  upon  the  four  corners  of  the 
settle  of  the  altar,  and  upon  the  posts  of  the  gate  of  the  inner  court. 

20  And  so  thou  shalt  do  the  seventh  day  of  the  month  for  every 
one  that  erreth,  and  for  him  that  is  simple  :  so  shall  ye  reconcile  the 
house. 

21  In  the  first  month,  in  the  fourteenth  day  of  the  month,  ye  shall 
have  the  passover,  a  feast  of  seven  days  ;  unleavened  bread  shall  be 
eaten. 

22  And  upon  that  day  shall  the  prince  prepare  for  himself  and  for 
all  the  people  of  the  land  a  bullock  /or  a  sin-offering. 

23  And  seven  days  of  the  feast  he  shall  prepare  a  burnt-offering  to 
the  Lord,  seven  bullocks  and  seven  rams  without  blemish  daily  the 
seven  days  :  and  a  kid  of  the  goats  daily  for  a  sin-offering. 

24  And  he  shall  prepare  a  meat-offering  of  an  ephah  for  a  bullock, 
and  an  ephah  for  a  ram,  and  an  bin  of  oil  for  an  ephah. 

25  In  the  seventh  month,  in  the  fifteenth  day  of  the  month,  shall 
he  do  the  like  in  the  feast  of  the  seven  days,  according  to  the  sin- 
offering,  according  to  the  burnt- 
offering,  and  according  to  the  oil. 

EZEKIEL,    XLVI. 

Ordinances  for  the  prince  in  his  worship,  and  for  the  people. 

1  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  the  gate  of  the  inner  court  that 
looketh  toward  the  east  shall  be  shut  the  six  working  days  ;  but  on 
the  sabbath  it  shall  be  opened,  and  in  the  day  of  the  new"  moon  it 
shall  be  opened. 

2  And  the  prince  shall  enter  by  the  way  of  the  porch  of  that  gate 
W'ithout,  and  shall  stand  by  the  post  of  the  gate,  and  the  priest  shall 
prepare  his  burnt-offering,  and  his  peace-offerings,  and  he  shall  wor- 
ship at  the  threshold  of  the  gate  :  then  he  shall  go  forth  ;  but  the 
gate  shall  not  be  shut  until  the  evening. 

3  Likewise  the  people  of  the  land  shall  worship  at  the  door  of  this 
gate  before  the  Lord  in  the  sabbaths  and  in  the  new  moons. 

4  And  the  burnt-offering  that  the  prince  shall  offer  unto  the  Lor.r 


Ezckiel.  385 

in  the  sabbath  day  shall  be  six  lambs  without  blemish,  and  a  ram 
without  blemish. 

5  And  the  meat-offering  shall  be  an  ephah  for  a  ram,  and  the  meat- 
ofFering  for  the  lambs  as  he  shall  be  able  to  give,  and  an  bin  of  oil  to 
an  ephah. 

6  And  in  the  day  of  the  new  moon  it  shall  be  a  young  bullock 
without  blemish,  and  six  lambs,  and  a  ram :  they  shall  be  without 
blemish, 

7  And  he  shall  prepare  a  meat-offering,  an  ephah  for  a  bullock, 
and  an  ephah  for  a  ram,  and  for  the  lambs  according  as  his  hand 
shall  attain  unto,  and  an  hin  of  oil  to  an  ephah. 

8  And  when  the  prince  shall  enter,  he  shall  go  in  by  the  way  of 
the  porch  of  that  gate,  and  he  shall  go  forth  by  the  way  thereof. 

9  II  But  when  the  people  of  the  land  shall  come  before  the  Lord 
in  the  solemn  feasts,  he  that  entereth  in  by  the  way  of  the  north 
gate  to  worship  shall  go  out  by  the  way  of  the  south  gate ;  and  he 
that  entereth  by  the  w^ay  of  the  south  gate  shall  go  forth  by  the  way 
of  the  north  gate  :  he  shall  not  return  by  the  way  of  the  gate  where- 
by he  came  in,  but  shall  go  forth  over  against  it. 

10  And  the  prince  in  the  midst  of  them,  when  they  go  in,  shall  go 
in  ;  and  when  they  go  forth,  shall  go  forth. 

11  And  in  the  feasts  and  in  the  solemnities  the  meat-offering  shall 
be  an  ephah  to  a  bullock,  and  an  ephah  to  a  ram,  and  to  the  lambs  as 
he  is  able  to  give,  and  an  hin  of  oil  to  an  ephah. 

12  Now  when  the  prince  shall  prepare  a  voluntary  burnt-offering 
or  peace-offerings  voluntarily  unto  the  Lord,  one  shall  then  open 
him  the  gate  that  looketh  toward  the  east,  and  he  shall  prepare  his 
tuirnt-offering  and  his  peace-offerings,  as  he  did  on  the  sabbath  day : 
then  he  shall  go  forth;  and  after  his  going  forth,  one  shall  shut  the 
gate. 

13  Thou  shalt  daily  prepare  a  burnt-offering  unto  the  Lord  of  a 
lamb  of  the  first  year  without  blemish  :  thou  shalt  prepare  it  every 
morning. 

14  And  thou  shalt  prepare  a  meat-offering  for  it  every  morning, 
the  sixth  part  of  an  ephah,  and  the  third  part  of  an  hin  of  oil,  to  tem- 
per with  the  fine  flour  ;  a  meat-offering  continually,  by  a  perpetual 
ordinance  unto  the  Lord. 

15  Thus  shall  they  prepare  the  Iamb,  and  the  meat-offering,  and 
the  oil,  every  movn'mg,  for  a  continual  buint-offering. 

16  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  If  the  prince  give  a  gift  unto  any 
of  his  sons,  the  inheritance  thereof  shall  be  his  sons',  it  shall  be  their 
possession  by  inbeiitance. 

17  But  if  he  give  a  gift  of  his  inheritance  to  one  of  his  servants, 
then  it  shall  be  his  to  the  year  of  liberty  ;  after  it  shall  return  to  the 
prince :  but  his  inheritance  shall  be  his  sons'  for  them. 

18  Moreover,  the  prince  shall  not  t^^ke  of  the  people's  inheritance 
by  oppression,  to  t\rust  them  out  Oi  their  possession;  but  he  shall 
give  his  sons'  inheritance  out  of  his  own  possession  :  that  my  people 
be  not  scattered  every  man  from  his  possession. 

19  II  After  he  brought  me  through  the  entry,  which  ^vas  at  the 
side  of  the  gate,  intoVne  holy  chambers  of  the  priests,  which  looked 
toward  the  north  ;  and,  behold,  there  ivas  a  place  on  lbs  two  sides 
westward. 

32=^ 


386  Ezekiel 

20  Then  said  he  unto  nie,  This  is  the  place  where  the  priests  shall 
boil  the  tiespass-otfering  and  the  sin-offering,  where  they  shall  bake 
the  me  at- offering ;  that  they  bear  them  not  out  into  the  outer  court, 
to  sanctify  the  people. 

21  Then  he  brought  me  forth  into  the  outer  court,  and  caused  me 
to  pass  by  the  four  corners  of  the  court ;  and,  behold,  in  every  corner 
of  the  court  there  was  a  court. 

22  In  the  four  corners  of  the  court  there  loere  courts  joined  of 
forty  cubits  long,  and  thirty  broad :  these  four  corners  were  of  one 
measure. 

23  And  there  was  a  row  of  building  round  about  in  them,  round 
about  them  four,  and  it  was  made  with  boiling-places  under  the  rows 
round  about. 

24  Then  said  he  unto  me.  These  are  the  places  of  them  that  boil, 
where  the  minislcrs  of  the  house  shall  boil  the  sacrifice  of  the 
people. 

EZEKIEL,    XLVII. 

The  vision  of  the  holy  waters:  the  virtue  of  them.     The  borders 
of  the  land. 

1  Afterward  he  brought  me  again  unto  the  door  of  the  house  ;  and, 
behold,  waters  issued  out  from  under  the  threshold  of  the  house  east- 
ward :  for  the  fore-front  of  the  house  stood  toward  the  east,  and  the 
waters  came  down  from  under,  from  the  right  side  of  the  house,  at 
the  south  side  of  the  altar. 

2  Then  brought  he  me  out  of  the  way  of  the  gate  northward,  and 
led  me  about  the  way  without  unto  the  outer  gate  by  the  way  that 
looketh  eastward ;  and,  behold,  there  ran  out  waters  on  the  rigfft 
side. 

3  And  when  the  man  that  had  the  line  in  his  hand  went  forth  east- 
ward, he  measured  a  thousand  cubits,  and  he  brought  me  through 
the  waters  ;  the  waters  ivere  to  the  ancles. 

4  Again  he  measured  a  thousand,  and  brought  me  through  the 
waters ;  the  waters  were  to  the  knees.  Again  he  measured  a  thou- 
sand, and  brought  me  through  ;  the  waters  were  to  the  loins. 

5  Afterward  he  measured  a  thousand  ;  and  it  was  a  river  that  I 
could  not  pass  over ;  for  the  waters  were  risen,  waters  to  swim  in,  a 
river  that  could  not  be  passed  over. 

6  ^  And  he  said  unto  me,  Son  of  man,  hast  thou  seen  this!  Then 
he  brought  me,  and  caused  me  to  return  to  the  brink  of  the  river. 

7  Now,  when  I  had  returned,  behold,  at  the  bank  of  the  river 
were  very  many  trees  on  the  one  side  and  on  the  other. 

8  Then  said  he  unto  me.  These  waters  issue  out  toward  the  east 
country,  and  go  down  into  the  desert,  and  go  into  the  sea;  which 
being  brought  forth  into  the  sea,  the  waters  shall  be  healed. 

9  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  every  thing  that  liveth,  which 
moveth,  whithersoever  the  rivers  shall  come,  shall  live ;  and  there 
shall  be  a  very  great  multitude  of  fish,  because  these  waters  shall 
come  thither  :  for  they  shall  be  healed  ;  and  every  thing  shall  live 
whither  the  river  cometh. 

10  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  the  fishers  shall  stand  upon  it, 
from  En-gedi  even  unto  En-eglaim  ;  they  shall  be  di  place  to  spread 


I 


Ezehiel  387 

forth  nets :  their  fish  shall  be  according  to  their  kinds,  as  the  fish  of 
the  great  sea,  exceeding  many. 

11  But  the  miry  places  thereof,  and  the  marshes  thereof,  shall  not 
be  healed  ;  they  shall  be  given  to  salt. 

12  And  by  the  river,  upon  the  bank  thereof,  on  this  side  and  on 
that  side,  shall  grow  all  trees  for  meat,  whose  leaf  shall  not  fade, 
neither  shall  the  fruit  thereof  be  consumed  :  it  shall  bring  forth  new 
fruit  according  to  his  months,  because  their  waters  they  issued  out  of 
the  sanctuary ;  and  the  fruit  thereof  shall  be  for  meat,  and  the  leaf 
thereof  for  medicine. 

13  II  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  This  shall  he  the  border  whereby 
ye  shall  inherit  the  land,  according  to  the  twelve  tribes  of  Israel : 
Joseph  shall  have  two  portions. 

14  And  ye  shall  inherit  it,  one  as  well  as  another  ;  concerning  the 
which  I  lifted  up  mine  hand  to  give  it  unto  your  fathers  :  and  this 
land  shall  fall  unto  you  for  inheritance. 

15  And  this  shall  be  the  border  of  the  land  toward  the  north  side, 
from  the  great  sea,  the  way  of  Hethlon,  as  men  go  to  Zedad  ; 

16  Hamath,  Berothah,  Sibraim,  which  is  between  the  border  of 
Damascus  and  the  border  of  Hamath  ;  Hazar-hatticon,  which  is  by 
the  coast  of  Hauran. 

17  And  the  border  from  the  sea  shall  be  Hazar-enan,  the  border  of 
Damascus,  and  the  north  northward,  and  the  border  of  Hamath.  And 
this  is  the  north  side. 

18  And  the  east  side  ye  shall  measure  from  Hauran,  and  from 
Damascus,  and  from  Gilead,  and  from  the  land  of  Israel  by  Jordan, 
from  the  border  unto  the  east  sea.     And  this  is  the  east  side. 

19  And  the  south  side  southward,  from  Tainar  evoi  to  the  waters 
of  strife  in  Kadesh,  the  river  to  the  great  sea.  And  this  is  the  south 
side  southward. 

20  The  west  side  also  shall  be  the  great  sea  from  the  border,  till  a 
man  come  over  against  Hamath.     This  is  the  west  side. 

21  So  shall  ye  divide  this  land  unto  you  according  to  the  tribes  of 
Israel. 

22  M  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  ye  shall  divide  it  by  lot  for  an 
inheritance  unto  you,  and  to  the  strangers  that  sojourn  among  you, 
which  shall  beget  children  among  you  :  and  they  shall  be  unto  you 
as  born  in  the  country  among  the  children  of  Israel  :  they  shall  have 
inheritance  with  you  among  the  tribes  of  Israel. 

23  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  in  what  tribe  the  stranger 
sojourneth,  there  shall  ye  give  hitn  his  inheritance,  saith  the  Lord 
God. 


EZEKIEL,   XLVIII. 

The  2')ortions  of  the  twelve  tribes,  of  the  sanctuary,  Sfc. 

1  Now  these  are  the  names  of  the  tribes.  From  the  north  end  to 
the  coast  of  the  way  of  Hethlon,  as  one  goeth  to  Hamath,  Hazar- 
enan,  the  border  of  Damascus  northward,  to  the  coast  of  Hamath; 
for  these  are  his  sides  east  and  west,  a  portion  for  Dan. 

2  And  by  the  border  of  Dan,  from  the  east  side  unto  the  west  side, 
^portion  for  Asher. 


388  Ezckiel 

3  And  by  the  border  of  Asher,  from  the  east  side  even  unto  the 
west  side,  ^  portion  for  Naphtali. 

4  And  by  the  border  of  Naphtali,  from  the  east  side  unto  the  west 
side,  a  portion  for  Manasseh. 

5  And  by  the  border  of  Manasseh,  from  the  east  side  unto  the  west 
side,  a  portion  for  Ephraiin. 

6  And  by  the  border  of  Ephraim,  from  the  east  side  even  unto  the 
west  side,  ?i  portion  for  Reuben. 

7  And  by  the  border  of  Reuben,  from  the  east  side  even  unto  the 
west  side,  ^portion for  Judah. 

8  IT  And  by  the  border  of  Judah,  from  the  east  side  unto  the  west 
side,  shall  be  the  offering  which  ye  shall  offer  of  five  and  twenty 
thousand  reeds  in  breadth,  and  in  length  as  one  of  the  other  parts, 
from  the  east  side  unto  the  west  side  :  and  the  sanctuary  shall  be  in 
the  midst  of  it. 

9  The  oblation  that  ye  shall  offer  unto  the  Lord  shall  be  of  five 
and  twenty  thousand  in  length,  and  often  thousand  in  breadth. 

10  And  for  them,  eveii  for  the  priests,  shall  be  this  holy  oblation; 
toward -ths  north  five  and  twenty  thousand  fn  length,  and  toward  the 
west  ten  thousand  in  breadth,  and  toward  the  east  ten  thousand  in 
breadth,  and  toward  the  south  five  and  twenty  tbousand  in  length  : 
and  the  sanctuary  of  the  Lord  shall  be  in  the  midst  thereof. 

11//  shall  be  for  the  priests  that  are  sanctified  of  the  sons  of  Zadok ; 
which  have  kept  my  charge,  which  went  not  astray,  when  the 
children  of  Israel  went  astray,  as  the  Levites  went  astray. 

12  And  this  oblation  of  the  land  that  is  offered  shall  be  unto  them 
a  thing  most  holy  by  the  border  of  the  Levites. 

13  And  over  against  the  border  of  the  priests  the  Levites  shall  have 
five  and  twenty  thousand  in  length,  and  ten  thousand  in  breadth  :  all 
the  length  shall  be  five  and  twenty  thousand,  and  the  breadth  ten 
thousand. 

14  And  they  shall  not  sell  of  it,  neither  exchange,  nor  alienate  the 
first  friiits  of  the  land:  for  it  is  holy  unto  the  Lord. 

15  And  the  five  thousand  that  are  left  in  the  breadth  over  against 
the  five  and  twenty  thousand,  shall  be  a  profane  place  for  the  city  : 
for  dwelling,'  and  lor  suburbs  :  and  the  city  shall  be  in  the  midst 
thereof. 

16  And  these  shall  be  the  measures  thereof;  the  north  side  four 
thousand  and  five  hundred,  and  the  south  side  four  thousand  and  five 
hundred,  and  on  the  east  side  four  thousand  and  five  hundred,  and  the 
west  side  four  thousand  and  five  hundred. 

17  And  the  suburbs  of  the  city  shall  be  toward  the  north  two 
hundred  and  fifty,  and  toward  the  south  two  hundred  and  fifty,  and 
toward  the  east  two  hundred  and  fifty,  and  toward  the  west  two 
hundred  and  fifty. 

18  And  the  residue  in  length,  over  against  the  oblation  of  the  holy 
portion,  shall  be  ten  thousand  eastward,  and  ten  thousand  westward  : 
and  it  shall  be  over  against  the  oblation  of  the  ho]y  portion  ;  and  the 
increase  thereof  shall  be  for  food  unto  them  that  serve  the  city. 

19  And  they  that  serve  the  city  shall  serve  it  out  ot  all  the  tribes 
of  Israel. 

20  All  the  oblation  shall  be  fiv^e  and  twenty  thousand  by  five  and 


I 


Ezekiel  389 

twenty  thousand :    ye  shall  offer  the  holy  oblation  four-square,  with 
the  possession  of  the  city. 

21  IT  And  the  residue  shall  he  for  the  prince,  on  the  one  side  and 
on  the  other  of  the  holy  oblation,  and  of  the  possession  of  the  city, 
over  against  the  five  and  twenty  thousand  of  the  oblation  toward  the 
east  border,  and  westward  over  against  the  five  and  twenty  thousand 
toward  the  west  border,  over  against  the  portions  for  the  prince  :  and 
it  shall  be  the  holy  oblation  ;  and  the  sanctuary  of  the  house  shall  he 
in  the  midst  thereof. 

22  Moreover,  from  the  possession  of  the  Levites,  and  from  the  pos- 
session of  the  city,  being  in  the  midst  of  that  which  is  the  prince's, 
between  the  border  of  Judah  and  the  border  of  Benjamin,  shall  be  for 
the  prince. 

23  As  for  the  rest  of  the  tribes  from  the  east  side  unto  the  west 
side,  Benjamin  shall  have  2i  portion. 

24  And  by  the  border  of  Benjamin,  from  the  east  side  unto  the  west 
side,  Simeon  shall  have  a  portion. 

25  And  by  the  border  of  Simeon,  from  the  east  side  unto  the  west 
side,  Issachar  a.  jyortion. 

26  And  by  the  border  of  Issachar,  from  the  east  side  unto  the  west 
side,  Zebulun  a  portion. 

27  And  by  the  border  of  Zebulun,  from  the  east  side  unto  the  west 
side,  Gad  a.  portion. 

28  And  by  the  border  of  Gad,  at  the  south  side  southward,  the  bor- 
der shall  be  even  from  Tamar  ujito  the  waters  of  strife  in  Kadesh, 
and  to  the  river  toward  the  great  sea. 

29  This  is  the  land  which  ye  shall  divide  by  lot  unto  the  tribes  of 
Israel  for  inheritance,  and  these  are  their  portions,  saith  the  Lord 
God. 

30  And  these  are  the  goings  out  of  the  city  on  the  north  side,  four 
thousand  and  five  hundred  measures. 

31  And  the  gates  of  the  city  shall  be  after  the  names  of  the  tribes 
of  Israel :  three  gates  northward  ;  one  gate  of  Reuben,  one  gate  of 
Judah,  one  gate  of  Levi. 

32  And  at  the  east  side  four  thousand  and  five  hundred  :  and  three 
gates;  one  gate  of  Joseph,  one  gate  of  Benjamin,  one  gate  of  Dan. 

33  And  at  the  south  side  four  thousand  and  five  hundred  measures  : 
and  three  gates  ;  one  gate  of  Simeon,  one  gate  of  Issachar,  one  gate 
of  Zebulun. 

34  At  the  west  side  four  thousand  and  five  hundred,  with  their 
three  gates  ;  one  gate  of  Gad,  one  gate  of  Asher,  one  gate  of  Naphtali. 

3.5  /<  u'os  round  about  eighteen  thousand  ?7ieasM?-es  ;  and  the  name 
of  the  city  from  that  day  shall  be,  The  Lord  is  there. 

EZEKIEL,    XXIX.  B.  C.  572. 

17  TI  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  seven  and  twentieth  year,  in  the 
first  month,  in  the  first  dayoi  the  month,  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
unto  me,  saying, 

18  Son  of  man,  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon  caused  his  army 
to  serve  a  great  service  against  Tyrus  :  every  head  was  made  bald, 
and  every  shoulder  ivas  peeled  ;  yet  had  he  no  wages,  nor  his  army, 
for  TyruS;  for  the  service  that  he  had  served  against  it ; 


390  Ezekiel. 

19  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Behold,  I  will  give  the  land 
of  Egypt  unto  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon ;  and  he  shall  take 
her  multitude,  and  take  her  spoil,  and  take  her  prey ;  and  it  shall  be 
the  wages  for  his  arm5\ 

20  I  have  given  him  the  land  of  Egypt /or  his  labor  wherewith  he 
served  against  it,  because  they  wrought  for  me,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

21  H  In  that  day  will  I  cause  the  horn  of  the  house  of  Israel  to  bud 
forth,  and  I  will  give  thee  the  opening  of  the  mouth  in  the  midst  of 
them  ;  and  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 

EZEKIEL,    XXX. 

The  desolation  of  Egypt,  and  her  helpers.     The  arm  of  Babylon 
shall  be  strengthened  to  break  the  arm  of  Egypt. 

1  The  word  of  the  Lord  came  again  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  prophesy  and  say,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  Howl 
ye.  Woe  worth  the  day ! 

3  For  the  day  is  near,  even  the  day  of  the  Lord  is  near,  a  cloudy 
day  ;  it  shall  be  the  time  of  the  heathen. 

4  And  the  sword  shall  come  upon  Egypt,  and  great  pain  shall  be 
in  Ethiopia,  when  the  slain  shall  fall  in  Egypt,  and  they  shall  take 
away  her  multitude,  and  her  foundations  shall  be  broken  down. 

5  Ethiopia,  and  Libya,  and  Lj^dia,  and  all  the  mingled  people,  and 
Chub,  and  the  men  of  the  land  that  is  in  league,  shall  fall  with  them 
by  the  sword. 

6  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  They  also  that  uphold  Egypt  shall  fall ; 
and  the  pride  of  her  power  shall  come  down :  from  the  tower  of 
Syene  shall  they  fall  in  it  by  the  sword,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

7  And  they  shall  be  desolate  in  the  midst  of  the  countries  that  are 
desolate,  and  her  cities  shall  be  in  the  midst  of  the  cities  that  are 
wasted. 

8  And  they  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord,  when  I  have  set  a 
fire  in  Egypt,  and  when  all  her  helpers  shall  be  destroyed. 

9  In  that  day  shall  messengers  go  forth  from  me  in  ships,  to  make 
the  careless  Ethiopians  afraid,  and  great  pain  shall  come  upon  them, 
as  in  the  day  of  Egypt :  for,  lo,  it  conieth. 

10  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  I  will  also  make  the  multitude  of 
Egypt  to  cease  by  the  hand  of  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon. 

11  He  and  his  people  with  him,  the  terrible  of  the  nations,  shall  be 
brought  to  destroy  the  land :  and  they  shall  draw  their  swords  against 
Egypt,  and  fill  tlie  land  with  the  slain. 

12  And  I  will  make  the  rivers  dry,  and  sell  the  land  into  the  hand 
of  the  wicked  :  and  I  will  make  the  land  waste,  and  all  that  is  therein, 
by  the  hand  of  strangers  :  I  the  Lord  have  spoken  it. 

13  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  I  will  also  destroy  the  idols,  and  I 
will  cause  their  images  to  cease  out  of  Noph  ;  and  there  shall  be  no 
more  a  prince  of  the  land  of  Egypt:  and  I  will  put  a  fear  in  the  land 
of  Egypt. 

14  And  I  will  make  Pathros  desolate,  and  will  set  fire  in  Zoan,  and 
will  execute  judgments  in  No. 

15  And  I  will  pour  my  fury  upon  Sin,  the  strength  of  Egypt ;  and 
I  will  cut  off  the  multitude  of  No. 


Ezehiel.     Daniel,  391 

16  And  I  will  set  fire  in  Egypt :  Sin  shall  have  great  pain,  and  No 
shall  be  rent  asunder,  and  Noph  shall  have  distresses  daily. 

17  The  young  men  of  Aven  and  of  Phibeseth  shall  fall  by  the 
sword  :  and  these  cities  shall  go  into  captivity. 

18  At  Tehaphnehes  also  the  day  shall  be  darkened,  when  I  shall 
break  there  the  yokes  of  Egypt :  and  the  pomp  of  her  strength  shall 
cease  in  her  :  as  for  her,  a  cloud  shall  cover  her,  and  her  daughters 
shall  go  into  captivity. 

19  Thus  will  I  execute  judgments  in  Egypt :  and  they  shall  know 
that  I  am  the  Lord. 

DANIEL,    IV.  B.  C.  570. 

JVebuchadnezzar's  dream :  Daniel  interpreteth  it :  the  story  of  the 
event. 

1  Nebuchadnezzar  the  king,  unto  all  people,  nations,  and  lan- 
guages that  dwell  in  all  the  earth ;  Peace  be  multiplied  unto  you. 

2  I  thought  it  good  to  shew  the  signs  and  wonders  that  the  high 
God  hath  wrought  toward  me. 

3  How  great  are  his  signs !  and  how  mighty  are  his  wonders  !  his 
kingdom  is  an  everlasting  kingdom,  and  his  dominion  is  from  genera- 
tion, to  generation. 

4  TT  I  Nebuchadnezzar  was  at  rest  in  mine  house,  and  flourishing 
in  my  palace  : 

5  I  saw  a  dream  which  made  me  afraid  :  and  the  thoughts  upon 
my  bed,  and  the  visions  of  my  head  troubled  me. 

6  Therefore  made  I  a  decree  to  bring  in  all  the  wise  men  of 
Babylon  before  me,  that  they  might  make  known  unto  me  the  inter- 
pretation of  the  dream. 

7  Then  came  in  the  magicians,  the  astrologers,  the  Chaldeans,  and 
the  soothsayers :  and  1  told  the  dream  before  them  ;  but  they  did 
not  make  known  unto  me  the  interpretation  thereof. 

S  Cut  at  the  last  Daniel  came  in  betbre  me,  (whose  name  loas 
Belteshazzar,  according  to  the  name  of  my  god,  and  in  whom  is  the 
spirit  of  the  holy  gods,)  and  before  him  I  told  the  dream,  sat/ing, 

9  O  Belteshazzar,  master  of  the  magicians,  because  1  know  that  the 
spirit  of  the  holy  gods  is  in  thee,  and  no  secret  troubleth  thee,  tell 
me  the  visions  of  my  dream  that  I  have  seen,  and  the  interpretation 
thereof. 

10  Thus  were  the  visions  of  mine  head  in  my  bed  :  I  saw,  and, 
behold,  a  tree  in  the  midst  of  the  earth,  and  the  height  thereof  was 
great. 

11  The  tree  grew,  and  was  strong,  and  the  height  thereof  reached 
unto  heaven,  and  the  sight  thereof  to  the  end  of  all  the  earth. 

12  The  leaves  thereof  it'ere  fair,  and  the  fruit  thereof  much,  and 
in  it  1V0S  meat  for  all  :  the  beasts  of  the  field  had  shadow  under  it, 
and  the  fowls  of  the  heaven  dwelt  in  the  boughs  thereof,  and  all  flesh 
was  fed  of  it. 

13  I  saw  in  the  visions  of  my  head  upon  my  bed,  and  behold,  a 
watcher  and  an  holy  one  came  down  from  heaven. 

14  He  cried  aloud,  and  said  thus.  Hew  down  the  tree,  and  cut  ofT 
his  branches,  shake  off  his  leaves,  and  scatter  his  fruit:  let  the  beasts 
get  away  from  under  it,  and  the  fowls  from  his  branches. 


39$J  Darnel 

15  Nevertheless,  leave  the  stump  of  his  roots  in  the  earth,  even 
with  a  band  of  iron  and  brass,  in  the  tender  grass  of  the  field  ;  and  let 
it  be  wet  with  the  dew  of  heaven,  and  let  his  portion  he  with  the 
beasts  in  the  grass  of  the  earth. 

16  Let  his  heart  be  changed  from  man's,  and  let  a  beast's  heart  be 
given  unto  him ;  and  let  seven  times  pass  over  him. 

17  This  matter  is  by  the  decree  of  the  watchers,  and  the  demand 
s  by  the  word  of  the  holy  ones  :  to  the  intent  that  the  living  maj'^  know 

that  the  Most  High  ruleth  in  the  kingdom  of  men,  and  giveth  it  to 
whomsoever  he  will,  and  setteth  up  over  it  the  basest  of  men. 

18  This  dream  I  king  Nebuchadnezzar  have  seen.  Now  thou,  O 
Belteshazzar,  declare  the  interpretation  thereof ;  forasmuch  as  all  the 
wise  men  of  my  kingdom  are  riot  able  to  make  known  unto  me  the 
interpretation  :  but  thou  art  able  ;  for  the  spirit  of  the  holy  gods  is 
in  thee, 

19  IT  Then  Daniel  (whose  name  was  Belteshazzar)  was  astonied  for 
one  hour,  and  his  thoughts  troubled  him.  The  king  spake  and  said, 
Belteshazzar,  let  not  the  dream,  or  the  interpretation  thereof,  trouble 
thee.  Belteshazzar  answered  and  said,  My  lord,  the  dieam  be  to 
them  that  hate  thee,  and  the  interpretation  thereof  to  thine  enemies. 

20  The  tree  that  thou  sawest,  which  grew,  and  was  strong,  whose 
height  reached  unto  the  heaven,  and  the  sight  thereof  to  all  the  earth  ; 

21  Whose  leaves  were  fair,  and  the  fruit  thereof  much,  and  in  it 
was  meat  for  all  ;  under  which  the  beasts  of  the  field  dwelt,  and 
upon  whose  branches  the  fowls  of  the  heaven  had  their  habitation  : 

22  It  is  thou,  O  king,  that  art  grown  and  become  strong  :  for  thy 
greatness  is  grown,  and  reacheth  unto  heaven,  and  thy  dominion  to 
the  end  of  the  earth. 

23  And  whereas  the  king  saw  a  watcher  and  an  holy  one  coming 
down  from  heaven,  and  saying.  Hew  the  tree  down,  and  destroy  it; 
yet  leave  the  stump  of  the  roots  thereof  in  the  earth,  even  with  a 
band  of  iron  and  brass  in  the  tender  grass  of  the  field  ;  and  let  it  be 
w^et  with  the  dew  of  heaven,  and  let  his  portion  he  with  the  beasts  of 
the  field,  till  seven  times  pass  over  him  ; 

24  This  is  the  interpretation,  0  king,  and  this  is  the  decree  of  the 
Most  High,  which  is  come  upon  my  lord  the  king : 

25  That  they  shall  drive  thee  from  men,  and  thy  dwelling  shall  be 
with  the  beasts  of  the  field,  and  they  shall  make  thee  to  eat  grass  as 
oxen,  and  they  shall  wet  thee  with  the  i^ew  of  heaven,  and  seven 
times  shall  pass  over  thee,  till  thou  know  that  the  Most  High  ruleth 
in  the  kingdom  of  men,  and  giveth  it  to  whomsoever  he  will. 

26  And  whereas  they  commanded  to  leave  the  stump  of  the  tree 
roots:  thy  kingdom  shall  be  sure  unto  thee,  after  that  thou  shalthave 
known  that  the  heavens  do  rule. 

27  Wherefore,  0  king,  let  my  counsel  be  acceptable  unto  thee,  and 
break  off  thy  sins  by  righteousness,  and  thine  iniquities  by  shewing 
mercy  to  the  poor;  if  it  "may  be  a  lengthening  of  thy  tranquillity. 

28'^  All  this  came  upon  the  king  Nebuchadnezzar. 

29  *  At  the  end  of  twelve  months  he  walked  in  the  palace  of  the 
kingdom  of  Babylon. 

30  The  king  spake,  and  said,  Is  not  this  great  Babylon,  that  I  have 

*  B.  C.  569. 


Daniel.     Jehoiacldn.  393 

built  for  the  house  of  the  kingdom  by  the  might  of  my  power,  and  for 
the  honor  of  my  majesty  ? 

31  While  the  word  was  in  the  king's  mouth  there  fell  a  voice  from 
heaven,  saying,  O  king  Nebuchadnezzar,  to  thee  it  is  spoken  ;  The 
kingdom  is  departed  from  thee  ; 

32  And  they  shall  drive  thee  from  men,  and  thy  dwelling  shall  be 
with  the  beasts  of  the  field :  they  shall  make  thee  to  eat  grass  as 
oxen,  and  seven  times  shall  pass  over  thee,  until  thou  know  that  the 
Most  High  ruleth  in  the  kingdom  of  men,  and  giveth  it  to  whomso- 
ever he  will. 

33  The  same  hour  was  the  thing  fulfilled  upon  Nebuchadnezzar: 
and  he  was  driven  from  men,  and  did  eat  grass  as  oxen,  and  his  body 
was  wet  with  the  dew  of  heaven,  till  his  hairs  were  grown  like 
eagle's  feathers,  and  his  nails  like  bird's  claws. 

2  KINGS,  XXV.  B.  C.  562. 

27  M  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  seven  and  thirtieth  year  of  the  cap- 
tivity of  Jehoiachin  king  of  Judah,  in  the  twelfth  month,  on  the  seven 
and  twentieth  day  of  the  month,  that  *  Evilmerodach  king  of  Babylon, 
in  the  year  that  he  began  to  reign,  did  lift  up  the  head  of  Jehoiachin 
king  of  Judah  out  of  prison  ; 

28  And  he  spake  kindly  to  him,  and  set  his  throne  above  the  throne 
of  the  kings  that  were  with  him  in  Babylon  ; 

29  And  changed  his  prison  garments:  and  he  did  eat  bread  contin- 
ually before  him  all  the  days  of  his  life. 

30  And  his  allowance  was  a  continual  allowance  given  him  of  the 
king,  a  daily  rate  for  every  day,  all  the  days  of  his  life. 

DANIEL,    IV. 

34  And  at  the  end  of  the  days  I  Nebuchadnezzar  lifted  up  mine 
eyes  unto  heaven,  and  mine  understanding  returned  unto  me,  and  I 
blessed  the  Most  High,  and  I  praised  and  honored  him  that  liveth  for 
ever,  whose  dominion  is  an  everlasting  dominion,  and  his  kingdom  is 
from  generation  to  generation  : 

35  And  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  earth  are  reputed  as  nothing:  and 
he  doeth  according  to  his  will  in  the  army  of  heaven,  and  among  the 
inhabitants  of  the  earth  :  and  none  can  stay  his  hand,  or  say  unto  him 
What  doest  thou  ?  ' 

36  At  the  same  time  my  reason  returned  unto  me  ;  and  for  the 
glory  of  my  kingdom  mine  honor  and  brightness  returned  unto  me  ; 
and  my  counsellors  and  my  lords  sought  unto  me  ;  and  I  was  estab- 
lished in  my  kingdom,  and  excellent  majesty  was  added  unto  me. 

37  Now  I  Nebuchadnezzar  praise  and  extol  and  honor  the  King  of 
heaven,  all  whose  works  are  truth,  and  his  ways  judgment :  and 
those  that  walk  in  pride  he  is  able  to  abase. 

DANIEL,  VII.  B.  C.  555. 

DanieVs  vision  of  the  four  beasts,  of  God's  kingdom  :  the  interpre- 
tation thereof. 
1  In  the  first  year  of  Belshazzar  king  of  Babylon,  Daniel  had  a 

*  This  prince  rnled  during  the  insanity  of  his  father  Nebuchadnezzar. 

t>0 


394  Daniel 

dream,  and  visions  of  his  head  upon  his  bed:    then  he  wrote  the 
dream,  and  told  the  sum  of  the  matters. 

2  Daniel  spake  and  said,  I  saw  in  my  vision  by  night,  and,  behold, 
the  four  winds  of  the  heaven  strove  upon  the  great  sea. 

3  And  four  great  beasts  came  up  from  the  sea,  diverse  one  from 
another. 

4  The  first  was  like  a  lion,  and  had  eagle's  wings  :  I  beheld  till  the 
wings  thereof  were  plucked,  and  it  was  lifted  up  from  the  earth,  and 
made  stand  upon  the  feet  as  a  man,  and  a  man's  heart  was  given  to  it. 

5  And,  behold,  another  beast,  a  second,  like  to  a  bear,  and  it  raised 
up  itself  on  one  side,  and  it  had  three  ribs  in  the  mouth  of  it  between 
the  teeth  of  it :  and  they  said  thus  unto  it.  Arise,  devour  much  flesh. 

6  After  this  I  beheld,  and,  lo,  another,  like  a  leopard,  which  had 
upon  the  back  of  it  four  wings  of  a  fowl :  the  beast  had  also  four 
heads  ;  and  dominion  was  given  to  it. 

7  After  this  I  saw  in  the  night-visions,  and,  behold,  a  fourth  beast, 
dreadful  and  terrible,  and  strong  exceedingly;  and  it  had  great  iron 
teeth  :  it  devoured  and  brake  in  pieces,  and  stamped  the  residue  with 
the  feet  of  it:  and  it  vms  diverse  from  all  the  beasts  that  were  before 
it;  and  it  had  ten  horns. 

8  I  considered  the  horns,  and,  behold,  there  came  up  among  them 
another  little  horn,  before  whom  there  were  three  of  the  first  horns 
plucked  up  by  the  roots  :  and,  behold,  in  this  horn  were  eyes  like  the 
eyes  of  man,  and  a  mouth  speaking  great  things. 

9  H  I  beheld  till  the  thrones  were  cast  down,  and  the  Ancient  of 
days  did  sit,  who?e  garment  was  white  as  snow,  and  the  hair  of  his 
head  like  the  pure  wool :  his  throne  was  like  the  fiery  flame,  and  his 
wheels  as  burning  tire. 

10  A  fiery  stream  issued  and  cam?  forth  from  before  him  :  thousand 
thousands  n)inistered  unto  him,  and  ten  thousand  times  ten  thousand 
stood  before  him  :  the  judgment  was  set,  and  the  books  were  opened. 

Ill  beheld  then,  because  of  the  voice  of  the  great  words  which 
the  horn  spake  ;  I  beheld,  even  till  ihe  beasi  was  slain,  and  his  body 
destroyed,  and  given  to  the  burning  flame. 

12  As  concerning  the  rest  of  the  beasts,  they  had  their  dominion 
taken  away  :  yet  their  lives  were  prolonged  for  a  season  and  time. 

13  1  saw  in  the  night  visions,  and,  behold,  one  like  the  son  of 
man  came  with  the  clouds  of  heaven,  and  came  to  the  Ancient  of  days, 
and  they  brought  him  near  before  liim. 

14  And  there  was  given  him  dominion,  and  glory,  and  a  kingdom, 
that  all  people,  nations,  and  languages,  should  serve  hirn  :  his  domin- 
ion is  an  everlasting  dominion,  which  shall  not  pass  awa}',  and  his 
kingdom  that  which  shall  not  be  destroyed. 

15  H  I  Daniel  was  grieved  in  my  spirit  in  the  midst  of  my  body, 
and  the  visions  of  my  head  troubled  me. 

16  I  came  near  unto  one  of  them  that  stood  by,  and  asked  him  the 
truth  of  all  this.  So  he  told  me,  and  made  me  know  the  interpreta- 
tion of  the  things. 

17  These  great  beasts,  which  are  four,  are  four  kings,  which  shall 
arise  out  of  the  earth. 

18  But  the  saints  of  the  Most  High  shall  take  the  kingdom,  and 
possess  the  kingdom  for  ever,  even  for  ever  and  ever, 

19  Then  I  would  know  the  truth  of  the  fourth  beast,  which  was 


Daniel.  395 

diverse  from  all  the  others,  exceeding  dreadful,  whose  teeth  were  of 
iron,  and  his  nails  of  brass  ;  which  devoured,  brake  in  pieces,  and 
stamped  the  residue  with  his  feet ; 

20  And  of  the  ten  horns  that  were  in  his  head,  and  of  the  other 
which  came  up,  and  before  whom  three  fell ;  even  of  that  horn  that 
had  eyes,  and  a  mouth  that  spake  very  great  things,  whose  look  was 
more  stout  than  his  fellows. 

21  I  beheld,  and  the  same  horn  made  war  with  the  saints,  and 
prevailed  against  them  ; 

22  Until  the  Ancient  of  days  came,  and  judgment  was  given  to  the 
saints  of  the  Most  High ;  and  the  time  came  that  the  saints  possessed 
the  kingdom. 

23  Thus  he  said.  The  fourth  beast  shall  be  the  fourth  kingdom  upon 
earth,  which  shall  be  diverse  from  all  kingdoms,  and  shall  devour 
the  whole  earth,  and  shall  tread  it  down,  and  break  it  in  pieces. 

24  And  the  ten  horns  out  of  this  kingdom  are  ten  kings  that  shall 
arise :  and  another  shall  rise  after  them  ;  and  he  shall  be  diverse 
from  the  first,  and  he  shall  subdue  three  kings. 

25  And  he  shall  speak  great  words  against  the  Most  High,  and 
shall  wear  out  the  saints  of  the  Most  High,  and  think  to  change  times 
and  laws  :  and  they  shall  be  given  into  his  hand,  until  a  time  and 
times  and  the  dividing  of  time. 

26  But  the  judgment  shall  sit,  and  they  shall  take  away  his  domin- 
ion, to  consume  and  to  destroy  it  unto  the  end. 

27  And  the  kingdom  and  dominion,  and  the  greatness  of  the  king- 
dom under  the  whole  heaven,  shall  be  given  to  the  people  of  the 
saints  of  the  Most  High,  whose  kin gdom'is  an  everlasting  kingdom, 
and  all  dominions  shall  serve  and  obey  him. 

28  Hitherto  is  the  end  of  the  matter.  As  for  me  Daniel,  my  cogi- 
tations much  troubled  me,  and  my  countenance  changed  in  me  :  but 
I  kept  the  matter  in  my  heart. 

DANIEL,    VIII.  B.  C.  553. 

DanieVs  vision  of  a  ram  and  he-goat.     The  two  thousand  three 
hundred  days  of  suspension  of  the  sacrifice. 

1  In  the  third  year  of  the  reign  of  king  Belshazzar  a  vision  appear- 
ed unto  me,  even  unto  me  Daniel,  after  that  which  appeared  unto  me 
at  the  first. 

2  And  I  saw  in  a  vision  ;  (and  it  came  to  pass,  when  I  saw,  that  I 
was  at  Shushan  in  the  palace,  which  is  in  the  province  of  Elam  ;) 
and  I  saw  in  a  vision,  and  I  was  by  the  river  of  Ulai. 

3  Then  I  lifted  up  mine  eyes  and  saw,  and,  behold,  there  stood 
before  the  river  a  ram  which  had  two  horns,  and  the  two  horns  were 
high  ;  but  one  was  higher  than  the  other,  and  the  higher  came  up 
last. 

4  I  saw  the  ram  pushing  westward,  and  northward  and  south- 
ward; so  that  no  beasts  might  stand  before  him,  neither  was  there 
any  that  could  deliver  out  of  his  hand  ;  but  he  did  according  to  his 
will,  and  became  great. 

5  And  as  I  was  considering,  behold,  an  he-goat  came  from  the 
west,  on  the  face  of  the  whole  earth,  and  touched  not  the  ground  ;  and 
the  goat  had  a  notable  horn  between  his  eyes. 


306  Daniel 

6  And  he  came  to  the  ram  that  had  two  horns,  which  I  had  seen 
standing  before  the  river,  and  ran  unto  him  in  the  fury  of  his  power. 

7  And  I  saw  him  come  close  unto  the  ram,  and  he  was  moved 
with  choler  against  him,  and  smote  the  ram,  and  brake  his  two  horns; 
and  there  w^s  no  power  in  the  ram  to  stand  before  him,  but  he  cast 
him  down  to  the  ground,  and  stamped  upon  him  :  and  there  was  none 
that  could  deliver  the  ram  out  of  his  hand. 

8  Therefore  the  he-goat  waxed  very  great:  and  when  he  was 
strong,  the  great  horn  was  broken  ;  and  for  it  came  up  four  notable 
ones,  toward  the  four  winds  of  heaven. 

9  And  out  of  one  of  them  came  forth  a  little  horn,  which  waxed 
exceeding  great,  toward  the  south,  and  toward  the  east,  and  toward 
the  pleasant  land. 

10  And  it  waxed  great,  even  to  the  host  of  heaven ;  and  it  cast 
down  some  of  the  host  and  of  the  stars  to  the  ground,  and  stamped 
upon  them. 

11  Yea,  he  magnified  himself  even  to  the  prince  of  the  host,  andbj'- 
him  the  daily  sacrifice  was  taken  away,  and  the  place  of  his  sanctu- 
ary was  cast  down. 

12  And  an  host  was  given  him  against  the  daily  sacrifice  by  reason 
of  transgression,  and  it  cast  down  the  truth  to  the  ground ;  and  it 
practised,  and  prospered. 

13  IT  Then  I  heard  one  saint  speaking,  and  another  saint  said  unto 
that  certain  saint  which  spake.  How  long  shall  he  the  vision  con- 
cerning the  daily  sacrifice,  and  the  transgression  of  desolation,  to  give 
both  the  sanctuary  and  the  host  to  be  trodden  under  foot .' 

14  And  he  said  unto  me,  Unto  two  thousand  and  three  hundred 
days;  then  shall  the  sanctuary  be  cleansed. 

15  IT  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  I,  even  I  Daniel,  had  seen  the 
vision,  and  sought  for  the  meaning,  then,  behold,  there  stood  before 
me  as  the  appearance  of  a  man. 

16  And  I  heard  a  man's  voice  between  the  hanks  of  Ulai,  which 
called,  and  said,  Gabriel,  make  this  man  to  understand  the  vision. 

17  So  he  came  near  where  I  stood  ;  and  when  he  came  I  was 
afraid,  and  fell  upon  my  face  :  but  he  said  unto  me.  Understand,  O 
son  of  man  ;  for  at  the  time  of  the  end  shall  he  the  vision. 

18  Now,  as  he  was  speaking  with  me,  I  was  in  a  deep  sleep  on  my 
face  toward  the  ground  :  but  he  touched  me,  and  set  me  upright. 

19  And  he  said,  Behold,  I  will  make  thee  know  what  shall  be  in 
the  last  end  of  the  indignation  :  for  at  the  time  appointed  the  end 
shall  he. 

20  The  ram  which  thou  sawest  having  two  horns  are  the  kings  of 
Media  and  Persia. 

21  And  the  rough  goat  is  the  king  of  Grecia:  and  the  great  horn 
that  is  between  his  eyes  is  the  iirst  king. 

22  Now,  that  being  broken,  whereas  four  stood  up  for  it,  four  king- 
doms shall  stand  up  out  of  the  nation,  but  not  in  his  power. 

23  And  in  the  latter  time  of  their  kingdom,  when  the  transgressors 
are  come  to  the  full,  a  king  of  lierce  countenance,  and  understanding 
dark  sentences,  shall  stand  up. 

24  And  his  power  shall  be  mighty,  but  not  by  his  own  power  :  and 
he  shall  destroy  wonderfully, and  shall  prosper,  and  practise,  and  shaU 
destroy  the  nughty  and  the  holy  people. 


Daniel  397 

25  And  through  his  policy  also  he  shall  cause  craft  to  prosper  in  his 
hand  ;  and  he  shall  magnify  himself \n  his  heart,  and  by  peace  shall 
destroy  many  :  he  shall  also  stand  up  against  the  Prince  of  princes ; 
but  he  shall  be  broken  without  hand. 

26  And  the  vision  of  the  evening  and  the  morning  which  was  told 
is  true  :  wherefore  shut  thou  up  the  vision  ;  for  it  shall  be  for  many 
days. 

27  And  I  Daniel  fainted,  and  was  sick  certain  days:  afterward  I 
rose  up,  and  did  the  king's  business  ;  and  I  was  astonished  at  tiie 
vision,  but  none  understood  it. 

DANIEL,    V.  B.  C.  538. 

Belshazzar^s  impious  feast :  a  hand-ivriting  troubleth  him  :  Daniel 
repruveth  him,  and  interpreteth  the  writing. 

1  Belshazzar  the  king  made  a  great  feast  to  a  thousand  of  his  lords, 
and  drank  wine  before  the  thousand. 

2  Belshazzar,  whiles  he  tasted  the  wine,  commanded  to  bring  the 
golden  and  silver  vessels  which  his  father  Nebuchadnezzar  had  taken 
out  of  the  temple  which  was  in  Jerusalem  ;  that  the  king  and  his 
princes,  his  wives  and  his  concubines,  might  drink  therein. 

3  Then  they  brought  the  golden  ves.-els  that  were  taken  out  of  the 
temple  of  the  house  of  God  which  was  at  Jerusalem  ;  and  the  king 
and  his  princes,  his  wives  and  his  concubines,  drank  in  them. 

4  They  drank  wine,  and  praised  the  gods  of  gold,  and  of  silver,  of 
brass,  of  iron,  of  wood,  and  of  stone, 

5  IF  In  the  same  hour  came  forth  fingers  of  a  man's  hand,  and 
wrote  over  against  the  candlestick  upon  the  plaster  of  the  wall  of  the 
king's  palace  ;  and  the  king  saw  the  part  of  the  hand  that  wrote. 

6  Then  the  king's  countenance  was  clianged,  and  his  thoughts 
troubled  him,  so  that  the  joints  of  his  loins  were  loosed,  and  his  knees 
smote  one  against  another. 

7  The  king  cried  aloud  to  bring  in  the  astrologers,  the  Chaldeans, 
and  the  soothsayers.  And  the  king  spake,  and  said  to  the  wise  men 
of  Babylon,  Whosoever  shall  read  this  writing,  and  shew  me  the 
interpretation  thereof,  shall  be  clothed  with  scarlet,  and  have  a  chain 
of  gold  about  his  neck,  and  shall  be  the  third  ruler  in  the  kingdom. 

8  Then  came  in  all  the  kinv;'.,  wise  men  :  but  they  could  not  read 
the  writing,  nor  make  known  to  the  king  the  interpretation  thereof 

9  Then  was  king  Belshazzar  greatly  troubled,  and  his  countenance 
was  changed  in  him,  and  his  lords  were  astonied. 

10  ^  JS/ow  the  queen,  by  reason  of  the  words  of  the  king  and  his 
lords,  came  into  the  banquet-house;  and  the  queen  spake  and  said, 
O  king,  live  for  ever  :  let  not  thy  thoughts  trouble  thee,  nor  let  thy 
countenance  be  changed  : 

11  There  is  a  man  in  thy  kingdom,  in  whom  is  the  spirit  of  the 
holy  gods :  and,  in  the  days  of  thy  father,  light  and  understanding, 
and  wisdom,  like  the  wisdom  of  the  god:^,  was  found  in  him  ;  whom 
the  king  Nebuchadnezzar  thy  father,  the  king,  /  say,  thy  father, 
made  master  of  the  magicians,  astrologers,  Chaldeans,  and  sooth- 
sayers ; 

12  Forasmuch  as  an  excellent  spirit,  and  knowledge,  and  under- 
standing, interpreting  of  dreams,  and  shewing  of  hard  sentences,  and 

33* 


398  Daniel 

dissolving  of  doubts,  were  found  in  the  same  Daniel,  whom  the  king 
named  Belteshazzar  :  now  let  Daniel  be  called,  and  he  will  shew  the 
interpretation. 

13  Then  was  Daniel  brought  in* before  the  king.  And  the  king 
spake  and  sai«i  unto  Daniel,  Art  thou  that  Daniel,  which  art  of  the 
children  of  the  captivity  of  Judah,  whom  the  king  my  father  brought 
out  of  Jewry  ? 

14  I  have  even  heard  of  thee,  that  the  spirit  of  the  gods  is  in  thee, 
and  that  light,  and  understanding,  and  excellent  wisdom,  is  found  in 
thee. 

15  And  now  the  wise  men,  the  astrologers,  have  been  brought  in  be- 
fore me,  that  they  should  read  this  writing,  and  make  known  unto  me 
the  interpretation  thereof:  but  they  could  not  shew  the  interpretation  of 
the  thing  : 

It)  And  1  have  heard  of  thee  that  thou  canst  make  interpretations, 
and  dissolve  doubts  :  now,  if  thou  canst  read  the  writing,  and  make 
known  to  me  the  interpretation  thereof,  thou  shalt  be  clothed  with 
scarlet,  and  have  a  chain  of  gold  about  thy  neck,  and  shalt  be  the 
third  ruler  in  tiie  kingdom. 

17  II  Then  Daniel  answered  and  said  before  the  king,  Let  thy 
gifts  be  to  thyself,  and  give  thy  rewards  to  another;  yet  I  will  read 
the  writing  unto  the  king,  and  make  known  to  him  the  interpretation. 

18  O  thou  king,  the  most  high  God  gave  Nebuchadnezzar  thy 
father  a  kingdom,  and  majesty,  and  glory,  and  honor: 

19  And,  for  the  majesty  that  he  gave  him,  all  people,  nations,  and 
languages,  trembled  and  feared  before  him  :  whom  he  would  he  slew, 
and  whom  he  would  he  kept  alive,  and  whom  he  would  he  set  up, 
and  whom  he  would  he  put  down. 

20  But  when  his  heart  was  lifted  up,  and  his  mind  hardened  in 
pride,  he  was  deposed  from  his  kingly  throne,  and  they  took  his  glory 
from  him  : 

21  And  he  was  driven  from  the  sons  of  men  ;  and  his  heart  was 
made  like  the  beast's,  and  his  dwelling  was  with  the  wild  asses  : 
they  fed  him  with  grass  like  oxen,  and  his  body  was  wei  with  the 
dew  of  heaven  ;  till  he  knew  that  the  most  high  God  ruled  in  the 
kingdom  of  men,  and  that  he  appointeth  over  it  whomsoever  he  will. 

22  And  thou  his  son,  O  Belshazzar,  hast  not  humbled  thine  heart, 
though  thou  knewest  all  this  ; 

23  But  hast  lifted  up  thyself  against  the  Lord  of  heaven  ;  and  they 
have  brought  the  vessels  of  his  house  before  thee,  and  thou  and  thy 
lords,  thy  wives  and  thy  concubines,  have  drunk  wine  in  them  ;  and 
thou  hast  praised  the  gods  of  silver  and  gold,  of  brass,  iron,  wood,  and 
stone,  which  see  not,  nor  hear,  nor  know  :  and  the  God  in  whose 
hand  thy  breath  is,  and  whose  are  all  thy  ways,  hast  thou  not  glori- 
fied. 

24  Then  was  the  part  of  the  hand  sent  from  him  ;  and  this  writing 
was  written, 

25  IT  And  this  is  the  writing  that  was  written,  MENE,  MENE, 
TEKEL,  UPHARSfN. 

2G  This  is  the  interpretation  of  the  thing  :  MENE  ;  God  hath 
numbered  thy  kingdom,  and  finished  it. 

27  TEKEL  ;  Thou  art  weighed  in  the  balances,  and  art  found 
wanting^ 


Daniel  399 

28  PERES  ;  Thy  kingdom  is  divided,  and  given  to  the  Medesand 
Persians. 

29  Then  commanded  Belshazzar,  and  they  clothed  Daniel  veith 
scarlet,  and  put  a  chain  of  gold  about  his  neck,  and  made  a  procla- 
mation concerning  him,  that  he  should  be  the  third  ruler  in  the 
kingdom. 

30  IT  In  that  night  was  Belshazzar  the  king  of  the  Chaldeans  slain. 

31  And  Darius  the  Median  took  the  kingdom,  being  about  three- 
score and  two  years  old. 

DANIEL,    IX.  B.  C.  537. 

Daniel  confesseth  his  sins,  prayeth  for  the  restoration  of  Jeru- 
salem :   Gabriel  informeth  him  of  the  seventy  weeks,  8fc. 

1  In  the  first  year  of  Darius,  the  son  of  Ahasuerus,  of  the  seed  of 
the  Medes,  which  was  made  king  over  the  realm  of  the  Chaldeans  ; 

2  In  the  first  year  of  his  reign,  I  Daniel  understood  by  books  the 
number  of  the  years,  whereof  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  to  Jere- 
miah the  prophet,  that  he  would  accomplish  seventy  years  in  the 
desolations  of  Jerusalem. 

3  IT  And  I  set  my  face  unto  the  Lord  God,  to  seek  by  prayer  and 
supplications,  with  fasting,  and  sackcloth,  and  ashes: 

4  And  I  prayed  unto  the  Lord  my  God,  and  made  my  confession, 
and  said,  O  Lord,  the  great  and  dreadful  God,  keeping  the  covenant 
and  mercy  to  them  that  love  him,  and  to  them  that  keep  his  com- 
mandments ; 

5  We  have  sinned,  and  have  committed  iniquity,  and  have  done 
wickedly,  and  have  rebelled,  even  by  departing  from  thy  precepts 
and  from  thy  judgments: 

6  Neither  have  we  hearkened  unto  thy  servants  the  prophets, 
which  spake  in  thy  name  to  our  kings,  our  princes,  and  our  fathers, 
and  to  all  the  people  of  the  land. 

7  0  Lord,  righteousness  belongetk  unto  thee  ;  but  unto  us  con- 
fusion of  faces,  as  at  this  day  :  to  the  men  of  Judah,  and  to  the 
inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  and  unto  all  Israel,  that  are  near,  and  that 
are  far  off,  through  all  the  countries  whither  thou  hast  driven  them, 
because  of  their  "trespass  that  they  have  trespassed  against  thee. 

8  O  Lord,  to  us  belongetk  confusion  of  face,  to  our  kings,  to  our 
princes,  and  to  our  fathers,  because  we  have  sinned  against  thee. 

9  To  the  Lord  our  God  belong  mercies  and  forgivenesses,  though 
we  have  rebelled  against  him  : 

10  Neither  have  we  obeyed  the  voice  of  the  Lord  our  God,  to 
walk  in  his  laws,  which  he  set  before  us  by  his  servants  the  prophets. 

11  Yea,  all  Israel  have  transgressed  thy  law,  even  by  departing, 
that  they  might  not  obey  thy  voice  ;  therefore  the  curse  is  poured 
upon  us,  and  the  oath  that  is  written  in  the  law  of  Moses  the  servant 
of  God,  because  we  have  sinned  against  him. 

12  And  he  hath  confirmed  his  words,  which  he  spake  against  us, 
and  against  our  judges  that  judged  us,  by  bringing  upon  us  a  great 
evil :  "for  under  the  whole  heaven  hath  not  been  done  as  hath  been 
done  upon  Jerusalem. 

13  As  it  is  written  in  the  law  of  Moses,  all  this  evil  is  come  upon 
us  :  yet  made  we  not  our  prayer  before  the  Lord  our  God,  that  we 
might  turn  from  cur  iniquities,  and  understand  thy  truth. 


400  Daniel. 

14  Therefore  hath  the  Lord  watched  upon  the  evil,  and  brought 
it  upon  us :  for  the  Lord  our  God  is  righteous  in  all  his  works  which 
he  doeth  :  for  we  obeyed  not  his  voice, 

15  And  now,  O  Lord  our  God,  that  hast  brought  thy  people  forth 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  with  a  mighty  hand,  and  hast  gotten  thee 
renown,  as  at  this  day ;  we  have  sinned,  we  have  done  wickedly. 

16  II  O  Lord,  accoiding  to  all  thy  righteousness,  I  beseech  thee, 
let  thine  anger  and  thy  fury  be  turned  away  from  thy  city  Jerusalem, 
thy  holy  mountain  :  because  for  our  sins,  and  for  the  iniquities  of  our 
fathers,  Jerusalem  and  thy  people  are  become  a  reproach  to  all  that 
are  about  us. 

17  Now,  therefore,  0  our  God,  hear  the  prayer  of  thy  servant, 
and  his  supplications,  and  cause  thy  face  to  shine  upon  thy  sanctuary 
that  is  desolate,  for  the  Lord's  sake. 

18  0  my  God,  incline  thine  ear,  and  hear;  open  thine  eyes,  and  be- 
hold our  desolations,  and  the  city  which  is  called  by  thy  name  :  for 
we  do  not  present  our  supplications  before  thee  for  our  righteousnesses, 
but  for  thy  great  mercies. 

19  O  Lord  hear;  O  Lord,  forgive  ;  O  Lord,  hearken,  and  do  ; 
defer  not,  for  thine  own  sake,  O  my  God :  for  thy  city  and  thy  people 
are  called  by  thy  name. 

20  M  And  whiles  I  was  speaking,  and  praying,  and  confessing  my 
sin,  and  the  sin  of  my  people  Israel,  and  presenting  my  supplication 
before  the  Lord  my  God  for  the  holy  mountain  of  my  God  ; 

21  Yea,  whiles  1  was  speaking  in  prayer,  even  the  man  Gabriel, 
whom  1  had  seen  in  the  vision  at  the  beginning,  being  caused  to  fly 
swiftly,  touched  me  about  the  time  of  the  evening  oblation. 

22  And  he  informed  me,  and  talked  with  me,  and  said,  O  Daniel,  I 
am  now  come  forth  to  give  thee  skill  and  understanding. 

23  At  the  beginning  of  thy  supplications  the  commandment  came 
forth,  and  I  am"  come  to  shew  thee ;  for  thou  art  greatly  beloved: 
therefore  understand  the  matter,  and  consider  the  vision. 

24  *  Seventy  weeks  are  determined  upon  thy  people,  and  upon  thy 
holy  city,  to  finish  the  transgression,  and  to  make  an  end  of  sins,  and 
to  make  reconciliation  for  iniquity,  and  to  bring  in  everlasting  right- 
eousness, and  to  seal  up  the  vision  and  prophecy,  and  to  anoint  the 
Most  Holy. 

25  Know,  therefore,  and  understand,  that  from  the  going  forth  of 
the  commandment  to  restore  and  to  build  Jerusalem,  unto  the  Messiah 
the  Prince,  ahall  be  seven  weeks,  and  threescore  and  two  weeks  :  the 
street  shall  be  built  again,  and  the  wall,  even  in  troublous  times. 

26  And  after  threescore  and  two  weeks  shall  Messiah  be  cut  off, 
but  not  for  liimself:  and  the  people  of  the  prince  that  shall  come 
shall  destroy  the  city,  and  the  sanctuary  ;  and  the  end  thereof  shall 
be  with  a  tlood,  and  unto  the  end  of  the  war  desolations  are  deter- 
mined. 

27  And  be  shall  confirm  the  covenant  with  many  for  one  week  : 
and  in  the  midst  of  the  week  he  shall  cause  the  sacrifice  and  the 
oblation  to  cease,  and  for  tiie  overspreailing  of  abominations  he  shall 
make  it  desolate,  even  until  the  consummation,  and  that  determined 
shall  be  poured  upon  the  desolate. 

*  See  B.  C.  458.    Note  on  Ezra,  vii.  12. 


Daniel  401 

DANIEL,  VI.  B.  C.  536. 

DanieVs  preferment :  the  princes  cons'pire  against  him,  and  he  is 
cast  into  the  den  of  lions  :  he  is  miraculously  saved. 

1  It  pleased  Darius  to  set  over  the  kingdom  an  hundred  and  twenty 
princes,  which  should  be  over  the  whole  kingdom  ; 

2  And  over  these  three  presidents,  of  whom  Daniel  was  first ;  that 
the  princes  might  give  accounts  unto  them,  and  the  king  should  have 
no  damage. 

3  Then  this  Daniel  was  preferred  above  the  presidents  and  princes, 
because  an  excellent  spirit  was  in  him  ;  and  the  king  thought  to  set 
him  over  the  whole  realm. 

4  H  Then  the  presidents  and  princes  sought  to  find  occasion  against 
Daniel  concerning  the  kingdom  ;  but  they  could  find  none  occasion 
nor  fault ;  forasmuch  as  he  was  faithful,  neither  was  there  any  error 
or  fault  found  in  him. 

5  Then  said  these  men,  We  shall  not  find  any  occasion  against 
this  Daniel,  except  we  find  it  against  him  concerning  the  law  of  his 
God. 

6  Then  these  presidents  and  princes  assembled  together  to  the 
king,  and  said  thus  unto  him,  King  Darius,  live  for  ever. 

7  All  the  presidents  of  the  kingdom,  the  governors,  and  the  princes, 
the  counsellors,  and  the  captains,  have  consulted  together  to  establish 
a  royal  statute,  and  to  make  a  firm  decree,  that  whosoever  shall  ask 
a  petition  of  any  god  or  man  for  thirty  days,  save  of  thee,  O  king,  he 
shall  be  cast  into  the  den  of  lions. 

8  Now,  0  king,  establish  the  decree,  and  sign  the  writing,  that  it 
be  not  changed,  according  to  the  law  of  the  Medes  and  Persians, 
which  altereth  not. 

9  Wherefore  king  Darius  signed  the  writing  and  the  decree. 

10  IT  Now  when  Daniel  knew  that  the  writing  was  signed  he  went 
into  his  house  ;  and,  his  windows  being  open  in  his  chamber  toward 
Jerusalem,  he  kneeled  upon  his  knees  three  times  a  day,  and  prayed, 
and  gave  thanks  before  his  God,  as  he  did  aforetime. 

11  Then  these  men  assembled,  and  found  Daniel  praying  and 
making  supplication  before  his  God. 

12  Then  ihey  came  near,  and  spake  before  the  king  concerning 
the  king's  decree  ;  Hast  thou  not  signed  a  decree,  that  every  man 
that  shall  ask  a  petition  of  any  god  or  man  within  thirty  days,  save 
of  thee,  O  king,  shall  be  cast  into  the  den  of  lions  ?  The  king  an- 
swered and  said,  The  thing  is  true,  according  to  the  law  of  the  Medes 
and  Persians,  which  altereth  not. 

13  Then  answered  they,  and  said  before  the  king,  That  Daniel, 
which  is  of  the  children  of  the  captivity  of  Judah,  regardeth  not 
thee,  0  king,  nor  the  decree  that  thou  hast  signed,  but  maketh  his 
petition  three  times  a  day. 

14  Then  the  king,  when  he  heard  these  words,  was  sore  displeased 
with  himself,  and  set  his  heart  on  Daniel  to  deliver  him  ;  and  he 
labored  till  the  going  down  of  the  sun  to  deliver  him. 

15  Then  these  men  assembled  unto  the  king,  and  said  unto  the 
king.  Know,  O  king,  that  the  law  of  the  Medes  and  Persians  is. 
That  no  decree  nor  statute  which  the  king  establisheth  may  ho 
phanged. 


402  Daniel.     Ezra. 

16  Then  the  king  commanded,  and  they  brought  Daniel,  and  cast 
him  into  the  den  of  Hons.  JVow  the  king  spake  and  said  unto  Daniel, 
Thy  God,  whom  thou  servest  continually,  he  will  deliver  thee. 

17  And  a  stone  was  brought,  and  laid  upon  the  mouth  of  the  den ; 
and  the  king  sealed  it  with  his  own  signet,  and  with  the  signet  of  his 
lords,  that  the  purpose  might  not  be  changed  concerning  Daniel. 

18  H  Then  the  king  went  to  his  palace,  and  passed  the  night  fast- 
ing :  neither  were  instruments  of  music  brought  before  him  ;  and  his 
sleep  went  from  him. 

19  Then  the  king  arose  very  early  in  the  morning,  and  went  in 
haste  unto  the  den  of  lions. 

20  And  when  he  came  to  the  den  he  cried  with  a  lamentable  voice 
unto  Daniel  :  and  the  king  spake  and  said  to  Daniel,  O  Daniel,  ser- 
vant of  the  living  God,  is  thy  God,  whom  thou  servest  continually, 
able  to  deliver  thee  from  the  lions  ? 

21  Then  said  Daniel  unto  the  king,  O  king,  live  for  ever. 

22  My  God  hath  sent  his  angel,  and  hath  shut  the  lions'  mouths, 
that  they  have  not  hurt  me  :  forasmuch  as  before  him  innocency  was 
found  in  me  ;  and  also  before  thee,  O  king,  have  I  done  no  hurt. 

23  Then  was  the  king  exceeding  glad  for  him,  and  commanded 
that  they  should  take  Daniel  up  out  of  the  den.  So  Daniel  was  taken 
up  out  of  the  den,  and  no  maimer  of  hurt  was  found  upon  him,  be- 
cause he  believed  in  his  God, 

24  II  And  the  king  commanded,  and  they  brought  those  men  which 
had  accused  Daniel,  and  thej'^  cast  them  into  the  den  of  lions,  them, 
their  children,  and  their  wives ;  and  the  lions  had  the  mastery  of 
them,  and  brake  all  their  bones  in  pieces  or  ever  they  came  at  the 
bottom  of  the  den. 

25  IT  Then  king  Darius  wrote  unto  all  people,  nations,  and  lan- 
guages, that  dwell  in  all  the  earth  ;  Peace  be  multiplied  unto  you. 

26  I  make  a  decree,  That  in  every  dominion  of  my  kingdom,  men 
tremble  and  fear  before  the  God  of  Daniel  ;  for  he  is  the  living  God, 
and  steadfast  for  ever,  and  his  kingdom  that  which  shall  not  be  de- 
stroyed, and  his  dominion  shall  be  even  unto  the  end. 

27  He  delivereth  and  rescueth,  and  he  worketh  signs  and  wonders 
in  heaven  and  in  earth,  who  hath  delivered  Daniel  from  the  power  of 
the  lions. 

28  So  this  Daniel  prospered  in  the  reign  of  Darius,  and  in  the 
reign  of  Cyrus  the  Persian. 

B.  C.  535.  EZRA,  I. 

The  proclamation  of  Cirrus  for  the  building  of  the  temple.  The 
people  provide  for  their  return.  Cyrus  restoreth  the  vessels  of 
the  temple  to  Sheshbazzar. 

1  Now  in  the  first  year  of  Cyrus  king  of  Persia,  that  the  word  of 
the  Lord  by  the  mouth  of  Jeremiah  might  be  fulfilled,  the  Lord 
stirred  up  the  spirit  of  Cyrus  king  of  Persia,  that  he  made  a  procla- 
mation throughout  all  his  kingdom,  and  put  it  also  in  writing,  saying, 

2  Thus  saith  Cyrus  king  of  Persia,  The  Lord  God  of  heaven, 
hath  given  me  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  earth  ;  and  he  hath  charged 
me  to  build  him  an  house  at  Jerusalem,  which  is  in  Judah. 

3  Who  is  there  among  you  of  all  his  people  .'  his  God  be  with  him, 


Ezra.  403 

and  let  him  go  up  to  Jerusalem,  which  is  in  Judah,  and  build  the 
house  of  the  Lord  God  of  Israel  (he  is  the  God,)  which  is  in  Jeru- 
salem. 

4  And  whosoever  remaineth  in  any  place  where  he  sojournethjet 
the  men  of  his  place  help  him  with  silver,  and  with  gold,  and  with 
goods,  and  with  beasts,  besides  the  freewill-offering  for  the  house  of 
God  that  is  in  Jerusalem. 

5  H  Then  rose  up  the  chief  of  the  fathers  of  Judah  and  Benjamin, 
and  the  priests,  and  the  Levites,  with  all  the?n  whose  spirit  God  had 
raised  to  go  up  to  build  the  house  of  the  Lord  which  is  in  Jeru- 
salem. 

6  And  all  they  that  tvere  about  them  strengthened  their  hands 
with  vessels  of  silver,  with  gold,  with  goods,  and  with  beasts,  and 
with  precious  things,  beside  all  that  was  willingly  offered. 

7  M  Also  Cyrus  the  king  brought  forth  the  vessels  of  the  bouse  of 
the  Lord,  which  Nebuchadnezzar  had  brought  forth  out  of  Jeru- 
salem, and  had  put  them  in  the  house  of  his  gods  ; 

8  Even  those  did  Cyrus  king  of  Persia  bring  forth  by  the  hand  of 
Mithredath  the  treasurer,  and  numbered  them  unto  Sheshbazzar  the 
prince  of  Judah. 

9  And  this  is  the  number  of  them  :  thirty  chargers  of  gold,  a 
thousand  chargers  of  silver,  nine  andtwenty  knives, 

10  Thirty  basons  of  gold,  silver  basons  of  a  second  sort  four  hun- 
dred and  ten,  and  other  vessels  a  thousand. 

11  All  the  vessels  of  gold  and  of  silver  icere  five  thousand  and 
four  hundred.  All  these  did  Sheshbazzar  bring  up  with  them  of  the 
captivity,  that  were  brought  up  from  Babylon  unto  Jerusalem. 


The  number  that  returned.     Of  the  priests  ivhkh  cnuld  not  shew 
their  pedigree. 

1  Now  these  are  the  children  of  the  province  that  went  up  out  of 
the  captivity,  of  those  which  had  been  carried  away,  whom  Nebu- 
chadnezzar the  king  of  Babylon  had  carried  away  unto  BabyJon,  and 
came  again  unto  Jeiusalem  and  Judah,  every  one  unto  his  city; 

2  Which  came  with  Zerubbabel. 

64  H  The  whole  congregation  together  was  forty  and  two  thousand 
three  hundred  and  threescore. 

65  Beside  their  servants  and  their  maids,  of  whom  there  were 
seven  thousand  three  hundred  thirty  and  seven:  and  there  were 
among  th<^m  two  hundred  singing  men  and  singitig  women. 

66  Their  horses  icere  seven  hundred  thirty  and  six  ;  their  mules, 
two  hundred  forty  and  five  ; 

67  Their  camels,  four  hundred  thirty  and  five  ;  their  asses,  six 
thousand  seven  hundred  and  twenty. 

68  IT  And  some  of  the  chief  of  the  fathers,  when  they  came  to  the 
bouse  of  the  Lord  which  is  at  Jerusalem,  offered  freely  for  the  house 
of  God  to  set  it  up  in  his  place  : 

69  They  gave  after  their  ability  unto  the  treasure  of  the  work, 
threescore  and  one  thousand  drams  of  gold,  and  five  thousand  pounds 
of  silver,  and  one  hundred  priests'  garments. 

70  So  the  priests,  and  the  Levites,  and  some  of  the  people,  and  the 


404  Ezra. 

singers,  and  the  porters,  and  the  Nethinims,  dwelt  in  their  cities,  and 
all  Israel  in  their  cities. 

EZRA,    III. 

The  altar  is  set  up.     Offerings  frequented.     The  foundation  of 
the  temple  laid. 

1  And  when  the  seventh  month  was  come,  and  the  children  of 
Israel  were  in  the  cities,  the  people  gathered  themselves  together  as 
one  man  to  Jerusalem. 

2  Then  stood  up  Jeshua  the  son  of  Jozadak,  and  his  brethren  the 
priests,  and  Zerubbabel  the  son  of  Shealtiel,  and  his  brethren,  and 
builded  the  altar  of  the  God  of  Israel,  to  offer  burnt-offerings  thereon, 
as  it  is  written  in  the  law  of  Moses  the  man  of  God. 

3  And  they  set  the  altar  upon  his  bases  ;  for  fear  was  upon  them 
because  of  the  people  of  those  countries  :  and  they  offered  burnt- 
offerings  thereon  unto  the  Lord,  even  burnt-offerings  morning  and 
evening. 

4  They  kept  also  the  feast  of  tabernacles,  as  it  is  written,  and 
offered  the  daily  burnt-offerings  by  number,  according  to  the  custom, 
as  the  duty  of  every  day  required  ; 

5  And  afterward  offered  the  continual  burnt-offering,  both  of  the 
new  moons,  and  of  all  the  set  feasts  of  the  Lord  that  v)ere  conse- 
crated, and  of  every  one  that  willingly  offered  a  freewill-offering 
unto  the  Lord. 

6  From  the  first  day  of  the  seventh  month  began  they  to  offer 
burnt-offerings  unto  the  Lord.  But  the  foundation  of  the  temple  of 
the  Lord  was  not  yet  laid. 

7  They  gave  money  also  unto  the  masons  and  to  the  carpenters ; 
and  meat,  and  drink,  and  oil,  unto  them  of  Zidon,  and  to  them  of 
Tyre,  to  bring  cedar  trees  from  Lebanon  to  the  sea  of  Joppa,  accord- 
ing to  the  grant  that  they  had  of  Cyrus  king  of  Persia. 

8  *  H  Now  in  the  second  year  of  their  coming  unto  the  house  of 
God  at  Jerusalem,  in  the  second  month,  began  Zerubbabel  the  son  of 
Shealtiel,  and  Jeshua  the  son  of  Jozadak,  and  the  remnant  of  their 
brethren  the  priests  and  the  Levites,  and  all  they  that  were  come  out 
of  the  captivity  unto  Jerusalem ;  and  appointed  the  Levites,  from 
twenty  years  old  and  upward,  to  set  forward  the  work  of  the  house 
of  the  Lord. 

9  Then  stood  Jeshua  ivith  his  sons  and  his  brethren,  Kadmiel  and 
his  sons,  the  sons  of  Judah,  together,  to  set  forward  the  workmen  in 
the  house  of  God  :  the  sons  of  Henadad,  with  their  sons  and  their 
brethren  the  Levites. 

10  And  when  the  builders  laid  the  foundation  of  the  temple  of  the 
Lord,  they  set  the  priests  in  their  apparel  with  trunspets,  and  the 
Levites,  the  sons  of  Asaph,  with  cymbals,  to  praise  the  Lord,  after 
the  ordinance  of  David  king  of  Israel. 

11  And  they  sung  together  by  course,  in  praising  and  giving 
thanks  unto  the  Lord  ;  because  he  is  good,  for  bis  mercy  endureth 
for  ever  toward  Israel.  And  all  the  people  shouted  with  a  greatshout 
when  they  praised  the  Lord,  because  the  foundation  of  the  house  of 
the  Lord  was  laid. 

*  B.  C.  535. 


Ezra.     Daniel.  405 

12  But  many  of  the  priests  and  Levites,  and  chief  of  the  fathers, 
who  were  ancient  men,  that  had  seen  the  first  house,  when  the  foun- 
dation of  this  house  was  laid  before  their  eyes,  wept  with  a  loud 
voice  ;  and  many  shouted  aloud  for  joy  ; 

13  So  that  the  people  could  not  discern  the  noise  of  the  shout  of 
joy  from  the  noise  of  the  weeping  of  the  people  :  for  the  people 
shouted  with  a  loud  shout,  and  the  noise  was  heard  afar  off. 

EZRA,    IV. 

The  building  hindered.     The  letter  to  Artaxerxes :  his  decree. 

1  Now,  when  the  adversaries  of  Judah  and  Benjamin  heard  that 
the  children  of  the  captivity  builded  the  temple  unto  the  Lord  God 
of  Israel, 

2  Then  they  came  to  Zerubbabel,  and  to  the  chief  of  the  fathers, 
and  said  unto  them.  Let  us  build  with  you ;  for  we  seek  your  God  as 
ye  do  ;  and  we  do  sacrifice  unto  him,  since  the  days  of  Esar-haddou 
king  of  Assur,  which  brought  us  up  hither. 

3  But  Zerubbabel,  and  Jeshua,  and  the  rest  of  the  chief  of  the 
fathers  of  Lsrael,  said  unto  them.  Ye  have  nothing  to  do  with  us  to 
build  an  house  unto  our  God  ;  but  we  ourselves  together  will  build 
unto  the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  as  king  Cyrus,  the  king  of  Persia,  hath 
commanded  us. 

4  Then  the  people  of  the  land  weakened  the  hands  of  the  people 
of  Judah,  and  troubled  them  in  building ; 

5  And  hired  counsellors  against  them,  to  frustrate  their  purpose, 
all  the  days  of  Cyrus  king  of  Persia,  even  until  the  reign  of  Darius 
king  of  Persia. 

6  And  in  the  reign  of  Ahasuerus,  in  the  beginning  of  his  reign, 
wrote  they  unto  him  an  accusation  against  the  iahabitants  of  Judah 
and  Jerusalem. 

DANIEL,  X.  B.  C.  534. 

Daniel  having  hiimbled  himself,  seeth  a  gloricnis  vision :  being 
troubled  with  fear,  he  is  comforted  by  the  angel,  8fc. 

1  In  the  third  year  of  Cyrus  king  of  Persia  a  thing  was  revealed 
unto  Daniel,  whose  name  was  called  Belteshazzar  ;  and  the  thing 
was  true,  but  the  time  appointed  was  long  :  and  he  undei'stood  the 
thing,  and  had  understanding  of  the  vision. 

2  In  those  days  I  Daniel  was  mourning  three  full  weeks. 

3  I  ate  no  pleasant  bread,  neither  came  flesh  nor  wine  in  my 
mouth,  neither  did  I  anoint  myself  at  all,  till  three  whole  weeks  were 
fulfilled. 

4  And  in  the  four  and  twentieth  day  of  the  first  month,  as  I  was 
by  the  side  of  the  great  river,  which  is  Hiddekel ; 

5  Then  I  lifted  up  mine  eyes,  and  looked,  and,  behold,  a  certain 
man  clothed  in  linen,  whose  loins  loere  girded  with  fine  gold  of 
Uphax : 

6  His  body  also  urns  like  the  beryl,  and  his  face  as  the  appearance 
of  lightning,  and  his  eyes  as  lamps  of  fire,  and  his  arms  and  his  feet 
like  in  color  to  polished  brass,  and  the  voice  of  his  words  like  the 
voice  of  a  multitude. 

34 


40o  DaMifl. 

7  Auvi  I  l>Auiel  alone  savr  tlie  vision  :  lor  tlio  men  that  wot\'  with 
mo  ^iw  iK^  iho  vi-5K>«  ;  but  a  great  quaking  loll  ufK«\  thoiu.  so  that 
thoY  tloU  ti»  hivlo  thojnsolvos. 

S  There kxrx"  1  was  loft  aUwo,  ami  saw  this  givat  viswn.  anvi  there 
remaiuoti  iv^  stren^Lth  in  nvo  :  tor  nu-  oxmuoUvu^^  w\\s  turnovl  iu  ine 
iuto  «vrruj^i^><u  an^i  I  reraine^i  no  strength. 

9  Vet  Ivard  I  ihe  \\>ice  ctf  his  wvhxIs  :  and  when  I  hearxl  the  ^-oie© 
of  his  worvls.  thou  was  I  in  a  lieep  sleep  on  n)Y  Mce,  and  luy  laee 
towarvi  the  grotmd. 

10  ^  Anvi,  behold,  an  hand  touohotl  me,  whieh  set  me  ujhmi  my 
ksuvs  and  m;vm  the  jvihus  of  my  haiH^s : 

11  Vnd  ho  said  unto  n\e.  O  Paniol.  a  man  greatly  belov^xl.  undor- 
staihi  the  wor\ls  that  1  sjvak  unto  thee.  ;md  stand  upright :  for  unto 
thee  am  I  now  sent.  And,  when  he  had  !?poken  this  word  unto  me, 
I  stoo.1  trembling. 

12  Then  saivl  he  uuto  iro.  Fear  not.  Paniol :  tly  frwH  the  l\rst  day 
that  thou  didst  set  thine  ho.\rt  to  understaiHl.  and  to  ohaston  thyself 
ivtO!V  thy  Gxxl,  thy  worv'.s  wore  hoarxi.  and  I  am  i\Mue  for  thy  worvis. 

13  But  the  priue^  of  the  kin<^k>in  of  Persia  withstood!  me  one  and 
twenty  days:  but,  lo.  Mtohaol.  one  of  the  chief  princes,  came  to 
help  me  :  ami  I  remainovl  there  with  the  kings  of  Persia. 

14  Now  1  am  cc»me  to  make  thee  umieivtand  what  shall  befall  thy 
por^ple  in  the  latter  days  :  for  yet  the  vistoi^  i\<  tor  tnaHtf  days. 

15  And  wlion  he  havi  sjx^kon  such  wvvrds  uuto  me.* I  set  my  face 
towarvl  the  grv.^und.  aiui  I  became  dumb. 

16  AikK  behoki.  oiut  like  the  similitude  of  the  sons  of  nx>n  toucheti 
my  lips :  then  I  openovl  my  mouth  and  spake,  and  said  unto  hini  th.^t 
srocvi  before  me.  O  >ny  lord,  by  the  visiv>a  my  sorrows  arv  turneii 
upoii  me.  and  1  have  retainovi  no  strength. 

17  F- -  ' '  '  -\  r\-ant  of  this  ray  loni  ralk  with  thus  my  lord  ? 

for.  as  y  there  ren>ained  no  strength  in  me,  neither 

is  there  .' . 

IS  Tiien  liiere  Cv^ime  again  and  touchovi  me  ime  like  the  dpi>ear- 
»nce  of  a  man,  and  he  strengthenoxi  me. 

19  At^.d  said.  O  man  greatly  beloveil,  fear  not ;  peace  be  imtothee; 
be  sirvMiiT.  yea,  be  strong.  Auv!,  when  he  h.>d  sj^K>ken  unto  me,  1  was 
strengthenoi!.  and  said.  Let  my  lord  speak  ;  lor  thou  hast  strengih- 
eneii  me- 

20  Then  saiii  he,  Knowest  thou  ivheretore  I  con\e  unto  thee  :  ami 
now  will  1  return  to  fight  with  the  prince  of  Persia :  and,  when  I 
am  gvMie  ft»rth,  lo.  the  prince  of  Grecia  shall  come. 

21  F  '  "  -■  ow  thee  that  which  is  nototi  in  the  scripture  of 
truth  .  -  none  that  holdeth  with  me  iu  these  ihiufr?,  but 
Mioha;:  ,....  ,   ..  .:o. 

PAXIEL,    XI. 

1  Also  I,  in  the  nrst  year  of  Darius  the  Metie,  cTi'.n  I,  stooii  to  con- 
firm and  to  strengthen  him. 

2  And  now  will  1  shew  thee  the  truth.  Behold,  there  shall  stand 
up  yet  three  kings  in  Persia ;  and  the  ftvurih  shall  be  for  richer  than 
thei/  all :  and  by  his  strength  through  his  riches  he  shall  stir  up  all 
asrainst  the  realm  of  Grecia. 


Danitl.  /^fl 

%  Arid  a  nuiidity  kio^  iliall  »tarKl  up,  tlnat  fball  rule  with  great  d^- 
miiiifni,  nr,.*   *'  "'•''-•  ".  v   -  y.jH. 

4  A/>'i  V.  ,  hw  kioti/iffro  lAtnW  \>f,  broken,  and 
eJiiiJi  U;  0)  wiud*  of  >«eaven;  a»d  liot  to  bic 
posterity,  i»</f  M:4JHHiu^  y,  tiv-  (UfUiiuuia  wbieb  he  ruled:  {rjr  id» 
idn'f^dom  tiii^ll  be  plurke^  up.  even  (or  others  beMde«  dKM«, 

5  T  And  the  kinj^  of  -hall  he  "stroog,  aj»d  <w«  of  h'upnn- 
een;  aod  he  fehall  L  .  >ve  him,  arid  hare  dfjiniukm;  bit 
domiaioD  */i/i//  //«  a  y?  , . ..jU. 

6  And  irj  the  ewi  oi  y*:^r*!  Ui*:y  %h?.Jl  jojo  themielvef  toeettter:  for 
the  kifi^'fs  diu^hier  '>(  the  tsouih  •■liall  f:ome  to  the  kifi^  of  the  north 
to  inake  au  ijfreeajent :  hut  feite  ishail  rjot  retain  Xite  power  of  the  arm ; 
iieitiier  feJiall  be  *taiid,  oor  ht«  ana  ;  but  *be  i>bajl  he  jpvea  up,  ami 
tJjey  tJi^t  hrou^rht  her,  aod  he  that  begat  her,  a^d  he  ii>at  ctreogth- 
ened  her  iii  tfu^-ie  tiriie*. 

7  But  out  ol  a  branch  of  her  roote  sha^l  <m«  «taod  up  lu  bb  e»taV;, 
w^iich  .i»ha]l  come  wit^i  a&  amy,  ai:id  «^ball  euter  into  Uie  ^tre«>»  of 
the  ki/j^  of  the  noriii,  arid  »bail  deal  a^n^t  rhfrn.  ?n'!  shall  prfiVioi; 

H  And  shall  ali«  carrj'  captive's  into   K^r  r,  with  their 

prittces,  a/i/i  with  tlieir  precio««  r*:meU  of  -  gold ;  arid  be 

^xall  continue  r/iore  years  thao  tije  kiag  <t(  iit-.  u/i    i- 

9  So  the  kin^  o^  tlie  isouth  »haU  cocfte  into  bu  Ida^iom^  and  riiaH 
return  i/jto  hii»  own  laiid. 

10  But  hl<»  sons  feball  he  i^rred  up,  aod  dhall  acsemUe  a  laoltitafe 
of  great  forces :  and  on«  fr^iall  certainly  cocoe,  and  orerflow,  auMt 
paM  through  ;  then  shall  he  retora,  and  be  cdrred  op,  even  to  hifl 
iortrem. 

11  And  the  king  r^  the  «oath  shall  be  nrjored  with  efooler,  and 
shall  come  ferth  and  fij^twitli  hirn,  eten  witli  tiiH  king  of  the  north: 
and  he  eliail  set  £orth  a  great  mulutude  ;  Ixjt  the  multitode  jiiaJl  be 
given  into  hi*  hand. 

12  ^r<^  when  he  hath  taken  away  the  moltitode,  bis  heart  tiuJi 
be  lifted  up ;  and  he  diall  east  dawn  many  tetk  thoa«aod» :  but  be 
iball  not  be  stxeagfltened  by  U. 

13  For  the  king  of  the  Dor&  fiiaU  retxira,  and  gfaall  tet  fordi  a 
multitiide  greater  than  the  former,  axMl  ehaJI  certainly  come  after 
certain  year*  with  a  great  army,  and  with  muefa  tidtet. 

14  And  in  those  tim^  d»ere  ^lall  many  vtand  up  agatart  the  kk^ 
of  the  south :  also  the  robbers  of  diy  people  shall  euJt  tbemaelre* 
to  estahli'^h  tlie  risvfa ;  but  d>ey  riiall  bU. 

15  So  the  king  of  the  north  shall  come,  aod  east  sp  a  moofit,  and 
take  the  most  fenced  cities ;  and  the  anns  of  the  sooth  tbsiU  ta^A 
withstand,  needier  his  chosen  people,  neither  shall  there  be  <my 
ttreo^  to  withstand, 

16  But  he  that  ctHnedi  against  him  siiafl  do  aceordtng  to  his  own 
will,  and  none  i^haiU  stMtd  h^ore  him ;  and  be  sball  stand  in  the  glo- 
rious land,  wUch  by  bis  band  shall  be  eonsamed. 

17  He  shall  also  set  his  f»ce  to  enter  with  the  slrei^di  of  his  whole 
kin^dooL,  a^d  upright  ones  with  bim ;  thus  rfiall  lie  &:  aod  he  shall 
gire  bim  the  dauj^ter  of  women,  corrupting  her;  but  she  shall  oat 
^zod  an  hit  tide,  maiiteT  be  for  him. 

IB  After  this  shall  be  turn  his  iace  unto  die  isles,  and  sfaaO  take 
foaoy ;  but  a  prince  for  fats  own  behalf  shall  caoae  the  reproaeh 


408  Daniel. 

offered  by  him  to  cease  ;  without  his  own  reproach  he  shall  cause  it 
to  turn  upon  him. 

19  Then  he  shall  turn  his  face  toward  the  fort  of  his  own  land : 
but  he  shall  stumble,  and  fall,  and  not  be  found. 

20  Then  shall  stand  up  in  his  estate  a  raiser  of  taxes  in  the  glory 
of  the  kingdom  :  but  within  few  days  he  shall  be  destroyed,  neither 
in  anger  nor  in  battle. 

21  And  in  his  estate  shall  stand  up  a  vile  person,  to  whom  they 
shall  not  give  the  honor  of  the  kingdom:  but  he  shall  come  in  peace- 
ably, and  obtain  the  kingdom  by  flatteries. 

22  And  with  the  arms  of  a  flood  shall  they  be  overflown  from  be- 
fore him,  and  shall  be  broken ;  yea,  also  the  prince  of  the  covenant. 

2.3  And  after  the  league  made  with  him  he  shall  work  deceitfully  : 
for  he  shall  come  up,  and  shall  become  strong  with  a  small  people. 

24  He  shall  enter  peaceably  even  upon  the  fattest  places  of  the 
province  ;  and  he  shall  do  that  which  his  fathers  have  not  done,  nor 
his  fathers'  fathers  ;  he  shall  scatter  among  them  the  prey,  and  spoil, 
and  riches  ;  yea,  and  he  shall  forecast  his  devices  against  the  strong 
holds,  even  for  a  time. 

25  And  he  shall  stir  up  his  power  and  his  courage  against  the  king 
of  the  south  with  a  great  army ;  and  the  king  of  the  south  shall  be 
stirred  up  to  battle  with  a  very  great  and  mighty  army  ;  but  he  shall 
not  stand  :  for  they  shall  forecast  devices  against  him. 

26  Yea,  they  that  feed  of  the  portion  of  his  meat  shall  destroy  him, 
and  his  army  shall  overflow  ;  and  many  shall  fall  down  slain. 

27  And  both  these  kings'  hearts  shall  he  to  do  mischief,  and  they 
shall  speak  lies  at  one  table  ;  but  it  shall  not  prosper :  for  yet  the  end 
shall  be  at  the  time  appointed. 

28  Then  shall  he  return  into  his  land  with  great  riches  ;  and  his 
heart  shall  be  against  the  holy  covenant ;  and  he  shall  do  exploits^ 
and  return  to  his  own  land. 

29  At  the  time  appointed  he  shall  return,  and  come  toward  the 
south  :  but  it  shall  r/oX.  be  as  the  former,  or  as  the  latter, 

30  li  For  the  ships  of  Chittim  shall  come  against  him  ;  therefore  he 
shall  be  grieved,  and  return,  and  have  indignation  against  the  holy- 
covenant  :  so  shall  he  do  ;  he  shall  even  return,  and  have  intelligence 
with  them  that  forsake  the  holy  covenant. 

31  And  arms  shall  stand  on  his  part,  and  they  shall  pollute  the 
sanctuary  of  strength,  and  shall  take  away  the  daily  sacrifice,  and 
they  shall  place  the  abomination  that  maketh  desolate. 

32  And  such  as  do  wickedly  against  the  covenant  shall  he  corrupt 
by  flatteries  :  but  the  people  that  do  know  their  God  shall  be  strong, 
and  do  exploits. 

33  And  they  that  understand  among  the  people  shall  instruct 
many;  yet  they  shall  fall  by  the  sword,  and  by  flame,  by  captivity, 
and  by  spoil,  many  days. 

34  Now,  when  they  shall  fall  they  shall  be  holpen  with  a  little 
help  :  but  many  shall  cleave  to  them  with  flatteries. 

35  And  some  of  them  of  understanding  shall  fall,  to  try  them,  and 
to  purge,  and  to  make  them  v,  hite,  even  to  the  time  of  the  enii :  be- 
cause ?Y  is  yet  for  a  time  appointed. 

36  II  And  the  king  shall  do  according  to  his  wiU  ;  and  he  shall 
exalt  himself,  and  magnify  himself  above  every  god,  and  shall  speak 


Daniel  409 

marvellous  things  against  the  God  of  gods,  and  shall  prosper  till  the 
indignation  be  accomplished  :  for  that  that  is  determined  shall  be  done. 

37  Neither  shall  he  regard  the  God  of  his  fathers,  nor  the  desire  of 
women,  nor  regard  any  god  :  for  he  shall  magnify  himself  above  all. 

38  But  in  his  estate  shall  he  honor  the  God  of  forces  ;  and  a  god 
whom  his  fathers  knew  not  shall  he  honor  with  gold,  and  silver,  and 
with  precious  stones,  and  pleasant  things. 

39  Thus  shall  he  do  in  the  most  sti'ong  holds  with  a  strange  god» 
whom  he  shall  acknowledge  and  increase  with  glory :  and  he  shall 
cause  them  to  rule  over  many,  and  shall  divide  the  land  for  gain. 

40  ^  And  at  the  time  of  the  end  shall  the  king  of  the  south  push  at 
him  ;  and  the  king  of  the  north  shall  come  against  him  like  a  whirl- 
wind, with  chariots,  and  with  horsemen,  and  with  many  ships;  and 
he  shall  enter  into  the  countries,  and  shall  overflow  and  pass  over. 

41  He  shall  enter  also  into  the  glorious  land,  and  many  countries 
shall  be  overthrown  :  but  these  shall  escape  out  of  his  hand,  even 
Edom,  and  Moab,  and  the  chief  of  the  children  of  Ammon. 

42  He  shall  stretch  forth  his  hand  also  upon  the  countries  :  and  the 
land  of  Egypt  shall  not  escape. 

43  But  he  shall  have  power  over  the  treasures  of  gold  and  of 
silver,  and  over  all  the  precious  things  of  Egypt:  and  the  Libyans 
and  the  Ethiopians  shall  he  at  his  steps. 

44  But  tidings  out  o{  the  east  and  out  of  the  north  shall  trouble 
him  :  theretore  he  shall  go  forth  with  great  fury  to  destroy,  and 
utterly  to  make  away  many. 

45  And  he  shall  plant  the  tabernacles  of  his  palaces  between  the 
seas  in  the  glorious  holy  mountain:  yet  he  shall  come  to  his  end,  and 
none  shall  help  him. 

DANIEL,    XII. 

1  And  at  that  time  shall  Michael  stand  up,  the  great  prince  which 
standeth  for  the  children  of  thy  people:  and  there  shall  be  a  time  of 
trouble,  such  as  never  was  since  there  was  a  nation  even  to  that  same 
time:  and  at  that  time  thj^  people  shall  be  delivered,  every  one  that 
shall  be  found  written  in  the  book. 

2  And  many  of  them  that  sleep  in  the  dust  of  the  earth  shall 
awake,  some  to  everlasting  life,  and  some  to  shame  and  everlasting 
contempt. 

3  And  they  that  be  wise  shall  shine  as  the  brightness  of  the  firma- 
ment; and  they  that  turn  many  to  righteousness  as  the  stars  for  ever 
and  ever. 

4  But  thou,  0  Daniel,  shut  up  the  words,  and  seal  the  book,  even 
to  the  time  of  the  end :  many  shall  run  to  and  fro,  and  knowledge 
shall  be  increased. 

5  1i  Then  I  Daniel  looked,  and,  behold,  there  stood  other  two,  the 
one  on  this  side  of  the  bank  of  the  river,  and  the  other  on  that  side  of 
the  bank  of  the  river. 

6  And  one  said  to  the  man  clothed  in  linen,  which  was  upon  the 
waters  of  the  river.  How  long  shall  it  be  to  the  end  of  these  wonders  ? 

7  And  I  heard  the  man  clothed  in  linen,  which  was  upon  the 
waters  of  the  river,  when  he  held  up  his  right  hand  and  his  left  hand 
unto  heaven,  and  sware  by  him  that  liveth  for  ever,   that  it  shall  6§ 

34^ 


410  Daniel.     Ezra. 

for  a  time,  times,  and  an  half;  and  when  he  shall  have  accomplished 
to  scatter  the  power  of  the  holy  people,  all  these  things  shall  be. 
finished. 

8  And  I  heard,  but  I  understood  not :  then  said  I,  O  my  Lord, 
what  shall  be  the  end  of  these  things  7 

9  And  he  said,  Go  thy  way,  Daniel:  for  the  words  are  closed  up 
and  sealed  till  the  time  of  the  end. 

10  Many  shall  be  purified,  and  made  white,  and  tried  ;  but  the 
wicked  shall  do  wickedly  :  and  none  of  the  wicked  shall  understand ; 
but  the  wise  shall  understand. 

11  And  from  the  time  that  the  daily  sacrifice  shall  be  taken  away, 
and  the  abomination  that  maketh  desolate  set  up,  there  shall  be  a 
thousand  two  hundred  and  ninety  days. 

12  Blessed  is  he  that  waiteth,  and  cometh  to  the  thousand  three 
hundred  and  five  and  thirty  days. 

13  But  go  thou  thy  way  till  the  end  be  :  for  thou  shalt  rest,  and 
stand  in  thy  lot  at  the  end  of  the  days. 

B.  C.  522.  EZRA,  IV. 

7  IT  And  in  the  daj's  of  Artaxerxes  wTote  Bishlam,  INIithredath, 
Tabeel,  and  the  rest  of  their  companions,  unto  Artaxerxes  king  of 
Persia,  and  the  writing  of  the  letter  teas  written  in  the  Syrian  tongue, 
and  interpreted  in  the  Syrian  tongue. 

8  Rehum  the  chancellor  and  Shimshai  the  scribe  wrote  a  letter 
against  Jerusalem  to  Artaxerxes  the  king,  in  this  sort : 

9  Then  ivrote  Rehum  the  chancellor,  and  Shimshai  the  scribe,  and 
the  re~t  of  their  companions  ;  the  Dinaites,  the  Apharsathchites,  the 
Tarpelites,  the  Apharsites,  the  Archevites,  the  Babylonians,  the  Su- 
sanchites,  the  Dehavites,  and  the  Elamites, 

10  And  the  rest  of  the  nations  whom  the  great  and  noble  Asnapper 
brought  over,  and  set  in  the  cities  of  Samaria,  and  the  rest  that  are 
on  this  side  the  river,  and  at  such  a  time. 

11  *i\  This  is  the  copy  of  the  letter  that  they  sent  unto  him,  even 
unto  Artaxerxes  the  king  ;  Thy  servants,  the  men  on  this  side  the 
river,   and  at  such  a  time. 

12  Be  it  known  unto  the  king,  that  the  Jews  which  came  up  from 
thee  to  us,  are  come  unto  Jerusalem,  bull  ing  the  rebellious  and  the 
bad  city,  and  have  set  up  the  walls  thereof,  and  joined  the  founda- 
tions. 

13  Be  it  known  now  unto  the  king,  that  if  this  city  be  builded,  and 
the  wails  set  up  again,  then  will  they  not  pay  toll,  tribute,  and  cus- 
tom, and  so  thou  shalt  endamage  the  revenue  of  the  kings. 

14  Now  because  we  have  maintenance  from  the  king''s  palace,  and 
it  was  not  meet  for  us  to  see  the  king's  dishonor,  therefore  have  we 
sent  and  -certified  the  king; 

15  That  search  may  be  made  in  the  book  of  the  records  of  thy 
fathers  :  so  shalt  thou  find  in  the  book  of  the  records,  and  know,  that 
this  city  is  a  rebellious  city,  and  hurtful  unto  kings  and  provinces, 
and  that  they  have  moved  sedition  within  the  same  of  old  time  :  for 
which  cause  was  this  city  destroyed. 

16  V\'e  certify  the  king,  that  if  this  city  be  builded  again,  and  the 
walls  thereof  set  up,  by  this  means  thou  shalt  have  no  portion  on  this 
side  the  river. 


Ezra.     Haggai.  411 

17  '\\  Then  sent  the  king  an  answer  unto  Rehum  the  chancellor, 
and  to  Shimshai  the  scribe,  and  to  the  rest  of  their  companions  that 
dwell  in  Samaria,  and  unto  the  rest  beyond  the  river.  Peace,  and  at 
such  a  time. 

IS  The  letter  which  ye  sent  unto  us  hath  been  plainly  read  before 
me. 

19  And  I  commanded,  and  search  hath  been  made,  and  it  is  found, 
(hat  this  city  of  old  time  hath  made  insurrection  against  kings,  and 
that  rebellion  and  sedition  have  been  made  therein. 

20  There  have  been  mighty  kings  also,  over  Jerusalem  which  have 
ruled  over  all  countries  beyond  the  river ;  and  toll,  tribute,  and  cus- 
tom, was  paid  unto  them. 

21  Give  ye  now  commandment  to  cause  these  men  to  cease,  and 
that  this  city  be  not  builded,  until  another  commandment  shall  be 
given  from  me. 

22  Take  heed  now  that  ye  fail  not  to  do  this :  why  should  damage 
grow  to  the  hurt  of  the  kings  .' 

23  IT  Now,  when  tlie  copy  of  king  Artaxerxes'  letter  was  read 
before  Rehum,  and  Shimshai  the  scribe,  and  their  companions,  they 
went  up  in  haste  to  Jerasalem,  unto  the  Jews,  and  made  them  to  cease 
by  force  and  power. 

24  Then  ceased  the  work  of  the  house  of  God,  which  is  at  Jeru- 
salem. So  it  ceased  unto  the  second  year  of  the  reign  of  Darius  king 
of  Persia. 

HAGGAI,  I.  B.  C.  520. 

1  In  the  second  year  of  Darius  the  king,  in  the  sixth  month,  in  the 
first  day  of  the  month,  came  the  word  of  the  Lord  by  Haggai  the 
prophet  unto  Zerubbabel  the  son  of  Shealtiel,  governor  of  Judah,  and 
to  Joshua  the  son  of  Josedech,  the  high  priest,  saying, 

2  Thus  speaketh  the  Lord  of  hosts,  saying,  This  people  say.  The 
time  is  not  come,  the  time  that  the  Lord's  house  should  be  built. 

3  Then  came  the  word  of  the  Lord  by  Haggai  the  prophet,  saying, 

4  Is  it  time  for  you,  O  ye,  to  dwell  in  your  ceiled  houses,  and  this 
house  lie  waste  ? 

5  Now,  therefore,  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  Consider  your 
ways. 

G  Ye  have  sown  much,  and  bring  in  little  ;  ye  eat,  but  ye  have  not 
enough ;  ye  drink,  but  ye  are  not  filled  with  drink  ;  ye  clothe  you, 
but  there  is  none  warm  ;  and  he  that  earneth  wages,  earneth  wages 
to  put  it  into  a  bag  with  holes. 

7  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.  Consider  your  ways. 

8  Go  up  to  the  mountain  and  bring  wood,  and  build  the  house  ; 
and  I  will  take  pleasure  in  it,  and  I  will  be  glorified,  saith  the  Lord. 

9  Ye  looked  for  much,  and,  lo,  it  came  to  little  ;  and  when  ye 
brought  it  home  I  did  blow  upon  it.  Why  ?  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 
Because  of  mine  house  that  is  waste,  and  ye  ran  every  man  unto  his 
own  house. 

10  Therefore  the  heaven  over  you  is  stayed  from  dew,  and  the 
earth  is  stayed //'om  her  fruit. 

11  And  I  called  for  a  drought  upon  the  land,  and  upon  the  moun- 
tains, and  upon  the  corn,  and  upon  the  new  wine,  and  upon  the  oil. 


412  Haggai, 

and  upon  that  which  the  ground  bringeth  forth,  and  upon  men,  and 
upon  cattle,  and  upon  all  the  labor  of  the  hands. 

12  H  Then  Zerubbabel  the  son  of  Shealtiel,  and  Joshua  the  son  of 
Josedech,  the  high  priest,  with  all  the  remnant  of  the  people,  obeyed 
the  voice  of  the  Lord  their  God,  and  the  words  of  Haggai  the 
prophet,  (as  the  Lord  their  God  had  sent  him,)  and  the  people  did 
fear  before  the  Lord. 

13  Then  spake  Haggai,  the  Lord's  messenger,  in  the  Lord's 
message  unto  the  people,  saying,  I  am  with  you,  saith  the  Lord. 

14  II  And  the  Lord  stirred  up  the  spirit  of  Zerubbabel  the  son  of 
Shealtiel,  governor  of  Judah,  and  the  spirit  of  Joshua  the  son  of  Jose- 
dech, the  high  priest,  and  the  spirit  of  all  the  remnant  of  the  people  ; 
and  they  came,  and  did  work  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  their 
God. 

15  In  the  four  and  twentieth  day  of  the  sixth  month,  in  the  second 
year  of  Darius  the  king. 

HAGGAI,    II. 

1  In  the  seventh  month,  in  the  one  and  twentieth  day  of  the 
month,  came  the  word  of  the  Lord  by  the  prophet  Haggai,  saying, 

2  Speak  now  to  Zerubbabel  the  son  of  Shealtiel,  governor  of  Ju- 
dah, and  to  Joshua  the  son  of  Josedech,  the  high  priest,  and  to  the 
residue  of  the  people,  saying, 

3  Who  is  left  among  you  that  saw  this  house  in  her  first  glory  ? 
and  how  do  je  see  it  now  ?  is  it  not  in  your  eyes  in  comparison  of  it 
as  nothing  ? 

4  Yet  now  be  strong,  0  Zerubbabel,  saith  the  Lord  ;  and  be 
strong,  0  Joshua,  son  of  Josedech,  the  high  priest;  and  be  strong, 
all  ye  people  of  the  land,  saith  the  Lord,  and  work:  for  I  am  with 
you,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  ; 

5  Jlccording  to  the  word  that  I  covenanted  with  you  when  ye  came 
out  of  Egypt,  so  my  Spirit  remaineth  among  you  :  fear  ye  not. 

6  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.  Yet  once,  it  is  a  little  while, 
and  I  will  shake  the  heavens,  and  the  earth,  and  the  sea,  and  the  dry 
land ; 

7  And  I  will  shake  all  nations,  and  the  Desire  of  all  nations  shall 
come  :  and  1  will  fill  this  house  with  gloryt  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

8  The  silver  is  mine,  and  the  gold  is  mine,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

9  The  glory  of  this  latter  house  shall  be  greater  than  of  the  former, 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  :  and  in  this  place  will  I  give  peace,  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts. 

10  II  In  the  four  and  twentieth  day  of  the  ninth  month,  in  the  sec- 
ond year  of  Darius,  cairie  the  word  of  the  Lord  by  Haggai  the 
prophet,  saying, 

11  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.  Ask  now  the  priests  concerning 
the  law,  saying, 

12  If  one  bear  holy  flesh  in  the  skirt  of  his  garment,  and  with  his 
skirt  do  touch  bread,  or  pottage,  or  wine,  or  oii,  or  any  meat,  shall  it 
be  holy  ?  And  the  priests  answered  and  said,  No. 

13  Then  said  Haggai,  U  one  that  is  unclean  by  a  dead  body  touch 
any  of  these,  shall  it  be  unclean  ?  And  the  priests  answered  and  said, 
It  shall  be  unclean. 


Haggai.     Zechariah.  .  413 

14  Then  answered  Haggai,  and  said,  So  is  this  people,  and  so  is  this 
nation  before  me,  saith  the  Lord  ;  and  so  is  every  work  of  their 
hands  ;  and  that  which  they  offer  there  is  unclean. 

15  And  now,  I  pray  you,  consider  from  this  day  and  upward,  from 
before  a  stone  was  laid  upon  a  stone  in  the  temple  of  the  Lord  ; 

16  Since  those  days  were,  when  one  came  to  an  heap  of  twenty 
measures,  there  were  hut  ten  :  when  one  came  to  the  press-fat,  for 
to  draw  out  fifty  vessels  out  of  the  press,  there  were  but  twenty. 

17  I  smote  you  with  blasting,  and  with  mildew,  and  with  hail,  in 
all  the  labors  of  your  hands  ;  yet  ye  turned  not  to  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

18  Consider  now  from  this  day  and  upward,  from  the  four  and 
twentieth  day  of  the  ninth  month,  even  from  the  day  that  the  founda- 
tion of  the  Lord's  temple  was  laid,  consider  it. 

19  Is  the  seed  yet  in  the  barn  ?  yea,  as  yet  the  vine,  and  the  fig- 
tree,  and  the  pomegranate,  and  the  olive-tree,  hath  not  brought  forth : 
from  this  day  will  I  bless  you. 

20  H  And  again  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  Haggai,  in  the 
four  and  twentieth  day  of  the  month,  saying, 

21  Speak  to  Zerubbabel,  governor  of  Judah,  saying,  I  will  shake 
the  heavens  and  the  earth  ; 

22  And  I  will  overthrow  the  throne  of  kingdoms  }  and  I  will 
destroy  the  strength  of  the  kingdoms  of  the  heathen  ;  and  I  will  over- 
throw the  chariots,  and  those  that  ride  in  them  ;  and  the  horses  and 
their  riders  shall  come  down,  every  one  by  the  sword  of  his  brother. 

23  In  that  day,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  will  I  take  thee,  O  Ze- 
rubbabel my  servant,  the  son  of  Shealtiel,  saith  the  Lord,  and  will 
make  thee  as  a  signet:  for  I  have  chosen  thee,  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts. 

ZECHARIAH,    I. 

1  In  the  eighth  month,  in  the  second  year  of  Darius,  came  the  word 
of  the  Lord  unto  Zechariah,  the  son  of  Barachiah,  the  son  of  Iddo 
the  prophet,  saying, 

2  The  Lord  hath  been  sore  displeased  with  your  fathers. 

3  Therefore  say  thou  unto  them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 
Turn  ye  unto  me,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  and  I  will  turn  unto  you, 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

4  Be  ye  not  as  your  fathers,  unto  whom  the  former  prophets  have 
cried,  saying,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.  Turn  ye  now  from  your 
evil  ways,  and  from  your  evil  doings :  but  they  did  not  hear,  nor 
hearken  unto  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

5  Your  fathers,  where  are  they  ?  and  the  prophets,  do  they  live 
for  ever  ? 

6  But  my  words  and  my  statutes,  which  I  commanded  my  servants 
the  prophets,  did  they  not  take  hold  of  your  fathers?  and  they 
returned,  and  said,  Like  as  the  Lord  of  hosts  thought  to  do  unto  us, 
according  to  our  ways,  and  according  to  our  doings,  so  hath  he  dealt 
with  us. 

7  II  Upon  the  four  and  twentieth  day  of  the  eleventh  month,  which 
is  the  month  Sebat,  in  the  second  year  of  Darius,  came  the  word  of 
the  Lord  unto  Zechariah,  the  son  of  Barachiah,  the  son  of  Iddo  the 
prophet,  saying, 


414  ZechariaJi. 

8  I  saw  by  night,  and  behold  a  man  riding  upon  a  red  horse,  and 
he  stood  among  the  myrtle-trees  that  were  in  the  bottom  ;  and  behind 
him  were  there  red  horses,  speckled,  and  white. 

9  Then  said  1,  Oh  my  lord,  what  are  these  ?  And  the  angel  that 
talked  with  me  said  unto  me,  I  will  shew  thee  what  these  he. 

10  And  the  man  that  stood  among  the  myrtle-trees  answered  and 
said,  These  are  they  whom  the  Lord  hath  sent  to  v/alk  to  and  fro 
through  the  earth. 

11  Ami  they  answered  the  angel  of  the  Lord  that  stood  among  the 
myrtle  trees,  and  said,  We  haveValked  to  and  fro  through  the  earth, 
and,  behold,  all  the  earth  sitteth  still,  and  is  at  rest. 

12  II  Then  the  angel  of  the  Lord  answered  and  said,  O  Lord  of 
hosts,  how  long  wilt  thou  not  have  mercy  on  Jerusalem  and  on  the 
cities  of  Judah,  against  which  thou  hast  had  indignation  these  three- 
score and  ten  years  ? 

13  And  the  Lord  answered  the  angel  that  talked  with  me  with 
good  words  and  comfortable  words. 

14  So  the  angel  that  communed  with  me  said  unto  me.  Cry  thou, 
saying.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts;  I  am  jealous  for  Jerusalem  and 
for  Zion  with  a  great  jealousy. 

15  And  I  am  very  sore  displeased  with  the  heathen  that  are  at 
ease  :  for  I  was  but  a  little  displeased,  and  they  helped  forward  the 
affliction. 

16  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  I  am  returned  to  Jerusalem 
with  mercies:  my  house  shall  be  built  in  it,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
and  a  line  shall  be  stretched  forth  upon  Jerusalem. 

17  Cry  yet,  saying.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts ;  My  cities 
through  prosperity  shall  yet  be  spread  abroad  ;  and  the  Lord  shall 
comfort  Zion,  and  shall  yet  choose  Jerusalem. 

18  II  Then  lifted  I  up  mine  eyes,  and  saw,  and  behold  four  horns. 

19  And  I  said  unto  the  angel  that  talked  with  me.  What  he  these  .' 
And  he  answered  me.  These  are  the  horns  which  have  scattered 
Judah,  Isi-ael,  and  Jerusalem. 

20  And  the  Lord  shewed  me  four  carpenters. 

21  Then  said  1,  What  come  these  to  do  ?  And  he  spake,  saying, 
These  are  the  horns  which  have  scattered  Judah,  so  that  no  man  did 
iift  up  his  head  :  but  these  are  come  to  fray  them,  to  cast  out  the 
horns  of  the  Gentiles,  which  lifted  up  their  horn  over  the  land  of 
Judah  to  scatter  it. 

ZECHARTAH,    II. 

1  I  lifted  up  mine  eyes  again,  and  looked,  and,  behold,  a  man  with 
a  measuring  line  in  his  hand. 

2  Then  said  I,  Whither  goest  thou  ?  And  he  said  unto  me,  To 
measure  Jerusalem,  to  see  what  is  the  breadth  thereof,  and  what  is 
the  length  thereof, 

3  And,  behold,  the  angel  that  talked  with  me  went  forth,  and 
another  angel  went  out  to  meet  him. 

4  And  said  unto  him,  Run,  speak  to  this  young  man,  saying,  Jeru- 
salem shall  be  inhabited  as  towns  without  walls  for  the  multitude  of 
men  and  cattle  therein  : 

5  For  I,  saith  the  Lord,  will  be  unto  her  a  wall  of  fire  round 
about,  and  will  be  the  glory  in  the  midst  of  her. 


Zechariah.  415 

6  IT  Ho,  ho,  come  forth,  and  flee  from  the  land  of  the  north,  saith 
the  Lord  :  for  I  have  spread  you  abroad  as  the  four  winds  of  the 
heaven,  saith  the  Lord. 

7  Deliver  thyself,  0  Zion,  that  dwellest  loith  the  daughter  of 
Babylon. 

8  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  ;  After  the  glory  hath  he  sent 
me  unto  the  nations  which  spoiled  you  :  for  he  that  toucheth  you 
toucheth  the  apple  of  his  eye. 

9  For  behold,  I  will  shake  mine  hand  upon  them,  and  they  shall 
be  a  spoil  to  their  servants :  and  ye  shall  know  that  the  Lord  of 
hosts  hath  sent  me. 

10  TI  Sing  and  rejoice,  0  daughter  of  Zion  :  for  lo,  I  come,  and 
will  dwell  in  the  midst  of  thee,  saith  the  Lord, 

11  And  many  nations  shall  be  joined  to  the  Lord  in  that  day,  and 
shall  be  my  people,  and  I  Avill  dwell  in  the  midst  of  thee,  and  thou 
shalt  know  that  the  Lord  of  hosts  hath  sent  me  unto  thee. 

12  And  the  Lord  shall  inherit  Judah  his  portion  in  the  holy  land, 
and  shall  choose  Jerusalem  again. 

13  Be  silent,  O  all  flesh  before  the  Lord  ;  for  he  is  raised  up  out  of 
his  holy  habitation. 

ZECHARIAH,  III. 

1  And  he  shewed  me  Joshua  the  high  priest,  standing  before  the 
angel  of  the  Lord,  and  Satan  standing  at  his  right  hana  to  resist 
him. 

2  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Satan,  The  Lord  rebuke  thee,  0  Sa- 
tan, even  the  Lord  that  hath  chosen  Jerusalem,  rebuke  thee  :  Is  not 
this  a  brand  plucked  out  of  the  fire  ? 

3  Now  Joshua  was  clothed  with  filthy  garments,  and  stood  before 
the  angel. 

4  And  he  answered,  and  spake  unto  those  that  stood  before  him, 
saying,  take  away  the  filthy  garments  from  him.  And  unto  him  he 
said.  Behold,  I  have  caused  thine  iniquity  to  pass  from  thee,  and  I 
will  clothe  thee  with  change  of  raiment. 

5  And  I  said,  Let  them  set  a  fair  mitre  upon  his  head.  So  they 
set  a  fair  mitre  upon  his  head,  and  clothed  him  with  garments.  And 
the  angel  of  the  Lord  stood  by. 

6  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  protested  unto  Joshua,  saying, 

7  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts;  if  thou  wilt  walk  in  my  ways, 
and  if  thou  wilt  keep  my  charge,  then  thou  shalt  also  judge  my  house, 
and  shalt  also  keep  my  courts,  and  1  will  give  ti.ee  places  to  walk 
among  these  that  stand  by. 

8  !I  Hear  now,  O  Joshua  the  high  priest,  thou,  and  thy  fellows  that 
sit  before  thee  ;  for  they  are  men  wondered  at:  for,  behold,  I  v/ill 
bring  forth  my  servant  the  BRANCH. 

9  For,  behold,  the  stone  that  I  have  laid  before  Joshua;  upon  one 
stone  shall  be  seven  eyes  :  behold,  I  vnW  engrave  the  graving  there- 
of, saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  and  I  will  remove  the  iniquity  of  that  land 
in  one  day. 

10  In  that  day,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  shall  ye  call  every  man 
his  neighbor  under  the  vine  and  under  the  fig-tree. 


416  ZechariaJi, 


ZECHARIAH5    IV. 

1  And  the  angel  that  talked  with  me  came  again,  and  waked  me, 
as  a  man  that  is  wakened  out  of  his  sleep. 

2  And  said  unto  me,  What  seest  thou  ?  And  I  said,  I  have 
looked,  and  behold,  a  candlestick  all  of  gold,  with  a  bowl  upon  tlie 
top  of  it,  and  his  seven  lamps  thereon,  and  seven  pipes  to  the  seven 
lamps  which  are  upon  the  top  thereof: 

3  And  two  olive  trees  by  it,  one  upon  the  right  side  of  the  bowl, 
and  the  other  upon  the  left  side  thereof. 

4  So  I  answered  and  spake  to  the  angel  that  talked  with  me,  saying. 
What  are  these  my  lord  ? 

5  Then  the  angel  that  talked  with  me  answered  and  said  unto  me, 
Knowest  thou  not  what  these  be  ?  And  I  said,  No,  my  lord. 

6  Then  he  answered  and  spake  unto  me,  saying,  This  is  the  word 
of  the  Lord  unto  Zerubbabel,  saying,  Not  by  might,  nor  by  power, 
but  by  my  Spirit,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts, 

7  Who  art  thou,  O  great  mountain?  before  Zerubbabel  thou  shall 
become  a  plain :  and  he  shall  bring  forth  the  headstone  thereof  with 
shoutings,  crying,  Grace,  grace  unto  it. 

8  Moreover  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

9  The  hands  of  Zerubbabel  have  laid  the  foundation  of  this  house ; 
his  hands  shall  also  finish  it ;  and  thou  shall  know  that  the  Lord  of 
hosts  hath  sent  me  unto  you. 

10  For  who  hath  despised  the  day  of  small  things  ?  for  they  shall 
rejoice,  and  shall  see  the  plummet  in  the  hand  of  Zerubbabel  with 
those  seven ;  they  are  the  eyes  of  the  Lord,  which  run  to  and  fro 
through  the  whole  earth. 

11  IT  Then  answered  I,  and  said  unto  him,  What  are  these  two 
olive  trees  upon  the  right  side  of  the  candlestick,  and  upon  the  left  side 
thereof  ? 

12  And  I  answered  again,  and  said  unto  him,  What  be  these  two 
olive  branches  which  through  the  two  golden  pipes  empty  the  golden 
oil  out  of  themselves  ? 

13  And  he  answered  me  and  said,  Knowest  thou  not  what  these  be  7 
And  I  said,  No,  my  lord. 

14  Then  said  he,  These  are  the  two  anointed  ones,  that  stand  by 
the  Lord  of  the  whole  earth. 

ZECHARIAH,    V. 

1  Then  I  turned,  and  lifted  up  mine  eyes,  and  looked,  and  behold, 
a  flying  roll. 

2  And  he  said  unto  me,  VvTiat  seest  thou  ?  and  I  answered,  I  see  a 
flying  roll;  the  length  thereof /s  twenty  cubits,  and  the  breadth 
thereof  ten  cubits. 

3  Then  said  he  unto  me,  This  is  the  curse  that  goelh  forth  over 
the  face  of  the  Vv'hole  earth  :  fOr  every  one  that  stealeth  shall  be  cut 
off  as  on  this  side,  according  to  it ;  and  every  one  that  sweareth  shall 
be  cut  off  as  on  that  side,  according  to  it. 

4  I  will  bring  it  forth,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  and  it  shall  enter 
into  the  house  of  the  thief,  and  into  the  house  of  him  that  sweareth 
falsely  by  my  name :  and  it  shall  remain  in  the  midst  of  his  house, 
and  shall  consume  it,  with  the  timber  thereof,  and  the  stones  thereof. 


Zechariah,  417 

5  IT  Then  the  angel  that  talked  with  me  went  forth,  and  said  unto 
me.  Lift  up  now  thine  eyes,  and  see  what  is  this  that  goeth  forth. 

6  And  I  said.  What  is  it?  and  he  said,  This  is  an  ephah  that  goeth 
forth.  He  said,  moreover,  This  is  their  resemblance  through  all  the 
earth. 

7  And,  behold,  there  was  lifted  up  a  talent  of  lead  :  and  this  is  a 
woman  that  sitteth  in  the  midst  of  the  ephah. 

8  And  he  said.  This  is  wickedness.  And  he  cast  it  into  the  midst 
of  the  ephah  ;  and  he  cast  the  weight  of  lead  upon  the  mouth  thereof. 

9  Then  lifted  I  up  mine  eyes,  and  looked,  and  behold,  there  came 
out  two  women,  and  the  wind  was  in  their  wings  ;  for  they  had 
wings  like  the  wings  of  a  stork  :  and  they  lifted  up  the  ephah  between 
the  earth  and  the  heaven. 

10  Then  said  I  to  the  angel  that  talked  with  me,  Whither  do  these 
bear  the  ephah  ? 

11  And  he  said  unto  me,  To  build  it  an  house  in  the  land  of  Shinar: 
and  it  shall  be  established,  and  set  there  upon  her  own  base. 

ZECHARIAH,    VI. 

1  And  I  turned,  and  lifted  up  mine  eyes,  and  looked,  and,  behold, 
there  came  four  chariots  out  from  between  two  mountains;  and  the 
mountains  ivere  mountains  of  brass. 

2  In  the  first  chariot  were  red  horses,  and  in  the  second  chariot 
black  horses, 

3  And  in  the  third  chariot  white  horses,  and  in  the  fourth  chariot 
grisled  and  bay  horses. 

4  Then  I  answered  and  said  unto  the  angel  that  talked  with  me, 
What  are  these,  my  lord  ? 

5  And  the  angel  answered  and  said  unto  me.  These  are  the  four 
spirits  of  the  heavens,  which  go  forth  from  standing  before  the  Lord 
of  all  the  earth. 

6  The  black  horses  which  are  therein  go  forth  into  the  north 
country  ;  and  the  white  g;o  forth  after  them  ;  and  the  grisled  go  forth 
toward  the  south  country. 

7  And  the  bay  went  forth,  and  sought  to  go,  that  they  might  walk 
to  and  fro  through  the  earth  :  and  he  said,  Get  ye  hence,  walk  to  and 
fro  through  the  earth.     So  they  walked  to  and  fro  througli  the  earth. 

8  Then  cried  he  upon  me,  and  spake  unto  me,  saying.  Behold,  these 
that  go  toward  the  north  country  have  quieted  my  spirit  in  the  north 
country, 

9  IF  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 

10  Take  of  them  of  the  captivity,  even  of  Heldai,  of  Tobijah,  and  of 
Jedaiah,  which  are  come  from  Ba!)ylon,  and  come  thou  the  same  day, 
and  go  into  the  house  of  Josiah  the  son  of  Zephaiiiah  ; 

11  Then  take  silver  and  gold,  and  make  crowns,  and  set  them  upon 
the  head  of  Joshua  the  son  of  Josedech  the  high  priest ; 

12  And  speak  unto  him,  saying,  Thus  speaketh  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
saying.  Behold  the  man  whose  name  is  The  BRANCH  ;  and  he 
shall  grow  up  out  of  his  place,  and  he  shall  build  the  temple  of  the 
Lord  : 

13  Even  he  shall  build  the  temple  of  the  Lord  ;  and  he  shall  bear 
the  glory,  and  shall  sit  and  rule  upon  his  throne  ;  and  he  shall  be  a 

35 


418  Zecliariah.    Ezra. 

priest  upon  his  throne  :    and  the  counsel  of  peace  shall  be  between 
them  both. 

14  And  the  cfowns  shall  be  to  Helem,  and  to  Tobijah,  and  to 
Jedaiah,  and  to  Hen  the  son  of  Zephaniah,  for  a  memorial  in  the 
temple  of  the  Lord. 

15  And  they  ihat  are  far  off  shall  come  and  build  in  the  temple  of 
the  Lord,  and  ye  shall  know  that  the  Lord  of  hosts  hath  sent  me 
unto  you.  And  this  shall  come  to  pass,  if  ye  will  diligently  obey  the 
voice  of  the  Lord  your  God. 

B.    C.    519.  EZRA,    V. 

1  Then  the  prophets,  Haggai  the  prophet,  and  Zechariah  the  son  of 
Iddo,  prophesied  unto  the  Jews  that  were  in  Judah  and  Jerusalem,  in 
the  name  of  the  God  of  Israel,  even  unto  them. 

2  Then  rose  up  Zerubbabel  the  son  of  Shealtiel,  and  Jeshua  the 
son  of  Jozadak,  and  began  to  build  the  house  of  God  which  is  at 
Jerusalem  :  and  with  them  were  the  prophets  of  God  helping  them. 

3  H  At  the  same  time  came  to  them  Tatnai,  governor  on  this  side 
the  river,  and  Shethar-boznai,  and  their  companions,  and  said  thus 
unto  them,  Who  hath  commanded  you  to  build  this  house,  and  to  make 
up  this  wall  ? 

4  Then  said  we  unto  them  after  this  manner,  What  are  the  names 
of  the  men  that  make  this  building  ? 

5  But  the  eye  of  their  God  was  upon  the  elders  of  the  Jews,  that 
they  could  not  cause  them  to  cease,  till  the  matter  came  to  Darius  : 
and  then  they  returned  answer  by  letter  concerning  this  matter. 

^  U  The  copy  of  the  letter  that  Tatnai,  governor  on  this  side  the 
river,  and  Shethar-boznai,  and  his  companions  the  Apharsachites, 
which  were  on  this  side  the  river,  sent  unto  Darius  the  king: 

7  They  sent  a  letter  unto  him,  wherein  was  written  thus;  Unto 
Darius  the  king,  all  peace. 

8  Be  it  known  unto  the  king,  that  we  went  into  the  province  of 
Judea,  to  the  house  of  the  great  God,  which  is  builded  with  great 
stones,  and  timber  is  laid  in  the  walls,  and  this  work  goeth  fast  on, 
and  pvospereth  in  their  hands. 

9  Then  asked  we  those  elders,  and.  said  unto  them  thus,  Who 
commanded  you  to  build  this  house,  and  to  make  up  these  wails  ? 

10  We  asked  their  names  also,  to  certify  thee,  that  we  might  write 
the  names  of  the  men  that  were  the  chief  of  tfhem. 

11  And  thus  they  returned  us  answer,  saying.  We  are  the  servants 
of  the  God  of  heaven  and  earth,  and  build  the  house  that  was  builded 
these  many  years  ago,  which  a  great  king  of  Israel  builded  and 
setup, 

12  But  after  that  our  fathers  had  provoked  the  God  of  heaven  unto 
wrath,  he  gave  them  into  the  hand  of  Nebuchadnezzar  the  king  of 
Babylon  the  Chaldean,  who  destroyed  tiiis  hou^^e,  and  carried  the 
people  away  into  Babylon. 

13  But  ill  the  first  year  of  Cyrus  the  king  of  Babylon,  the  same 
king  Cyrus  made  a  decree  to  build  this  house  of  God. 

14  And  the  vessels  also  of  gold  and  silver  of  the  house  of  God, 
which  Nebuchadnezzar  took  out  of  the  temple  ihzi  was  in  Jerusalem, 
and  brought  them  into  the  temple  of  Babylon,  those  did  Cyrus  the 


Ezra.  419 

king  take  out  of  the  temple  of  Babylon,  and  they  were  delivered  unto 
one  whose  name  ivas  Sheshbazzar,  whom  he  had  made  governor  ; 

15  And  said  unto  him,  Take  these  vessels,  go,  carry  them  into  the 
temple  that  is  in  Jerusalem,  and  let  the  house  of  God  be  builded  in  his 
place. 

16  Then  came  the  same  Sheshbazzar,  and  laid  the  foundation  of 
the  house  of  God  which  is  in  Jerusalem  :  and  since  that  time,  even 
until  now,  hath  it  been  in  building,  and  yet  it  is  not  finished. 

17  Now,  therefore,  if  it  seem  good  to  the  king,  let  there  be  search 
made  in  the  king's  treasure-house,  which  is  there  at  Babylon,  whether 
it  be  so,  that  a  decree  was  made  of  Cyrus  the  king  to  build  this  house 
of  God  at  Jerusalem,  and  let  the  king  send  his  pleasure  to  us  concern- 
ing this  matter. 

EZRA,    VI. 

1  Then  Darius  the  king  made  a  decree,  and  search  was  made  in 
the  house  of  the  rolls,  where  the  treasures  were  laid  up  in  Babylon. 

2  And  there  was  found  at  Achmetha,  in  the  palace  that  is  in  the 
province  of  the  Medes,  a  roll,  and  therein  was  a  record  thus  written: 

3  In  the  first  year  of  Cyrus  the  king,  the  same  Cyrus  the  king 
made  a  decree  concerning  the  house  of  God  at  Jerusalem,  Let  the 
house  be  builded,  the  place  where  they  offered  sacrifices,  and  let  the 
foundations  thereof  be  strongly  laid ;  the  height  thereof  threescore 
cubits,  and  the  breadth  thereof  threescore  cubits  ; 

4  With  three  rows  of  great  stones,  and  a  row  of  new  timber  :  and 
let  the  expenses  be  given  out  of  the  king's  house. 

5  And  also  let  the  golden  and  silver  vessels  of  the  house  of  God, 
which  Nebuchadnezzar  took  forth  out  of  the  temple  which  is  at  Jeru- 
salem, and  brought  unto  Babylon,  be  restored,  and  brought  again  unto 
the  temple  which  is  at  Jerusalem,  every  one  to  his  place,  and  place 
them  in  the  house  of  God. 

6  Now,  therefore,  Tatnai,  governor  beyond  the  river,  Shethar-boz- 
nai,  and  your  companions  the  Apharsachites,  which  are  beyond  the 
river,  be  ye  far  from  thence  ; 

7  Let  the  work  of  this  house  of  God  alone  ;  let  the  governoV  of  the 
Jews,  and  the  elders  of  the  Jews,  build  this  house  of  God  in  his  place. 

8  Moreover,  I  make  a  decree  what  ye  shall  do  to  the  elders  of 
these  Jews,  for  the  building  of  this  house  of  God  ;  that,  of  the  king's 
goods,  even  of  the  tribute  beyond  the  river,  forthwith  expenses  be 
given  unto  these  men,  that  they  be  not  hindered. 

9  And  that  which  they  have  need  of,  both  young  bullocks,  and 
rams,  and  lambs,  for  the  burnt-offerings  of  the  God  of  heaven,  wheal, 
salt,  wine,  and  oil,  according  to  the  appointment  of  the  priests  which 
are  at  Jerusalem,  let  it  be  given  them  day  by  day  without  fail ; 

10  That  they  may  offer  sacrifices  of  sweet  savors  unto  the  God  of 
heaven,  and  pray  for  the  life  of  the  king,  and  of  his  sons. 

11  Also  1  have  made  a  decree,  that  whosoever  shall  alter  this  word, 
let  timber  be  pulled  down  from  his  house,  and  being  set  upi,  let  him 
be  hanged  thereon  ;  and  let  his  house  be  made  a  dnngniil  for  this. 

12  And  the  God  that  hath  caused  his  name  to  dwell  there,  destroy 
all  kings  and  people  that  shall  put  to  their  hand  to  altor  and  to  destroy 
this  house  of  God  which  is  at  Jerusalem.  I  Darius  have  made  a 
decree  ;  let  it  be  done  with  speed. 


420  Ezra.     Zechariah. 

13  II  Then  Tatnai,  governor  on  this  side  the  river,  Shelhar-boznai, 
and  their  companions,  according  to  that  which  Darius  the  king  had 
sent,  so  they  did  speedily. 

14  And  the  elders  of  the  Jews  builded,  and  they  prospered  through 
the  prophesying  of  Haggai  the  prophet,  and  Zechariah  the  son  of 
Iddo.  And  they  builded,  and  finished  it,  according  to  the  coannand- 
ment  of  the  God  of  Israel,  and  according  to  the  commandment  of 
Cyrus,  and  Darius,  and  Artaxerxes  king  of  Persia. 

B.  C.  517.  ZECHARIAH,    VII. 

1  And  it  came  to  pass,  in  the  fourth  year  of  king  Darius,  that  the 
word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  Zechariah  in  the  fourth  day  of  the  ninth 
month,  even  in  Chisleu  ; 

2  When  they  had  sent  unto  the  house  of  God  Sherezer  and  Regem- 
melech,  and  their  men,  to  pray  before  the  Lord, 

3  .Rnd  to  speak  unto  the  priests  which  were  in  the  house  of  the 
Lord  of  hosts,  and  to  the  prophets,  saying.  Should  I  weep  in  the 
fifth  month,  separating  myself,  as  I  have  done  these  so  many  years  ? 

4  II  Then  came  the  word  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  unto  me,  saying, 

5  Speak  unto  all  the  people  of  the  land,  and  to  the  priests,  saying. 
When  ye  fasted  and  mourned  in  the  fifth  and  seventh  month,  even 
those  seventy  years,  did  ye  at  all  fast  unto  me,  even  to  me  ? 

6  And  when  ye  did  eat,  and  when  ye  did  drink,  did  not  ye  eat /or 
yourselves,  and  drink  for  yourselves  ? 

7  Should  ye  not  hear  the  words  which  the  Lord  hath  cried  by  the 
former  prophets,  when  Jerusalem  was  inhabited  and  in  prosperity, 
and  the  cities  thereof  round  about  her,  when  men  inhabited  the  south 
and  the  plain  ? 

8  !I  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  Zechariah,  saying, 

9  Thus  speaketh  the  Lord  of  hosts,  saying.  Execute  true  judg- 
ment, and  shew  mercy  and  compassion  every  man  to  his  brother : 

10  And  oppress  not  the  widow,  nor  the  fatherless,  the  stranger,  nor 
the  poor;  and  let  none  of  you  imagine  evil  against  his  brother  in 
your  heart. 

11  But  they  refused  to  hearken,  and  pulled  away  the  shoulder,  and 
stopped  their  ears,  that  they  should  not  hear, 

12  Yea,  tliey  made  their  hearts  as  an  adamant  stone,  lest  they 
should  hear  the  law,  and  the  words  which  the  Lord  of  hosts  hath 
sent  in  his  Spirit  by  the  former  prophets  ;  therefore  came  a  great 
wrath  from  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

13  Therefore  it  is  come  to  pass,  that,  as  he  cried,  and  they  would 
not  hear  ;  so  they  cried,  and  I  w^ould  not  hear,  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts  : 

14  But  I  scattered  them  with  a  whirlwind  among  all  the  nations 
whom  they  knew  not:  thus  the  land  was  desolate  after  them,  that  no 
man  passed  through  nor  returned  ;  for  they  laid  the  pleasant  land 
desolate. 

ZECHARIAH,  VIIl. 

1  Again  the  word  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  came  to  me,  saying, 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  I  was  jealous  for  Zion  with  gre?it 
jealousy,  and  I  was  jealous  for  her  with  great  fury. 


Zechariah.  421 

3  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  I  am  returned  unto  Zion,  and  will  dwell 
in  the  midst  of  Jerusalem;  and  Jerusalem  shall  be  called,  A  city  of 
truth  ;  and  the  mountain  of  the  Lord  of  hosts,  The  holy  mountain. 

4  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.  There  shall  yet  old  men  and  old 
women  dwell  in  the  streets  of  Jerusalem,  and  every  man  with  his 
staff  in  his  hand  for  very  age. 

5  And  the  streets  of  the  city  shall  be  full  of  boys  and  girls  playing 
in  the  streets  thereof. 

6  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.  If  it  be  marvellous  in  the  eyes  of 
the  remnant  of  this  people  in  these  days,  should  it  also  be  marvellous 
in  mine  eyes  ?  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

7  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.  Behold,  I  will  save  my  people  from 
the  east  country,  and  from  the  west  country. 

8  And  I  will  brinsi;  them,  and  tl^ey  shall  dwell  in  the  midst  of  Jeru- 
salem ;  and  they  shall  be  my  people,  and  I  will  be  their  God,  in 
truth  and  in  righteousness. 

9  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  Let  your  hands  be  sti-ong,  ye  that 
hear  in  these  days  these  words  by  the  mouth  of  the  prophells,  which 
were  in  the  day  that  the  foundation  of  the  house  of  the  Lord  of  hosts 
was  laid,  that  the  temple  might  be  built. 

10  For  before  these  days  there  was  no  hire  for  man,  nor  any  hire 
for  beast ;  neither  was  there  any  peace  to  him  that  went  out  or  came 
in,  because  of  the  affliction :  for  I  set  a!l  men  every  one  against  his 
neighbor. 

11  But  now  I  %oill  not  he  unto  tlie  residue  of  this  people  as  in  the 
former  days,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

12  For  the  seed  shall  be  prosperous;  the  vine  shall  give  her  fruit, 
and  the  ground  shall  give  her  increase,  and  the  heavens  shall  give 
their  dew  ;  and  I  will  cause  the  remnant  of  this  people  to  possess  all 
these  things. 

13  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that,  as  ye  were  a  curse  among  the 
heathen,  O  house  of  Judah,  and  house  of  Israel;  so  will  I  save  you, 
and  ye  shall  be  a  blessing  :  fear  not,  iut  let  your  hands  be  strona:. 

14  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.  As  I  thought  to  punish  you, 
when  your  fathers  provoked  me  to  wrath,  saith  the  Lord  of  liosts, 
and  I  repented  not ; 

15  So  again  have  I  thought  in  these  days  to  do  Vv  ell  unto  Jerusalem 
and  to  the  house  of  Judah  :  fea,r  ye  not. 

16  U  These  are  the  things  that  ye  shall  do,  Speak  ye  every  man 
the  truth  to  his  neighbor;  execute  the  judgment  of  truth  juad  peace 
in  your  gates  : 

17  And  let  none  of  you  imagine  evil  in  your  hearts  against  his 
neighbor,  and  love  no  false  oath  :  for  all  these  are  things  that  i  hate, 
saith  the  Lord. 

IS  IT  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  of  hosts,  came  linto  me,  saying, 

19  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.  The  last  of  the  fourth  month,  and 
ihe  fast  of  the  fifth,  and  the  fast  of  the  seventh,  and  the  fast  of  the 
tenth,  shall  be  to  the  house  of  Judah  joy  and  gladness,  and  cheerful 
feasts  :  therefore  love  the  truth  and  peace. 

20  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.  It  shall  yet  come  to  pass,  that 
there  shall  come  people,  and  the  inhabitants  of  many  cities  : 

21  And  the  inhabitants  of  one  city  shall  go  to  another,  saving,  Lot 

35* 


422  Zechariali.     Ezra. 

us  go  speedily  to  pray  before  the  Lord,  and  to  seek  the  Lord  of 
hosts  :   I  will  go  also. 

22  Yea,  many  people  and  strong  nations  shall  come  to  seek  the 
Lord  of  hosts  in  Jerusalem,  and  to  pray  before  the  Lord. 

23  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  in  those  days  it  shall  come  to 
pass,  that  ten  men  shall  take  hold,  out  of  all  languages  of  the  nations, 
even  shall  take  hold  of  the  skirt  of  him  that  is  a  Jew,  saying,  We  will 
go  with  5^ou  ;  for  we  have  heard  that  God  is  with  you. 

B.  C.  515.  EZRA,    VI. 

15  And  this  house  was  finished  on  the  third  day  of  the  month  Adar, 
which  was  in  the  sixth  year  of  the  reign  of  Darius  the  king. 

16  ^  And  the  children  of  Israel,  the  priests,  and  the  Levites,  and 
the  rest  of  the  children  of  the  captivity,  kept  the  dedication  of  this 
hou>e  of  God  with  joy, 

17  And  offered  at  the  dedication  of  this  house  of  God  an  hundred 
bullocks,  two  hundred  rams,  four  hundred  lambs  :  and  for  a  sin-offer- 
ing for  all  Israel,  twelve  he-goats,  according  to  the  number  of  the 
tribes  of  Israel. 

18  And  they  set  the  priests  in  their  divisions,  and  the  Levites  in 
their  courses,  for  the  service  of  God  which  is  at  Jerusalem  ;  as  it  is 
written  in  the  book  of  Moses, 

19  And  the  children  of  the  captivity  kept  the  passover  upon  the 
fourteenth  day  of  the' first  month. 

20  For  the  priests  and  the  Levites  were  purified  together,  all  of 
them  ivere  pure,  and  killed  the  passover  for  all  the  children  of  the 
captivity,  and  for  their  brethren  the  priests,  and  for  themselves. 

21  And  the  children  of  Israel,  which  were  come  again  out  of  cap- 
tivity, and  all  such  as  had  separated  themselves  unto  them  from  the 
filthiness  of  the  heathen  of  the  land,  to  seek  the  Lord  God  of  Israel, 
did  eat, 

22  And  kept  the  feast  of  unleavened  bread  seven  days  with  joy : 
for  the  Lord  had  made  them  joyful,  and  turned  the  heart  of  the  king 
of  Assyria  unto  them,  to  strengthen  their  hands  in  the  W'Ork  of  the 
house  of  God,  the  God  of  Israel. 

B.  C.  510.  ZECHARIAH,  IX. 

1  The  burden  of  the  word  of  the  Lord  in  the  land  of  Hadrach, 
and  Damascus  shall  be  the  rest  thereof:  when  the  eyes  of  man,  as  of 
all  the  tribes  of  Israel,  shall  be  toward  the  Lord. 

2  And  Hamath  also  shall  border  thereby;  Tyrus,  and  Zidon,  though 
it  be  very  wise. 

3  And  Tyrus  did  build  herself  a  strong  hold,  and  heaped  up  silver 
as  the  dust,  and  fine  gold  as  the  mire  of  the  streets. 

4  Behold,  the  Lord  will  cast  her  out,  and  he  will  smite  her  power 
in  the  sea  ;  and  she  shall  be  devoured  with  fire. 

5  Ashkelon  shall  see  it,  and  fear ;  Gaza  also  shall  see  it,  and  be 
very  sorrowful,  and  Ekron;  for  her  expectation  shall  be  ashamed  ; 
and  the  king  shall  perish  from  Gaza,  and  Ashkelon  shall  not  be  in- 
habited. 

6  And  a  bastard  shall  dwell  in  Ashdod,  and  I  will  cut  off"  the  pride 
of  the  Philistines. 


Zechariah.  423 

7  And  I  will  take  away  his  blood  out  of  his  mouth,  and  his  abom- 
inations from  between  his  teeth  :  but  he  that  remaineth,  even  he, 
shall  be  for  our  God,  and  he  shall  be  as  a  governor  in  Judah,  and 
Ekron  as  a  Jebusite. 

8  And  I  will  encamp  about  mine  house  because  of  the  army,  be- 
cause of  him  that  passeth  by,  and  because  of  him  that  returneth  : 
and  no  oppressor  shall  pass  through  them  any  more  :  for  naw  have  I 
seen  with  mine  eyes. 

9  11  Rejoice  greatly,  O  daughter  of  Zion  ;  shout,  O  daughter  of 
Jerusalem  :  Behold,  thy  king  cometh  unto  thee  :  he  w  just,  and  hav- 
ing salvation;  lowly,  and  riding  upon  an  ass,  and  upon  a  colt  the  foal 
of  an  ass. 

10  And  I  wil  cut  off  the  chariot  from  Ephraim,  and  the  horse  from 
Jerusalem,  and  the  battle  bow  shall  be  cut  off:  and  he  shall  speak 
peace  unto  the  heathen  :  and  his  dominion  shall  he  from  sea  even  to 
sea,  and  from  the  river  even  to  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

11  As  for  thee  also,  by  the  blood  of  thy  covenant  I  have  sent  forth 
thy  prisoners  out  of  the  pit  wherein  is  no  water. 

12  Turn  you  to  the  strong  hold,  ye  prisoners  of  hope:  even  to-day 
do  I  declare  that  I  will  render  double  unto  thee  ; 

13  When  I  have  bent  Judah  for  me,  filled  the  bow  with  Ephraim, 
and  raised  up  thy  sons,  0  Zion,  against  thy  sons,  0  Greece,  and 
made  thee  as  the  sword  of  a  mighty  man. 

14  And  the  Lord  shall  be  seen  over  them,  and  his  arrow  shall  go 
forth  as  the  lightning:  and  the  Lord  God  shall  blow  the  trumpet,  and 
shall  go  with  whirlwinds  of  the  south, 

15  The  Lord  of  hosts  shall  defend  them  ;  and  they  shall  devour, 
and  subdue  with  sling-stones;  and  they  shall  drink,  and  make  a  noise 
as  through  wine ;  and  they  shall  be  filled  like  bowls,  and  as  the  cor- 
ners of  the  altar. 

16  And  the  Lord  their  God  shall  save  them  in  that  day  as  the 
flock  of  his  people  :  for  they  shall  be  as  the  stones  of  a  crown,  lifted 
up  as  an  ensign  upon  his  land. 

17  For  how  great  is  his  goodness,  and  how  great  is  his  beauty ! 
corn  shall  make  the  young  men  cheerful,  and  new  wine  the  maids. 

ZECHARIAH,    X. 

1  Ask  ye  of  the  Lord  rain  in  the  time  of  the  latter  rain ;  so  the 
Lord  shall  make  bright  clouds,  and  give  them  showers  of  rain,  to 
every  one  grass  in  the  field. 

2  For  the  idols  have  spoken  vanity,  and  the  diviners  have  seen  a 
lie,  and  have  told  false  dreams;  they  comfort  in  vain  :  therefore  they 
went  their  way  as  a  flock,  they  were  troubled,  because  there  was  no 
shepherd. 

3  IT  Mine  anger  was  kindled  against  the  shepherds,  and  I  punished 
the  goats  :  for  the  Lord  of  hosts  hath  visited  his  flock  the  house  of 
Judah,  and  hath  made  ihem  as  his  goodly  horse  in  the  battle. 

4  Out  of  him  came  forth  the  corner,  out  of  him  the  nail,  out  of 
him  the  battle  bow,  out  of  him  every  oppressor  together. 

5  IT  And  they  shall  be  as  mighty  men,  which  tread  down  their 
enemies  in  the  mire  of  the  streets  in  the  battle  :  and  they  shall  fight, 
because  the  Lord  is  with  them,  and  the  riders  on  horses  shall  be 
confounded. 


424  Zechariali. 

6  And  I  will  strengthen  the  house  of  Judah,  and  I  will  save  the 
house  of  Joseph,  and  I  will  bring  them  again  to  place  them  ;  for  I 
have  mercy  upon  them  :  and  they  shall  be  as  though  I  had  not  cast 
them  olf:  for  I  om  the  Lord  their  God,  and  will  hear  them. 

7  And  they  o/Ephraim  shall  be  like  a  mighty  man^  and  their  heart 
shall  rejoice  as  through  wine :  yea,  their  children  shall  see  if,  and  be 
glad  ;  their  heart  shall  rejoice  in  the  Lord. 

8  I  will  hiss  for  them,  and  gather  them,  for  I  have  redeemed  them: 
and  they  shall  increase  as  they  have  increased. 

9  And  I  will  sow  them  among  the  people  :  and  they  shall  remem- 
ber me  in  far  countries ;  and  they  shall  live  with  their  children,  and 
turn  again. 

10  1  will  bring  them  again  also  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  and 
gather  them  out  of  Assyria  :  and  I  will  bring  them  into  the  land  of 
Gilead  and  Lebanon  ;  and  place  shall  not  be  found  for  them. 

11  And  he  shall  pass  through  the  sea  with  affliction,  and  shall 
smite  the  waves  in  the  sea,  and  all  the  deeps  of  the  river  shall  dry 
up  :  and  the  pride  of  Assyria  shall  be  brought  down,  and  the  sceptre 
of  Egypt  shall  depart  away. 

12  And  I  will  strengthen  them  in  the  Lord  :  and  they  shall  walk 
up  and  down  in  his  name,  saith  the  Lord. 

ZECHAUIAR,  XI. 

1  Open  thy  doors,  0  Lebanon,  that  the  fire  may  devour  thy  cedars. 

2  Ilowl,  lir-tree  ;  for  the  cedar  is  fallen  ;  because  the  mighty  are 
spoiled  :  howl,  0  ye  oaks  of  Bashan ;  for  the  forest  of  the  vintage  is 
come  down. 

3  ^  There  is  a  voice  of  the  howling  of  the  shepherds ;  for  their 
glory  is  spoiled  :  a  voice  of  the  roaring  of  young  lions ;  for  the  pride 
of  Jordan  is  spoiled. 

4  Thus  saith  the  Lord  my  God,  Feed  the  flock  of  the  slaughter, 

5  Vv'hose  possessors  slay  them,  and  hold  themselves  not  guilty  ; 
and  they  that  sell  them  say,  Blessed  he  the  Lord  ;  for  I  am  rich  : 
and  their  own  shepherds  pity  them  not. 

6  Eor  I  will  no  more  pity  the  inhabitants  of  the  land,  saith  the 
Lord  :  but,  lo,  1  will  deliver  the  men  every  one  into  his  neighbor's 
hand,  and  into  the  hand  of  his  king;  and  they  shall  smite  the  land, 
and  out  of  their  hand  I  will  not  deliver  the7n. 

7  And  I  will  feed  the  flock  of  slaughter,  even  you,  O  poor  of  the 
flock.  And  I  took  unto  me  two  staves  ;  the  one  I  called  Beauty,  imd 
the  other  I  called  Bands:  and  I  fed  the  flock.  . 

8  Three  shepherds  also  1  cut  oiV  in  one  month  ;  and  my  soul 
loathed  them,  and  their  soul  ah=o  abhorred  me. 

9  Tlien  said  I,  I  will  not  feed  you  :  that  that  dieth,  let  it  die;  and 
that  that  is  to  be  cut  off,  let  it  be  cut  off;  and  let  the  rest  eat  every 
one  the  flesh  of  another. 

10  !i  And  I  took  my  staff,  etr/i  Beauty,  and  cut  it  asunder,  that  I 
might  break  ni)^  covenant  which  I  had  made  with  all  the  peoph. 

11  And  it  was  bioken  in  that  day  :  and  so  the  poor  of  the  flock  that 
waited  upon  me  knew  that  it  icas  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

12  And  I  said  unto  them.  If  ye  think  good,  give  me  my  price  ;  and 
if  not,  forbear.     So  they  weighed  for  my  price  thirty  jneces  of  silver. 


Zechariah.  425 

13  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  Cast  it  unto  the  potter  :  a  goodly- 
price  that  I  was  prized  at  of  them.  And  I  took  the  thirty  pieces  of 
silver,  and  cast  them  to  the  potter  in  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

14  Then  1  cut  asunder  mine  other  staff,  even  Bands,  that  I  might 
break  the  brotherhood  between  Judah  and  Israel. 

15  H  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  Take  unto  thee  yet  the  instru- 
ments of  a  foolish  shepherd  : 

16  For,  lo,  I  will  raise  up  a  shepherd  in  the  land,  ivhich  shall  not 
visit  those  that  be  cut  off,  neither  shall  seek  the  young  one,  nor  heal 
that  that  is  broken,  nor  feed  that  that  standeth  still ;  but  he  shall  eat 
the  flesh  of  the  fat,  and  tear  their  claws  in  pieces. 

17  Woe  to  the  idol  shepherd  that  leaveth  the  flock  !  the  sword 
shall  be  upon  his  arm,  and  upon  his  right  eye  :  his  arm  shall  be  clean 
dried  up,  and  his  right  eye  shall  be  utterly  darkened. 

ZECHARIAH,    XII.  B.  C.  500. 

1  The  burden  of  the  word  of  the  Lord  for  Israel,  saith  the  Lord, 
which  stretcheth  forth  the  heavens,  and  layeth  the  foundation  of  the 
earth,  and  formeth  the  spirit  of  man  within  him. 

2  Behold,  I  will  make  Jerusalem  a  cup  of  trembling  unto  all  the 
people  round  about,  when  they  shall  be  in  the  siege  both  against 
Judah  a7id  against  Jerusalem. 

3  And  in  that  day  will  I  make  Jerusalem  a  burdensome  stone  for 
all  people  :  all  that  burden  themselves  with  it  shall  be  cut  in  pieces, 
though  all  tlie  people  of  the  earth  be  gathered  together  against  it. 

4  In  that  day,  saith  the  Lord,  I  will  smite  every  horse  with  aston- 
ishment, and  his  rider  with  madness :  and  I  will  open  mine  eyes  upon 
the  house  of  Judah,  and  will  smite  every  horse  of  the  people  with 
blindness. 

5  And  the  governors  of  Judah  shall  say  in  their  heart,  The  inhabi- 
tants of  Jerusalem  shall  be  my  strength  in  the  Lord  of  hosts  their 

6  IT  In  that  day  will  I  make  the  governors  of  Judah  like  an  hearth 
of  fire  among  the  wood,  and  like  a  torch  of  fire  in  a  sheaf;  and  they 
shall  devour  all  the  people  round  about,  on  the  right  hand  and  on  the 
left :  and  Jerusalem  shall  be  inhabited  again  in  her  own  place,  even 
in  Jerusalem, 

7  The  Lord  also  shall  save  the  tents  of  Judah  first,  that  the  glory 
of  the  house  of  David  and  the  glory  of  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem 
do  not  magnify  themselves  against  Judah. 

8  In  that  day  shall  the  Lord  defend  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem; 
and  he  that  is  feeble  among  them  at  that  day  shall  be  as  David  ;  and 
the  house  of  David  shall  be  as  God,  as  the  angel  of  the  Lord  before 
them. 

9  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  I  will  seek  to  destroy 
all  the  nations  that  come  against  Jerusalem. 

10  IT  And  I  will  pour  upon  the  house  of  David,  and  upon  the  inhab- 
itants of  Jerusalem,  the  spirit  of  grace,  and  of  supplications  :  and  they 
shall  look  upon  me  whom  they  have  pierced,  and  they  shall  mourn 
for  him,  as  one  mourneth  for  his  only  son,  and  shall  be  in  bitterness 
for  him,  as  one  that  is  in  bitterness  for  his  first-born. 

11  In  that  day  shall  there  be  a  great  mourning  in  Jerusalem,  as 
the  mourning  of  Hadadrimmon  in  the  valley  of  Megiddon. 


426  Zechariali. 

12  And  the  land  shall  mourn,  every  family  apart ;  the  family  of 
the  house  of  David  apart,  and  their  wives  apart ;  the  family  of  the 
house  of  Nathan  apart,  and  their  wives  apart ; 

13  The  family  of  the  house  of  Levi  apart,  and  their  wives  apart ; 
the  family  of  Shimei  apart,  and  their  wives  apart ; 

14  All  the  families  that  remain,  every  family  apart,  and  their  wives 
apart. 

ZECHARIAH,    XIII. 

1  In  that  day  there  shall  be  a  fountain  opened  to  the  house  of  David, 
and  to  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  for  sin  and  for  uncleanness. 

2  !!  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
that  I  will  cut  off  the  names  of  the  idols  out  of  the  land,  and  they 
shall  no  more  be  remembered ;  and  also  I  will  cause  the  prophets 
and  the  unclean  spirit  to  pass  out  of  the  land. 

3  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  when  any  shall  yet  prophesy, 
then  his  father  and  his  mother  that  begat  him  shall  say  unto  him. 
Thou  shalt  not  live  ;  for  thou  speakest  lies  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  : 
and  his  father  and  his  mother  that  begat  him  shall  thrust  him  through 
when  he  prophesieth. 

4  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  the  prophets  shall  be 
ashamed  every  one  of  his  vision,  when  he  hath  prophesied;  neither 
shall  they  wear  a  rough  garment  to  deceive  : 

5  But  he  shall  say,  I  am  no  prophet,  I  am  an  husbandman  ;  for 
man  taught  me  to  keep  cattle  from  my  youth. 

6  And  one  shall  say  unto  him.  What  are  these  wounds  in  thine 
hands  ?  Then  he  shall  answer.  Those  with  which  I  was  wounded 
in  the  house  of  my  friends,  ^ 

7  17  Awake,  O  sword,  against  my  Shepherd,  and  against  the  man 
that  is  my  fellow,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  :  smite  the  Shepherd,  and 
the  sheep  shall  be  scattered ;  and  I  will  turn  mine  hand  upon  the 
little  ones. 

8  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  in  all  the  land,  saith  the  Lord, 
two  parts  therein  shall  be  cut  off,  and  die  ;  but  the  third  shall  be  left 
therein. 

9  And  I  will  bring  the  third  part  through  the  fire,  and  will  refine 
them  as  silver  is  refined,  and  will  try  them  as  gold  is  tried :  they 
shall  call  on  mj^  name,  and  I  will  hear  them  ;  I  will  say,  It  is  my 
people  ;  and  they  shall  say.  The  Lord  is  my  God, 

ZECHARIAH,    XIV. 

1  Behold,  the  day  of  the  Lord  cometh,  and  thy  spoil  shall  be  di- 
vided in  the  midst  of  thee. 

2  For  I  will  gather  all  nations  against  Jerusalem  to  battle  ;  and  the 
city  shall  be  taken,  and  the  houses  ril3ed,  and  the  women  ravished  ; 
and  half  of  the  city  shall  go  forth  into  captivity,  and  the  residue  of 
the  people  shall  not  be  cut  off  from  the  city. 

3  ^  Then  shall  the  Lord  go  forth,  and  fight  against  those  nations, 
as  when  he  fought  in  the  day  of  battle. 

4  And  his  feet  shall  stand  in  that  day  upon  the  mount  of  Olives, 
which  is  before  Jerusalem  on  the  east:  and  the  mount  of  Olives 


Zechariah.  \^1 

shall  cleave  in  the  midst  thereof  toward  the  east  and  toward  the  west, 
and  there  shall  be  a  very  great  valley  :  and  half  of  the  mountain 
shall  remove  toward  the  north,  and  half  of  it  toward  the  south. 

5  And  ye  shall  flee  to  the  valley  of  the  mountains ;  for  the  valley 
of  the  mountains  shall  reach  unto  Azal  :  yea,  ye  shall  flee,  like  as  ye 
fled  from  before  the  earthquake  in  the  days  of  Uzziah  king  of  Judah  ; 
and  the  Lord  my  God  shall  come,  and  all  the  saints  with  thee. 

6  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  the  light  shall  not  be 
clear,  nor  dark  : 

7  But  it  shall  be  one  day  which  shall  be  known  to  the  Lord,  not 
day,  nor  night :  but  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  at  evening-time  it  shall 
be  light. 

8  And  it  shall  be  in  that  day,  that  living  waters  shall  go  out  from 
Jerusalem  ;  half  of  them  toward  the  former  sea,  and  half  of  them 
toward  the  hinder  sea:  in  summer  and  in  winter  shall  it  be. 

9  And  the  Lord  shall  be  king  over  all  the  earth  :  in  that  day  shall 
there  be  one  Lord,  and  his  name  one. 

10  All  the  land  shall  be  turned  as  a  plain,  from  Geba  to  Rimmou, 
south  of  Jerusalem  :  and  it  shall  be  lifted  up,  and  inhabited  in  her 
place,  from  Benjamin's  gate  unto  the  place  of  the  first  gate,  unto  the 
corner-gate,  and  from  the  tower  of  Hananiel  unto  the  king's  wine- 
presses. 

11  And  men  shall  dwell  in  it,  and  there  shall  be  no  more  utter 
destruction  ;  but  Jerusalem  shall  be  safely  inhabited. 

12  M  And  this  shall  be  the  plague  wherewith  the  Lord  will  smite 
all  the  people  that  have  fought  against  Jerusalem  ;  Their  flesh  shall 
consume  away  while  they  stand  upon  their  feet,  and  their  eyes  shall 
consume  away  in  their  holes,  and  their  tongue  shall  consume  away 
in  their  mouth. 

13  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  a  great  tumult  from 
the  Lord  shall  be  among  them;  and  they  shall  lay  hold  every  one  on 
the  hand  of  his  neighbor,  and  his  hand  shall  rise  up  against  the  hand 
of  his  neiirhbor. 

14  And  Judah  also  shall  fight  at  Jerusalem  ;  and  the  wealth  of  all 
the  healherw  round  about  shall  be  gathered  together,  gold,  and  silver, 
and  apparel,  in  great  abundance. 

15  And  so  shall  be  the  plague  of  the  horse,  of  the  mule,  oT  the 
camel,  and  of  the  ass,  and  of  all  the  beasts  that  shall  be  in  these 
tents,  as  this  plague. 

16  Tl  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  every  one  that  is  left  of  all  the 
nations  which  came  against  Jerusalem,  shall  even  go  up  from  year  to 
year  to  worship  the  King,  the  Lord  of  hosts,  and  to  keep  the  feast  of 
tabernacles. 

17  And  it  shall  be,  that  whoso  will  not  come  up  of  all  the  families 
of  the  earth  unto  Jerusalem  to  worship  the  King,  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
even  upon  them  shall  be  no  rain, 

18  And  if  the  family  of  Egypt  go  not  up,  and  come  not,  that  have 
no  rain,  there  shall  be  the  plague  wherewith  the  Lord  will  smite 
the  heathen  that  come  not  up  to  keep  the  feast  of  tabernacles. 

19  This  shall  be  the  punishment  of  Egypt,  and  the  punishment  of 
all  nations  that  come  not  up  to  keep  the  ifeast  of  tabernacles. 

20  II  In  that  day  shall  there  be  upon  the  bells  of  the  horses,  HO- 
LINESS unto"  THE  LORD,  and  the  pots  in  the  Lord's  house 
shall  be  like  the  bowls  before  the  altar. 


428  Zechariali.     Esther. 

21  Yea,  every  pot  in  Jerusalem  and  in  Judah  shall  be  Holiness 
unto  the  Lord  of  hosts  :  and  all  they  that  sacrifice,  shall  come  and 
take  of  them  and  seethe  therein  :  and  in  that  day  there  shall  be  no 
more  the  Canaanite  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

B.  C.  460.  ESTHER,    I. 

Ahasuerus  maketh  royal  feasts.     Vashti  sent  for,  refuseth  to  come. 

1  Now  it  *came  to  pass,  in  the  days  of  Ahasuerus,  (this  is  Ahasu- 
erus  whicii  reigned  from  India  even  unto  Ethiopia,  over  an  hundred 
and  seven  and  twenty  provinces,) 

2  That  in  those  days,  when  the  king  Ahasuerus  sat  on  the  throne 
of  his  kingdom,  which  was  in  Shushan  the  palace, 

3  In  the  third  year  of  his  reign,  he  made  a  feast  unto  all  his 
princes,  and  his  servants  ;  the  power  of  Persia  and  Media,  the  nobles 
and  princes  of  the  provinces,  being  before  him  ; 

4  When  he  shewed  the  riches  of  his  glorious  kingdom,  and  the 
honor  of  his  excellent  majesty,  many  days,  even  an  hundred  and 
fourscore  days. 

5  And  when  these  days  were  expired,  the  king  made  a  feast  unto 
all  the  people  that  were  present  in  Shushan  the  palace,  both  unto 
great  and  small,  seven  days,  in  the  court  of  the  garden  of  the  king's 
palace, 

6  J^fHiere  were  white,  green,  and  blue  hangings,  fastened  with 
cords  of  tine  linen  and  purple  to  silver  rings,  and  pillars  of  marble  : 
the  beds  were  of  gold  and  silver,  upon  a  pavement  of  red,  and  blue, 
and  white,  and  black  marble. 

7  And  they  gave  them  drink  in  vessels  of  gold,  (the  vessels  being 
diverse  one  from  another,)  and  royal  wine  in  abundance,  according  to 
the  state  of  the  king. 

8  And  the  drinking  was  according  to  the  law  ;  none  did  compel : 
for  so  the  king  had  appointed  to  all  the  officers  of  his  house,  that  they 
should  do  according  to  every  man's  pleasure. 

9  Also  Vashti  the  queen  made  a  feast  for  the  women  in  the  royal 
house  which  belonged  to  king  Ahasuerus. 

10  H  On  the  seventh  day,  when  the  heart  of  the  king  was  merry 
with  wine,  he  commanded  Mehum.an,  Biztha,  Harbona,  Bigtha,  and 
Abagtha,  Zethar,  and  Carcas,  the  seven  chamberlains  that  served  in 
the  presence  of  Ahasuerus  the  king, 

11  To  bring  Vashti  the  queen  before  the  king,  with  the  crown 
royal,  to  shew  the  people  and  the  princes  her  beauty:  for  she  was 
fair  to  look  on. 

12  But  the  queen  Vashti  refused  to  come  at  the  king's  command- 
ment by  his  chamberlains  :  therefore  was  the  king  very  wroth,- and 
his  anger  burned  in  him. 

13  Ti  Then  the  king  said  to  the  wise  men  which  knew  the  times, 
(for  so  ivas  the  king's  manner  toward  all  that  knew  law  and  judg- 
ment ; 

14  And  the  next  unto  him  was  Carshena,  Shethar,  Admatha,  Tar- 
shish,  Meres,   Marsena,  and  Memucan,  the  seven  princes  of  Persia 

*  Ahasuerus  supposed  to  be  one  of  the  names  of  Artaxer.xes,  Longimanus,  and 
is  so  called  by  Josephus  and  by  the  Septuagint. 


Esther.  429 

and  Media,  which  saw  the  king's  face,  and  which  sat  the  first  in  the 
kingdom,) 

15  What  shall  we  do  unto  the  queen  Vashti  according  to  law,  be- 
cause she  hath  not  performed  the  commandment  of  the  king  Ahasuerus 
by  the  chamberlains  ? 

16  And  Memucan  answered  before  the  king  and  the  princes, 
Vashti  the  queen  hath  not  done  wrong  to  the  king  only,  but  also  to 
all  the  princes,  and  to  all  tlie  people  that  are  in  all  the  provinces  of 
the  king  Ahasuerus. 

17  For  this  deed  of  the  queen  shall  come  abroad  unto  all  women, 
so  that  they  shall  despise  their  husbands  in  their  eyes,  when  it  shall 
be  reported.  The  king  Ahasuerus  commanded  Vashti  the  queen  to 
be  brought  in  before  him,  but  she  came  not. 

18  Likewise  shall  the  ladies  of  Persia  and  Media  say  this  day  unto 
all  the  king's  princes,  which  have  heard  of  the  deed  of  the  queen. 
Thus  shall  there  arise  too  much  contelnpt  and  wrath. 

19  If  it  please  the  king,  let  there  go  a  royal  commandment  from 
him,  and  let  it  be  written  among  the  laws  of  the  Persians  and  the 
Medes  that  it  be  not  altered,  that  Vashti  come  no  more  before  king 
Ahasuerus  ;  and  let  the  king  give  her  royal  estate  unto  another  that 
is  better  than  she. 

20  And  when  the  king's  decree,  which  he  shall  make,  shall  be 
published  throughout  all  his  empire,  (for  it  is  great,)  all  the  wives 
shall  give  to  their  husbands  honor,  both  to  great  and  small. 

21  And  the  saying  pleased  the  king. and  the  princes;  and  the  king 
did  according  to  the  word  of  Memucan  : 

22  For  he  sent  letters  into  all  the  king's  provinces,  into  every 
province  according  to  the  writing  thereof,  and  to  every  people  after 
their  language,  that  every  man  should  bear  rule  in  his  own  house  ; 
and  that  it  should  be  published  according  to  the  language  of  every 
people. 

ESTHER,   II.  B.  C.  459. 

Out  of  the  choice  of  virgins  a  queen  to  be  chosen. 

1  After  these  things,  when  the  wrath  of  king  Ahasuerus  was  appeas- 
ed, he  remembered  Vashti,  and  what  she  had  done,  and  what  was 
decreed  against  her. 

2  Then  said  the  king's  servants  that  ministered  unto  him.  Let  there 
be  fair  young  virgins  sought  for  the  king  : 

3  And  let  the  king  appoint  officers  in  all  the  provinces  of  his  king- 
dom, that  they  may  gather  together  all  the  fair  young  virgins  unto 
Shushan  the  palace,  to  the  house  of  the  women,  unto  the  custody  of 
Hege  the  king's  chamberlain,  keeper  of  the  women  ;  and  let  their 
things  for  purification  be  given  them; 

4  And  let  the  maiden  which  pleaseth  the  king  be  queen  instead  of 
Vashti.     And  the  thing  pleased  the  king,  and  he  did  so. 

5  TI  JVoxo,  in  Shushan  the  palace  there  was  a  certain  Jew,  whose 
name  was  Mordecai,  the  son  of  Jair,  the  son  of  Shimei,  the  son  of 
Kish,  a  Be  nj  a  mite, 

6  Who  had  been  carried  away  from  Jerusalem,  with  the  captivity 
which  had  been  carried  away  with  Jeconiah  king  of  Judah,  whom 
Nebuchadnezzar  the  king  of  Babylon  had  carried  away. 

36 


430  Esther.      Ezra. 

7  And  he  brought  up  Hadassah  (that  is  Esther)  his  uncle's 
daughter  ;  for  she  had  neither  father  nor  mother,  and  the  maid  was 
fair  and  beautiful  :  whom  Mordecai  (when  her  father  and  mother 
were  dead)  took  for  his  own  daughter. 

8  H  So  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  king^s  commandment  and  his  de- 
cree was  heard,  and  when  many  maidens  were  gathered  together 
unto  Shushan  the  palace,  to  the  custody  of  Hegai,  that  Esther  was 
brought  also. unto  the  king's  house,  to  the  custody  of  Hegai,  keeper  of 
the  women. 

9  And  the  maiden  pleased  him,  and  she  obtained  kindness  of  him  ; 
and  he  speedily  gave  her  her  things  for  purification,  with  such  things 
as  belonged  to  her,  and  seven  maidens  tvhich  ivere  meet  to  be  given 
her,  out  of  the  king's  house  :  and  he  preferred  her  and  her  maids  unto 
the  hesX  place  of  the  house  of  the  women. 

10  Esther  had  not  shewed  her  people  nor  her  kindred  :  for  Mor- 
decai had  charged  her  that  she  should  not  shew  it. 

11  And  Mordecai  walked  every  day  before  the  court  of  the  women's 
house,  to  know  how  Esther  did,  and  what  should  become  of  her. 

12  H  Now  when  every  maid's  turn  was  come  to  go  in  to  king  Ahas- 
uerus,  after  that  she  had  beeti  twelve  months,  according  to  the  man- 
ner of  the  women,  (for  so  were  the  days  of  their  purifications  accom- 
plished, to  wit,  six  months  with  oil  of  myrrh,  and  six  months  with 
sweet  odors,  and  with  other  things  for  the  purifying  of  the  women  ;) 

13  Then  thus  came  every  maiden  unto  the  king;  whatsoever  she 
desired  was  given  her  to  go  with  her  out  of  the  house  of  the  women 
unto  the  king's  house. 

14  In  the  evening  she  went,  and  on  the  morrow  she  returned  into 
the  second  house  of  the  women,  to  the  custody  of  wShaashgaz  the 
king's  chamberlain,  which  kept  the  concubines  :  she  came  in  unto 
the  king  no  more,  except  the  king  delighted  in  her.  and  that  she  were 
called  by  name. 

B.  C.  458.  EZRA,  vir. 

1  Now  after  these  things,  in  the  reign  of  Arfnxerxes  king  of  Persia- 
Ezra  the  son  of  Seraiah,  the  son  of  Azariah,  tli;-  son  of  Hilkiah, 

2  The  son  of  Shaiium,  the  son  of  Zadok,  the  -^on  of  Ahitub, 

3  The  son  of  Amariah,  the  son  of  Azariah,  the  son  of  Meraioth, 

4  The  son  of  Zerahiah,  the  son  of  Uzzi,  the  son  of  Bukki, 

5  The  son  of  Abishua,  the  son  of  Phinehas,  the  son  of  Eleazar,  the 
son  of  Aaron  the  chief  priest : 

6  This  Ezra  went  up  fion\  Babylon  ;  and  he  wa^  a  ready  scribe  in 
the  law  of  Moses,  which  the  Eord  God  of  Israel  had  given  :  and  the 
king  granted  him  all  his  request,  according  to  the  hand  of  the  Lord 
his  God  upon  him. 

7  And  there  went  up  some  of  the  children  of  Israel,  and  of  the 
priests,  and  the  Levites,  and  the  singers,  and  the  poiters,  and  the 
Nethinims,  unto  Jerusalem,  in  the  seventh  year  of  Artaxerxes  the 
king. 

8  And  he  came  to  Jerusalem  in  the  fiUh  month  which  was  in  the 
seventh  year  of  the  king. 

9  For  upon  the  first  dat^  of  the  first  month  began  he  (o  go  up  from 
Babylon,  and  on  the  first  day  of  the  fifth  month  came  he  to  Jerusalem, 
according  to  the  good  hand  of  his  God  upon  him. 


Ezra.  431 

10  For  Ezra  had  prepared  his  heart  to  seek  the  law  of  the  Lord, 
and  to  do  it,  and  to  teach  in  Israel  statutes  and  judgments. 

11  TT  Now  this  is  the  copy  of  the  letter  that  the  king  Artaxerxes 
gave  unto  Ezra  the  priest,  the  scribe,  even  a  scribe  of  the  words  of 
the  commandments  of  the  Lord,  and  of  his  statutes  to  Israel. 

12  *  Artaxerxes,  king  of  kings,  unto  Ezra  the  priest,  a  scribe  of  the 
law  of  the  God  of  heaven,  perfect  peace,  and  at  such  a  time. 

13  I  make  a  decree,  that  all  they  of  the  people  of  Israel,  and  of 
his  priests  and  Levites,  in  my  realm,  which  are  minded  of  their  own 
free  will  to  go  up  to  Jerusalem,  go  with  thee. 

14  Forasmuch  as  thou  art  sent  of  the  king,  and  of  his  seven  coun- 
sellors, to  inquire  concerning  Judah  and  Jerusalem,  according  to  the 
law  of  thy  God  which  is  in  thine  hand  ; 

15  And  to  carry  the  silver  and  gold,  which  the  king  and  his  coun- 
sellors have  freely  offered  unto  the  God  of  Israel,  whose  habitation  is 
in  Jerusalem, 

16  And  all  the  silver  and  gold  that  thou  canst  find  in  all  the  province 
of  Babylon,  with  the  freewill-offering  of  the  people,  and  of  the  priests, 
offering  willingly  for  the  house  of  their  God  which  is  in  Jerusalem  : ' 

17  That  thou  mayest  buy  speedily  with  this  money,  bullocks,  rams, 
Iambs,  with  their  meat-offerings,  and  their  drink-offerings,  and  offer 
them  upon  the  altar  of  the  house  of  your  God  which  is  in  Jerusalem. 

18  And  whatsoever  shall  seem  good  to  thee,  and  to  thy  brethren, 
to  do  with  the  rest  of  the  silver  and  the  gold,  that  do  after  the  will  of 
your  God. 

19  The  vessels  also  that  are  given  thee  for  the  service  of  the  house 
of  thy  God,  those  deliver  thou  before  the  God  of  Jerusalem. 

20  And  whatsoever  more  shall  be  needful  for  the  house  of  thy  God, 
which  thou  shalt  have  occasion  to  bestow,  bestow  it  out  of  the  king's 
treasure-house. 

21  And  I,  even  I  Artaxerxes  the  king,  do  make  a  decree  to  all  the 
treasurers  which  m'e  beyond  the  river,  that  whatsoever  Ezra  the 
priest,  the  scribe  of  the  law  of  the  God  of  heaven,  shall  require  of 
you,  it  be  done  speedily. 

22  Unto  an  hundred  talents  of  silver,  and  to  an  hundred  measures 
of  wheat,  and  to  an  hundred  baths  of  wine,  and  to  an  hundred  baths 
of  oil,  and  salt  without  prescribing  hov^  much. 

23  AVhatsoever  is  conimanded^by  the  God  of  heaven,  let  U  be  dili- 
gently done  for  the  house  of  the  God  of  heaven  :  for  why  should  there 
be  wrath  against  the  realm  of  the  king  and  his  sons  ? 

24  Also  we  certify  you,  that  touching  any  of  the  priests  and  Le- 
vites, singers,  porters,  Nethinims,  or  ministers  of  this  house  of  God. 
It  shall  not  be  lawful  to  impose  toll,  tribute,  or  custom,  upon  them. 

25  And  thou  Ezra,  after  the  wisdom  of  thy  God  that  is  in  thine 
hand,  set  magistrates  and  judges,  which  may  judge  all  the  people  that 
are  beyond  the  river,  all  such  as  know  the  lav/s  of  thy  God  ;  and 
teach  ye  them  that  know  them  not. 

26  And  whosoever  will  not  do  the  law  of  thy  God,  and  the  law  of 


^/  jAI^^T^*"  ^,  ^^^  '^''"^^  *o  ^''^'<^'^  tli^  prophet  Daniel  was  cited.  Daniel,  ix. 
24  and  ^5.  And  calculating  from  this  date,  B.  C.  4.58,  gives  us,  reckonin-j  a  week 
seven  years  which  is  doubtless  the  true  reckoning,  65  weeks  and  three  days  to  the 
coming  ot  Christ,  to  which  add  33  years,  the  term  of  Christ's  life,  and  we  have  70 
weeks  and  one  daj.  i  ^ 


432  Ezra. 

the  king,  let  judgment  be  executed  speedily  upon  him,  whether  it  he 
unto  death,  or  to  banishment,  or  to  confiscation  of  goods,  or  to  impris- 
onment. 

27  U  Blessed  he  the  Lord  God  of  our  fathers,  which  hath  put  such 
a  thing  as  this  in  the  king's  heart,  to  beautify  the  house  of  the  Lord 
which  is  in  Jerusalem  ; 

28  And  hath  extended  mercy  unto  me  before  the  king  and  his  coun- 
sellors, and  before  all  the  king's  mighty  princes  ;  and  {  was  strength- 
ened as  the  hand  of  the  Lord  my  God  ivas  upon  me;  and  I  gathered 
together  out  of  Israel  chief  men  to  go  up  with  me. 

EZRA,    VIII. 

1  These  are  now  the  chief  of  their  fathers,  and  this  is  the  gene- 
alogy of  them  that  went  up  with  me  from  Babylon,  in  the  reign  of 
Artaxerxes  the  king. 

2  Of  the  sons  of  Phinehas,  Gershom  ;  of  the  sons  of  Itharaar,  Daniel ; 
of  the  sons  of  David,  Hattush  ; 

3  Of  the  sons  of  Shechaniah,  of  the  sons  of  Pharosh,  Zechariah  ; 
and  with  him  were  reckoned  by  genealogy  of  the  males  an  hundred 
and  fifty. 

4  Of  the  sons  of  Pahath-moab,  Elihoenai  the  son  of  Zerahiah,  and 
with  him  two  hundred  males. 

5  Of  the  sons  of  Shechaniah  ;  the  son  of  Jahaziel,  and  with  him 
three  hundred  males. 

6  Of  the  sons  also  of  Adin  ;  Ebed  the  son  of  Jonathan,  and  with 
him  fifty  males. 

7  And  of  the  sons  of  Elam  ;  Jeshaiah  the  son  of  Athaliah,  and  with 
him  seventy  n>ales. 

8  And  of  the  sons  of  Shephatiah  ;  Zebadiah  the  son  of  Michael, 
and  with  him  fourscore  males. 

9  Of  the  sons  of  Joab  ;  Obadiah  the  son  of  Jehiel,  and  with  him  two 
hundred  and  eighteen  males. 

10  And  of  the  sons  of  Shelomith  ;  the  son  of  Josiphiah,  and  with 
him  an  hundred  and  threescore  males. 

11  And  of  the  sons  of  Bebai ;  Zechariah  the  son  of  Bebai,  and  with 
him  twenty  and  eight  males. 

12  And  of  the  sons  of  Azgad  ;  Johanan  the  son  of  Hakkatan,  and 
with  hisn  an  hundred  and  ten  males. 

13  And  of  the  last  sons  of  Adonikam,  whose  names  are  these, 
Eliphelet,  Jeiel,  and  Shemaiah,  and  with  them  threescore  males. 

14  Of  the  sons  also  of  Bigvai ;  ITthai,  and  Zabbud,  and  with  them 
seventy  males. 

15  "!i"And  I  gathered  them  together  to  the  river  that  runneth  to 
Ahava  ;  and  there  abode  we  in  tents  three  days  :  and  I  viewed  the 
people  and  the  priests,  and  found  there  none  of  the  sons  of  Levi. 

16  Then  sent  I  for  Eliezer,  for  Ariel,  for  Shemaiah,  and  for  Elna- 
than,  and  for  Jarib,  and  for  Elnathaa,  and  for  Nathan,  and  for  Zecha- 
riah, and  for  Meshullam,  chief  men  ;  also  for  Joiarib,  and  for  Elna- 
than,  men  of  understanding. 

17  And  I  sent  them  with  commandment  unto  Iddo  the  chief  at  the 
place  Casiphia,  and  I  told  them  what  they  should  say  unto  Iddo,  and 
to  his  brethren  the  Nethinims,  at  the  place  Casiphia,  that  they  should 
bring;  unto  us  ministers  for  the  house  of  our  God. 


Ezra.  433 

18  And  by  the  good  hand  of  our  God  upon  us,  they  brought  us  a 
man  of  understanding,  of  the  sons  of  MahU,  the  son  of  Levi,  the  son 
of  Israel ;  and  Sherebiah,  with  his  sons  and  his  brethren,  eighteen ; 

19  And  Hashabiah,and  with  him  Jeshaiah  of  the  sons  of  Merari,  his 
brethren  and  their  sons,  twenty ; 

20  Also  of  the  Nethiniins,  whom  David  and  the  princes  had  appoint- 
ed for  the  service  of  the  Levites,  two  hundred  and  twenty  Nethinims: 
all  of  them  were  expressed  by  name. 

21  Ti  Then  I  proclaimed  a  fast  there,  at  the  river  Ahava,  that  we 
might  afflict  ourselves  before  our  God,  to  seek  of  him  a  right  way  for 
us,  and  for  our  little  ones,  and  for  all  our  substance. 

22  For  I  was  ashamed  to  require  of  the  king  a  band  of  soldiers  and 
horsemen  to  help  us  against  the  enemy  in  the  way ;  because  we  had 
spoken  unto  the  king,  saying.  The  hand  of  our  God  is  upon  all  them 
for  good  that  seek  him  ;  but  his  power  and  his  wrath  is  against  all 
thejn  that  forsake  him. 

23  So  we  fasted,  and  besought  our  God  for  this  :  and  he  was  en- 
treated of  us. 

24  li  Then  I  separated  twelve  of  the  chief  of  the  priests,  Sherebiah, 
Hashabiah,  and  ten  of  their  brethren  with  them  ; 

25  And  weighed  unto  them  the  silver,  and  the  gold,  and  the  vessels, 
ctjm  the  offering  of  the  house  of  our  God,  which  the  king,  and  his 
counsellors,  and  his  lords,  and  all  Israel  there  present,  had  offered  : 

26  I  even  weighed  unto  their  hand  six  hundred  and  fifty  talents  of 
silver,  and  silver  vessels  an  hundred  talents,  and  of  gold  an  hundred 
talents ; 

27  Also  twenty  basons  of  gold,  of  a  thousand  drams ;  and  two  vessels 
of  fine  copper,  precious  as  gold. 

28  And  I  said  unto  them",  Ye  ore  holy  unto  the  Lord  ;  the  vessels 
are  holy  also;  and  the  silver  and  the  gold  are  a  freewill-offering  unto 
the  Lord  God  of  your  fathers. 

29  Watch  ye,  and  keep  them,  until  ye  weigh  fAem  before  the  chiet 
of  the  priests  and  the  Levites,  and  chief  of  the  fathers  of  Israel,  at 
Jerusalem,  in  the  chambers  of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

30  So  took  the  priests  and  the  Levites,  the  weight  of  the  silver, 
and  the  gold,  and  the  vessels,  to  bring  them  to  Jerusalem  unto  the 
house  of  our  God. 

31  Ti  Then  we  depa.-ted  from  the  river  Ahava  on  the  twelfth  day 
of  the  first  month,  to  go  unto  Jerusalem:  and  the  hand  of  our  God 
was  upon  us,  and  he  delivered  us  from  the  hand  of  the  enemy,  and  of 
such  as  lay  in  wait  by  the  way. 

32  And  we  came  to  Jerusalem,  and  abode  there  three  days. 

33  H  Now  on  the  fourth  day  was  the  silver  and  the  gold  and  tlie 
vessels  weighed  in  the  house  of  our  God,  by  the  hand  of  Meremoth 
the  son  of  Uriah  the  priest ;  and  wilh  him  jya.s  Eleazar  the  son  of 
Phinehas  ;  and  with  them  was  Jozabad  the  son  of  Jeshua,  and  Noa- 
diah  the  son  of  Binnui,  Levites  ; 

34  By  number  and  by  weight  of  every  one  :  and  all  the  weight 
was  written  at  that  time. 

35  Also  the  children  of  those  that  had  been  carried  away,  which 
were  come  out  of  the  captivit}^  offered  burnt-offerings  unto  the  God 
of  Israel,  twelve  bullocks  for  all  Israel,  ninety  and  six  rams,  seventy" 

36* 


434  Ezra. 

and  seven  lambs,  twelve  he-goats  for  a  sin-offering :  all  tim  loas  a 
burnt-offering  unto  the  Lord. 

36  H  And  ihey  delivered  the  king's  commissions  unto  the  king's 
lieutenants,  and  to  the  governors  on  this  side  the  river  :  and  they 
furthered  the  people,  and  the  house  of  God. 

B.  C.  457.  EZRA,  IX. 

1  Novv,  when  these  things  were  done,  the  princes  came  to  me, 
saying.  The  people  of  Israel,  and  the  priests,  and  the  Levites,  have 
not  separated  themselves  from  the  people  of  the  lands,  doing  accord- 
ing to  their  abominations,  tven  of  the  Canaanites,  the  Hittites,  the 
Perizzites,  the  Jebusites,  the  Ammonites,  the  Moabites,  the  Egyptians, 
and  the  Amorites. 

2  For  they  have  taken  of  their  daughters  for  themselves,  and  for 
their  sons;  so  tirat  the  holy  seed  have  mingled  themselves  with  the 
people  of  those  lands:  yea,  the  hand  of  the  princes  and  rulers  hath 
been  chief  in  this  trespass. 

3  And  when  I  heard  this  thing  I  rent  my  garment  and  my  mantle, 
and  plucked  off  the  hair  of  ray  head  and  of  my  beard,  and  sat  down 
astonied. 

4  Then  were  assembled  unto  me  every  one  that  trembled  at  the 
words  of  the  God  of  Israel,  because  of  the  transgression  of  those  that 
had  been  carried  away  ;  and  I  sat  astonied  until  the  evening  sacrifice. 

5  II  And  at  the  evening  sacrifice  I  arose  up  from  my  heaviness ; 
and,  l.aving  rent  my  garment  and  my  mantle,  1  fell  upon  my  knees, 
and  spread  out  n)y  hands  unto  the  Lord  my  God, 

6  And  said,  0  my  God  !  I  am  ashamed  and  blush  to  lift  up  my  face 
to  thee,  ii!y  God :  for  our  iniquities  are  increased  over  our  head,  and 
our  trespass  is  grown  up  unto  ihe  heavens. 

7  Since  the  days  of  our  fathers  have  we  been  in  a  great  trespass 
unto  this  day  •,  and  for  our  iniquities  have  we,  our  kings,  and  our 
priests,  been  delivered  into  the  hand  of  the  kings  of  the  lands,  to  the 
sword,  to  captivity,  and  to  a  spoil,  and  to  confusion  of  face,  asi^  is  this 
day. 

8  And  now  for  a  little  space  grace  h^h  been  shelved  from  the 
Lord  our  God,  to  leave  us  a  remnant  to  esca-.v^,  and  to  give  us  a  nail 
in  his  holy  place,  that  our  God  may  lighten  our  eyes,  and  give  us  a 
little  reviving  in  our  bondage. 

9  For  we  v)tre  bondmen  ;  yet  our  God  hath  not  forsaken  us  in  our 
bondage,  but  hath  extended  mercy  unto  us  in  the  sight  of  the  kings  of 
Persia,  to  give  us  a  reviving  to  set  up  the  house  of  our  God,  and  to 
repair  the  desolations  thereof,  and  to  give  us  a  wall  in  Judah  and  in 
Jerusalem. 

10  And  now,  O  our  God,  what  shall  we  say  after  this  ?  for  we  have 
forsaken  thy  commandments, 

11  Which  thou  hast  commanded  by  thy  servants  the  prophets, 
saying.  The  land,  unto  which  ye  go  to  possess  it,  is  an  unclean  land 
with  the  filthiness  of  the  people  of  the  lands,  with  their  abominations, 
which  have  filled  it  from  one  end  to  another  with  their  unclean- 
ness. 

12  Now,  therefore,  give  not  your  daughters  unto  their  sons,  neither 
take  their  daughters  unto  your  sons,  nor  seek  their  peace  or  their 


Ezra.  435 

wealth  for  ever  ;  that  ye  may  be  strong,  and  eat  the  good  of  the  land, 
and  leave  it  for  an  inheritance  to  your  children  for  ever. 

13  And  after  all  that  is  come  upon  us  for  our  evil  deeds,  and  for 
our  great  trespass,  seeing  that  thou,  our  God,  hast  punished  us  less 
than  our  iniquities  deserve,  and  hast  given  us  such  deliverance  as 
this; 

14  Should  we  again  break  thy  commandments,  and  join  in  afl5- 
nity  vpith  the  people  of  these  abominations,  wouldest  not  thou  be 
angry  with  us  till  thou  hadst  consumed  us,  so  that  there  should  be  no 
remnant  nor  escaping  ? 

15  O  Lord  God  of  Israel,  thou  art  righteous  ;  for  we  remain  yet 
escaped,  as  it  is  this  day  ;  behold,  we  are  before  thee  in  our  tres- 
passes :  for  we  cannot  stand  before  thee  because  of  this. 


1  Now,  when  Ezra  had  prayed,  and  when  he  had  confessed, 
weeping  and  casting  himself  down  before  the  house  of  God,  there 
assembled  unto  him  out  of  Israel  a  very  great  congregation  of  men, 
and  women,  and  children  :  for  the  people  wept  very  sore. 

2  And  Shechaniah  the  son  of  Jehiel,  one  of  the  sons  of  Elam, 
answered  and  said  unto  Ezra,  We  have  trespassed  against  our  God, 
and  have  taken  strange  wives  of  the  people  of  the  land  :  yet  now 
there  is  hope  in  Israel  concerning  this  thing. 

3  Now,  therefore,  let  us  make  a  covenant  with  our  God  to  put 
away  all  the  wives,  and  such  as  are  born  of  them,  according  to  the 
counsel  of  my  lord,  and  of  those  that  tremble  at  the  commandment 
of  our  God  ;  and  let  it  be  done  according  to  the  law. 

4  Arise  ;  for  this  matter  belongcth  unto  thee:  we  also  will  be  with 
thee  ;  be  of  good  courage,  and  do  it. 

5  Then  arose  Ezra,  and  made  the  chief  priests,  the  Levites,  and 
all  Israel,  to  swear  that  they  should  do  according  to  this  word:  and 
they  sware. 

6  IT  Then  Ezra  rose  up  from  before  the  house  of  God,  and  went 
into  the  chamber  of  Johanan  the  son  of  Eliashib  ;  and  wheji  he 
came  thither  he  did  eat  no  bread,  nor  drink  water:  for  he  mourned 
because  of  the  tiansgression  of  them  that  had  been  carried  away. 

7  And  they  made  proclamation  throughout  Judah  and  Jerusalem 
unto  all  the  children  of  the  captivity,  that  they  should  gather  them- 
selves together  unto  Jerusalem  ; 

8  And  that  whosoever  would  not  come  within  three  days,  accord- 
ing to  the  counsel  of  the  princes  and  the  elders,  all  his  substance 
should  be  forfeited,  and  himself  separated  from  the  congregation  of 
those  that  had  been  carried  away. 

9  IT  Then  all  the  men  of  Judah  and  Benjamin  gathered  themselves 
together  unto  Jerusalem  within  three  days  :  it  was  the  ninth  month, 
and  the  twentieth  day  of  the  month  ;  and  all  the  people  sat  in  the 
street  of  the  house  of  God,  trembling  because  of  this  matter,  and  for 
the  great  rain. 

10  And  Ezra  the  priest  stood  up,  and  said  unto  them.  Ye  have 
transgressed,  and  have  taken  strange  wives  to  increase  the  trespass 
of  Israel. 

11  Now,  therefore,  make  confession  unto  the  Lord  God  of  your 


436  Ezra.     Esther. 

fathers,  and  do  his  pleasure  ;  and  separate  yourselves  from  the  people 
of  the  land,  and  from  the  strange  wives. 

12  Then  all  the  congregation  answered  and  said,  with  a  loud  voice. 
As  thou  hast  said,  so  must  we  do. 

13  But  the  people  are  many,  and  it  is  a  time  of  much  rain,  and  we 
are  not  able  to  stand  without,  neither  is  this  a  work  of  one  day  or 
two  :  for  we  are  many  that  have  transgressed  in  this  thing. 

14  Let  now  our  rulers  of  all  the  congregation  stand,  and  let  all  them 
which  have  taken  strange  wives  in  our  cities  come  at  appointed  times, 
and  with  them  the  elders  of  every  city,  and  the  judges  thereof,  until 
the  fierce  wrath  of  our  God  for  this  matter  be  turned  from  us. 

15  \\  Only  Jonathan  the  son  of  Asahel,  and  Jahaziah  the  son  of 
Tikvah,  were  employed  about  this  matter ;  and  Meshullam,  and 
Shabbethai  the  Levite,  helped  them. 

16  And  the  children  of  the  captivity  did  so.  And  Ezra  the  priest, 
with  certain  chief  of  the  fathers,  after  the  house  of  their  fathers,  and 
all  of  them  by  their  names,  were  separated,  and  sat  down  in  the  first 
day  of  the  tenth  month  to  examine  the  matter. 

17  And  they  made  an  end  with  all  the  men  that  had  taken  strange 
wives  by  the  first  day  of  the  first  month. 

B.  C.  456.  ESTHER,    II. 

15  IT  Now  when  the  turn  of  Esther,  the  daughter  of  Abihail  the 
uncle  of  Monlecai,  v.'ho  had  taken  her  for  his  daughter,  was  come  to 
go  in  unto  the  king,  she  required  nothing  but  what  Hegai  the  king's 
chambeilain,  the  keeper  of  the  women,  appointed.  And  Esther  ob- 
tained favor  in  the  sight  of  all  them  that  looked  upon  her. 

16  So  Esther  waslaken  unto  king  Ahasuerus  into  his  house  royal 
in  the  tenth  month,  which  is  the  month  Tebeth,  in  the  seventh  year 
of  his  reign. 

17  And  the  king  loved  Esther  above  all  the  women,  and  she  ob- 
tained grace  and  favor  in  his  sight  niorcthan  all  the  virgins ;  so  that 
he  set  the  royal  crown  upon  her  head,  and  made  her  queen  instead 
of  Vashti. 

18  Then  the  king  made  a  great  feast  unto  all  his  princes  and  his 
servants,  even  Esther's  feast;  and  he  made  a  release  to  the  provinces, 
and  gave  gifts,  according  to  the  state  of  the  king. 

19"  And  when  the  virgins  were  gathered  together  the  second  time, 
then  Mordecai  sat  in  the  king's  gate. 

20  Esther  had  not  yet  shewed  her  kindred  nor  her  people  ;  as 
Mordecai  had  charged  her :  for  Esther  did  the  commandment  of 
Mordecai,  like  as  when  she'was  brought  up  with  him. 

21  17  In  those  days  while  Mordecai  sat  in  the  king's  gate,  two  of 
the  king's  chamberlain's,  Bigthan  and  Teresh,  of  those  which  kept 
the  door,  were  wroth,  and  sought  to  lay  hand  on  the  king  Ahasuerus. 

22  And  the  thing  was  known  to  Mordecai,  who  told  it  unto  Esther 
the  queen  ;  and  Esther  certified  the  king  thereof  in  Mordecai's  name, 

23  And  when  inquisition  was  made  of  the  matter,  it  was  found 
out;  therefore  they  were  both  hanged  on  a  tree  :  and  it  was  written 
in  the  book  of  the  chronicles  before  the  king. 

B.  C.  452.  ESTHER,    III. 

1  After  these  things  did  king  Ahasuerus  promote  Haman,  the  son 


Esther.  437 

of  Hammedatha  the  Agagite,  and  advanced  him,  and  set  his  seat 
above  all  the  princes  that  were  with  him. 

2  And  all  the  king's  servants,  that  were  in  the  king's  gate,  bowed, 
and  reverenced  Haraan:  for  the  king  had  so  commanded  concerning 
him.     But  Mordecai  bowed  not,  nor  did  him  reverence. 

3  Then  the  king's  servants  which  were  in  the  king's  gate  said  unto 
Mordecai,  Why  transgressest  thou  the  king's  commandment  ? 

4  Now  it  came  to  pa«s,  when  they  spake  daily  unto  him,  and  he 
hearkened  not  unto  them,  that  they  told  Haman,  to  see  Avhether  Mor- 
decai's  matters  would  stand:  for  he  had  told  them  that  he  teas  a  Jew. 

5  And  when  Haman  saw  that  Mordecai  bowed  not,  nor  did  him 
reverence,  then  was  Hainan  full  of  wrath. 

6  And  he  thought  scorn  to  lay  hands  on  Mordecai  alone  ;  for  they 
had  shewed  him  the  people  of  Mordecai :  wherefore  Haman  sought 
to  destroy  all  the  Jews  that  ivere  throughout  the  whole  kingdom  of 
Ahasuerus,  even  the  people  of  Mordecai. 

7  *  IT  In  the  first  month,  that  is  the  month  Nisan,  in  the  twelfth 
year  of  king  Ahasuerus,  they  cast  Pur,  that  is,  the  lot,  before  Haman 
from  day  to  day,  and  from  month  to  month,  to  the  twelfth  month, 
that  is  the  month  Adar. 

8  IT  And  Haman  said  unto  king  Ahasuerus,  There  is  a  certain  people 
scattered  abroad  and  dispersed  among  the  people  in  all  the  provinces 
of  thy  kingdom  ;  and  their  laws  are  diverse  from  all  people,  neither 
keep  they  the  king's  laws :  therefore  it  is  not  for  the  king's  profit  to 
suffer  them. 

9  If  it  please  the  king,  let  it  be  written  that  they  may  be  destroyed ; 
and  I  will  pay  ten  thousand  talents  of  silver  to  the  hands  of  those 
that  have  the  charge  of  the  business,  to  bring  it  unto  the  king's 
treasuries. 

10  And  the  king  took  his  ring  from  his  hand  and  gave  it  unto  Ha- 
man. the  son  of  Hammedatha  the  Agagite,  the  Jews'  enemy. 

11  And  the  king  said  unto  Haman,  The  silver  is  given  to  thee,  the 
people  also,  to  do  with  them  as  it  seemcth  good  to  thee. 

12  Then  were  the  king's  scribes  called  on  the  thirteenth  day  of 
the  first  month,  and  there  was  written,  according  to  all  that  Haman 
had  com.manded,  unto  the  king's  lieutenants,  and  to  the  governors 
that  were  over  every  province,  and  to  the  rulers  of  every  people  of 
every  pi  evince,  according  to  tlie  writing  thereof,  and  to  every  people 
after  their  language  :  in  the  name  of  king  Ahasuerus  was  it  written, 
and  sealed  \\\\h  the  king's  ring. 

13  And  the  letters  were  sent  by  posts  into  all  the  king's  provinces, 
to  destroy,  to  kill,  and  to  cause  to  perish,  all  Jews,  both  young  and 
old,  little  children  and  women,  in  one  day,  even  upon  the  thirteenth 
day  of  the  twelfth  month,  which  is  the  month  Adar,  and  to  take  the 
spoil  of  them  for  a  prey. 

14  The  copy  of  the  writing  for  a  commandment  to  be  given  in 
every  province  was  published  unto  all  people,  that  they  should  be 
ready  against  that  day. 

15  The  posts  went  out,  being  hastened  by  the  king's  command- 
ment, and  the  decree  was  given  in  Shushan  the  palace.  And  the 
king  and  Haman  sat  down  to  drink ;  but  the  city  Shushan  was  per- 
plexed. 

*  B.  C.  451. 


438  Esther. 

ESTHER,    IV. 

Mordecai  and  the  Jews  mourn.     Esther  appointeth  a  fast. 

1  When  jMordecai  perceived  all  that  was  done,  IVIoidecai  rent  his 
clothes,  and  put  on  sackcloth  with  ashes,  and  went  out  into  the  midst 
of  the  city,  and  ciied  with  a  loud  and  with  bitter  cry  ; 

2  And  came  even  before  the  king's  gate  :  for  none  might  enter 
into  the  king's  gate  clothed  with  sackcloth. 

3  And  in  every  province,  whithersoever  the  king's  commandment 
and  his  decree  came,  there  was  great  mourning  among  the  Jews, 
and  fasting,  and  weeping,  and  wailing;  and  many  lay  in  sackcloth 
and  ashes. 

4  H  So  Esther's  maids  and  her  chamberlains  came  and  told  it  her. 
Then  was  the  queen  exceedingly  grieved ;  and  she  sent  raiment  to 
clotjie  JMordecai,  and  to  take  away  his  sackcloth  from  him  :  but  he 
received  it  not. 

5  Then  called  Esther  for  Hatach,  one  of  the  king's  chamberlains, 
whom  he  had  appointed  to  attend  upon  her,  and  gave  him  a  command- 
ment to  Mordecai  to  know  what  it  was,  and  why  it  was. 

6  So  Hatach  went  forth  to  Mordecai  unto  the  street  of  the  city, 
which  was  before  the  king's  gate. 

7  And  Mordecai  told  him  of  all  that  had  happened  unto  him,  and 
of  the  sum  of  the  money  that  Haman  had  promised  to  pay  to  the 
king's  treasuries  lor  the  Jews,  to  destroy  them  : 

8  Also  he  gave  him  the  copy  of  the  writing  of  the  decree  that  was 
given  at  Shushan  to  destroy  them,  to  shew  it  unto  Esther,  and  to 
declare  it  unto  her,  and  to  charge  her  tViat  she  should  go  in  unto  tlie 
king,  to  make  supplication  unto  him,  and  to  make  request  before  him 
for  her  people. 

9  And  Hatach  came  and  told  Esther  the  words  of  Mordecai. 

10  H  Again  Esther  spake  unto  Hatach,  and  gave  him  command- 
ment unto  Mordecai ; 

11  All  the  king's  servants,  and  the  people  of  the  king's  provinces, 
do  know,  that  whosoever,  whether  man  or  woman,  shall  come  unto 
the  king  into  the  inner  court,  who  is  not  called,  there  is  one  law  of 
his  to  put  Itim  to  death,  except  such  to  whom  the  king  shall  hold  out 
the  golden  i^ceptre,  that  he  may  live  :  but  1  have  not  been  called  to 
come  in  unto  the  king  these  thirty  days. 

12  And  they  told  to  Moi'decai  Esther's  words. 

13  Then  Mordecai  commanded  to  answer  Esther,  Think  not  with 
thyself  that  thou  shalt  escape  in  the  king's  house  more  than  all  the 
Jews. 

14  For  if  thou  altogether  holdest  thy  peace  at  this  time,  then  shall 
there  enlargemer»t  and  deliverance  arise  to  the  Jews  from  another 
place;  but  thou  and  thy  father's  house  shall  be  destroyed  :  and  who 
knovveth  whether  thou  art  come  to  the  kingdom  for  such  a  time  as 
this? 

15  IT  Then  Esther  bade  them  return  Mordecai  this  answer ; 

16  Go  gather  together  all  the  Jews  that  are  present  in  Shushan, 
and  fast  ye  for  me,  and  neither  eat  nor  drink  three  days,  night  nor 
day  :  I  also  and  my  maidens  will  fast  likewise  ;  and  so  will  I  go  in 
unto  the  king,  which  is  not  according  to  the  law  ;  and  if  I  perish,  I 
perish. 


Esther.  439 

17  So  Mordecai  went  his  way,  and  did  according  to  all  that  Esther 
had  comraanded  him. 

ESTHER,    V. 

Esther,  obtaining  the  king's  favor,  inviteth  the  king  and  Haman 
to  a  banquet. 

1  Now  it  came  to  pass  on  the  third  ;day,  that  Esther  put  on  her 
royal  apparel,  and  stood  in  the  inner^  court  of  the  king's  house,  over 
against  the  king's  house:  and  the  king  sat  upon  his  royal  throne  in 
the  royal  house,  over  against  the  gate  of  (he  iiouse. 

2  And  it  was  so,  when  the  king  saw  Esther  the  queen  standing  in 
the  court,  that  she  obtained  fa-vor  in  his  sight :  and  the  king  held  out 
to  Esther  the  golden  sceptre  that  was  in  his  hand.  So  Esther  drew 
near,  and  touched  the  top  of  the  sceptre. 

3  Then  said  the  king  unto  her.  What  wilt  thou,  queen  Esther? 
and  what  is  thy  request  ?  it  shall  be  even  given  thee  to  the  half  of 
the  kingdom. 

4  And  Esther  answered.  If  it  seem  good  unto  the  king,  let  the 
king  and  Haman  come  this  day  unto  the  bunquet  that  I  have  pre- 
pared for  him. 

5  Then  the  king  said.  Cause  Haman  to  make  haste,  that  lie  may 
do  as  Esther  hath  said.  So  the  king  and  Hainan  came  to  the  banquet 
that  Esther  had  prepared. 

6  H  And  the  king  said  unto  Esther  at  the  banquet  of  wine.  What 
is  thy  petition  ?  and  it  shall  be  granted  thee  :  auvi  what  is  thy  re- 
quest ?  even  to  the  half  of  the  kingdom  it  shall  be  performed. 

7  Then  answered  Esther,  and  said.  My  pefi'ion  and  mv  request  is/ 

8  If  I  have  found  favor  in  the  pight  of  the  king,  and  if  it  please 
the  king  to  grant  my  petition,  and  to  perform  my  request,  let  the 
king  and  Haman  come  to  the  banquet  that  I  shall  prepare  lor  them, 
and  I  will  do  to-morrow  as  the  king  hath  said. 

9  IF  Then  went  Hainan  foith  that  day  joyful  and  with  a  glad  heart : 
but  when  Haman  saw  Mordecai  in  the  king's  gate,  that  he  stood 
not  up,  nor  moved  for  him,  he  was  full  of  indignation  against  Mor- 
decai. 

10  Nevertheless,  Haman  remained  himself:  and  when  he  came 
home,  he  sent  and  called  for  his  friends,  and  Zeresh  his  wife. 

11  And  Hainan  told  them  of  the  glory  of  his  riches,  and  the  mul- 
titude of  his  children,  and  all  the  things  wherein  the  king  had  pro- 
moted him,  and  how  he  had  advanced  him  above  the  princes  and 
servants  of  the  king. 

12  Haman  said,  moreover.  Yea,  Esther  the  queen  did  let  no  man 
come  in  witli  the  king  unto  the  banquet  that  she  had  prepared  but 
rayself :  and  to-morrow  am  I  invited  unto  her  also  with  the  king. 

13  Yet  all  this  availeth  me  nothing,  ^o  long  as  1  see  Mordecai  the 
Jew  sitting  at  the  king's  gate. 

14  IT  Then  said  Zeresh  his  wife  and  all  his  friends  unto  him.  Let  a 
gallows  be  made  of  fifty  cubits  high,  and  to-morrov/  speak  thou  unto 
the  king  that  Mordecai  may  be  handed  thereon :  then  go  thou  in 
merrily  with  the  king  unto  the  banquet.  And  the  thing  pleased 
Haman  :  and  he  caused  the  gallows  to  be  made. 


440  Esther. 

ESTHER,    Vr. 

Ahasuerus  rewardeth  Mordecai :  Haman  doeth  him  honor. 

1  On  that  night  could  not  the  king  sleep,  and  he  commanded  to 
bring  the  book  of  records  of  the  chronicles  ;  and  they  were  read 
before  the  king. 

2  And  it  was  found  written  that  Mordecai  had  told  of  Bigthana  and 
Teresh,  two  of  the  king's  chamberlains,  the  keepers  of  the  door,  who 
sought  to  lay  hands  on  the  king  Ahasuerus. 

3  And  the  king  said,  "What  honor  and  dignity  hath  been  done  to 
Mordecai  for  this  ?  Then  said  the  king's  servants  that  ministered 
unto  him,  There  is  nothing  done  for  him. 

4  IT  And  the  king  said,  Who  is  in  the  court  ?  Now  Haman  was 
come  into  the  outward  court  of  the  king's  house,  to  speak  unto  the 
king  to  hang  Mordecai  on  the  gallows  that  he  had  prepared  for  him. 

5  And  the  king's  servants  said  unto  him.  Behold,  Haman  standeth 
in  the  court.     And  the  king  said,  Let  him  come  in. 

6  So  Haman  came  in.  And  the  king  said  unto  him,  What  shall  be 
done  unto  the  man  whom  the  king  delighteth  to  honor  ?  Now  Haman 
thought  in  his  heart,  To  whom  would  the  king  delight  to  do  honor 
more  than  to  myself.' 

7  And  Haman  answered  the  king.  For  the  man  whom  the  king 
delighteth  to  honor, 

8  Let  (he  royal  apparel  be  brought  which  the  king  nseth  to  wear, 
and  the  horse  that  the  king  rideth  upon,  and  the  crown  royal  which 
is  set  upon  his  head  ; 

9  And  let  this  apparel  and  horse  be  delivered  to  the  hand  of  one  of 
the  king's  most  noble  princes,  that  they  may  array  the  man  withal 
whom  the  king  delighteth  to  honor,  and  bring  him  on  horseback 
through  the  street  of  the  city,  and  proclaim  before  him,  Thus  shall 
it  be  done  to  the  man  whom  the  king  delighteth  to  honor. 

10  Then  the  king  said  to  Haman,  Make  haste,  and  take  the  ap- 
parel and  the  horse,  as  thou  hast  said,  and  do  even  so  to  Mordecai  the 
Jew,  that  sitteth  at  the  king's  gate  :  let  nothing  fail  of  all  that  thou 
hast  spoken. 

11  H  Then  took  Haman  the  apparel  and  the  horse,  and  arrayed 
Mordecai,  and  brought  him  on  horseback  through  the  street  of  the 
city,  and  proclaimed  before  him,  Thus  shall  it  be  done  unto  the  man 
whom  the  king  delighteth  to  honor. 

12  And  Mordecai  came  again  to  the  king's  gate.  But  Haman 
hasted  to  his  house  mourning  and  having  his  head  covered. 

13  And  Haman  told  Zeresh  his  wife  and  all  his  friends  every /Tim^ 
that  had  bef^illen  him.  Then  said  his  wi>e  men  and  Zeresh  his  wife 
unto  him,  If  Mordecai  be  of  the  seed  of  the  Jews,  before  whom 
thou  hast  begun  to  fall,  thou  shall  not  prevail  against  him,  but  shall 
surely  fall  before  him. 

14  And  while  they  icere  yet  talking  with  him  came  the  king's 
chamberlains,  and  hasted  to  bring  Hainan  unto  the  banquet  that 
Esther  had  prepared. 

ESTHER,    VII. 

Esther  siieth  for  her  own  life  and  her  peojpWs.      The  king  causeth 
Haman  to  he  hanged  on  his  own  gallows. 
1  So  the  king  and  Haman  came  to  banquet  with  Esther  the  queen. 


Esther.  441 

2  And  the  king  said  again  unto  Esther,  on  the  second  day,  at  the 
banquet  of  wine.  What  is  thy  petition,  queen  Esther  ?  and  it  shall  be 
granted  thee  :  and  what  is  thy  request  ?  and  it  shall  be  performed, 
even  to  the  half  of  the  kingdom. 

3  Then  Esther  the  queen  answered  and  said,  If  I  have  found  favor 
in  thy  sight,  O  king,  and  if  it  please  the  king,  let  my  life  be  given  me 
at  my  petition,  and  my  people  at  my  request. 

4  For  we  are  sold,  I  and  my  people,  to  be  destroyed,  to  be  slain, 
and  to  perish  :  but  if  we  had  been  sold  for  bond-men  and  bond-women 
I  had  held  my  tongue,  although  the  enemy  could  not  countervail  the 
king's  damage. 

5  TI  Then  the  king  Ahasuerus  answered  and  said  unto  Esther  the 
queen.  Who  is  he,  and  where  is  he,  that  durst  presume  in  his  heart 
to  do  so  ? 

6  And  Esther  said,  The  adversary  and  enemy  is  this  wicked 
Haman.     TTien  Haman  was  afraid  before  the  king  and  the  queen. 

7  *"  And  the  king,  arising  from  the  banquet  of  wine  in  his  wrath, 
went  into  the  palace-garden,  and  Haman  stood  up  to  make  request 
for  his  life  to  Esther  the  queen  :  for  he  saw  that  there  was  evil  deter- 
mined against  him  by  the  king. 

8  Then  the  king  returned  out  of  the  palace-garden,  into  the  place 
of  the  banquet  of  wine ;  and  Haman  was  fallen  upon  the  bed  whereon 
Esther  was.  Then  said  the  king.  Will  he  force  the  queen  also  before 
me  in  the  house  ?  As  the  word  went  out  of  the  king's  mouth,  they 
covered  Haman's  face. 

9  And  Harbonah,  one  of  the  chamberlains,  said  before  the  king. 
Behold  also  the  gallows  fifty  cubits  high,  which  Haman  had  made 
for  Mordecai,  who  had  spoken  good  for  the  king,  standeth  in  the 
house  of  Haman.     Then  the  king  said,  Hang  him  thereon. 

10  So  they  hanged  Haman  on  the  gallows,  that  he  had  prepared 
for  Mordecai.     Then  was  the  king's  wrath  pacified. 

ESTHER,    VIII. 

1  On  that  day  did  the  king  Ahasuerus  give  the  house  of  Haman  the 
Jews'  enemy,  unto  Esther  the  queen  :  and  Mordecai  came  before  the 
king  ;  for  Esther  had  told  what  he  was  unto  her. 

2  And  the  king  took  off  his  ring,  which  he  had  taken  from  Haman, 
and  gave  it  unto  Mordecai.  And  Esther  set  Mordecai  over  the  house 
of  Haman. 

3  !i  And  Esther  spake  yet  again  before  the  king,  and  fell  down  at 
his  feet,  and  besought  him  with  tears  to  put  away  the  mischief  of 
Haman  the  Agagite,  and  his  device  that  he  had  devised  against  the 
Jews. 

4  Then  the  king  held  out  the  golden  sceptre  toward  Esther.  So 
Esther  arose,  and  stood  before  the  king, 

5  And  said.  If  it  please  the  king,  and  if  I  have  found  favor  in  his 
sight,  and  the  thing  seem  right  before  the  king,  and  I  he  pleasing  in 
his  eyes,  let  it  be  written  to  reverse  the  letters  devised  by  Haman, 
the  son  of  Hammedatha  the  Agagite,  which  he  wrote  to  destroy  the 
Jews  which  are  in  all  the  king's  provinces. 

6  For  how  can  I  endure  to  see  the  evil  that  shall  come  unto  my 
people  ?   or  how  can  I  endure  to  see  the  destruction  of  ray  kindred  ? 

37 


442  Esther. 

7  IT  Then  the  kina;  Ahasuerus  said  unto  Esther  the  queen,  and  to 
Mordecai  the  Jew,  Behold,  1  have  given  Esther  the  house  of  Hainan, 
and  hitn  they  have  hanged  upon  the  gallows,  because  he  laid  his 
hand  upon  the  Jews, 

8  Write  ye  also  for  the  Jews,  as  it  liketh  you,  in  the  king's  name, 
and  seal  it  with  the  king's  ring  :  for  the  writing  which  is  written  in 
the  king's  name,  and  sealed  with  the  king's  ring,  may  no  man  reverse. 

9  Then  were  the  king's  scribes  called  at  that  time  in  the  third 
month,  (that  is  the  month  Sivan,)  on  the  three  and  twentieth  day 
thereof;  and  it  was  written,  (according  to  all  that  Mordecai  coni- 
mandod,)  unto  the  Jews,  and  to  the  lieutenants,  and  the  deputies  and 
rulers  of  the  provinces,  which  are  from  India  unto  Ethiopia,  an  hun* 
dred  twenty  and  seven  provinces,  unto  every  province  according  to 
the  w^riting  thereof,  and  unto  every  people  after  their  language,  and 
to  the  Jev^s  according  to  their  writing,  and  according  to  their  lan- 
guage. 

10  And  he  wrote  in  the  king  Ahasuerus'  name,  and  sealed  it  with 
the  king's  ring  ;  and  sent  letters  by  post  on  horseback,  and  riders  on 
mules,  camels,  and  young  dromedaries  : 

11  Wherein  the  king  granted  the  Jews  which  were  in  every  city 
to  gather  themselves  together,  and  to  stand  for  their  life,  to  destroy, 
to  slay,  and  to  cause  to  perish,  all  the  power  of  the  people  and  pro- 
vince that  would  assault  them,  both  little  ones  and  women,  and  to 
take  the  spoil  of  them  for  a  prey  ; 

12  Upon  one  day,  in  all  the  provinces  of  king  Ahasuerus,  Ma??ieZ_y, 
upon  the  thirteenth  day  of  the  twelfth  month,  which  is  the  month 
Adar. 

13  II  The  copy  of  the  writing,  for  a  commandment  to  be  given  in 
every  province,  was  published  unto  all  people,  and  that  the  Jews 
should  be  ready  against  that  day  to  avenge  themselves  on  their 
enemies. 

14  So  the  posts  that  rode  upon  mules  and  camels  went  out,  being 
hastened  and  pressed  on  by  the  king's  commandment.  And  the  de- 
cree was  given  at  Shushan  the  palace. 

15  '^  And  Mordecai  went  out  from  the  presence  of  the  king  in  royal 
apparel  of  blue  and  white,  and  with  a  great  crown  of  gold,  and  with 
a  garment  of  fine  linen  and  purple  ;  and  the  city  of  Shushan  rejoiced 
and  was  glad. 

16  The  Jews  had  light,  and  gladness,  and  joy,  and  honor. 

17  An  I  in  every  province,  and  in  every  city,  whithersoever  the 
king's  commandment  and  his  decree  came,  the  Jews  had  joy  and 
gladness,  a  feast  and  a  good  day.  And  many  of  the  people  of  the 
land  became  Jews  ;  for  the  fear  of  the  Jews  fell  upon  them. 

ESTHER,  IX. 

The  Jews  slay  their  enemies,  with  the  ten  sons  of  Hainan.  The 
two  days  of  Piirim  are  made  festival. 
1  Now,  in  the  twelfth  month,  (that  is  the  month  Adar,)  on  the 
thirteenth  day  of  the  same,  when  the  king's  commandment  and  his 
decree  drew  near  to  be  put  in  execution,  in  the  day  that  the  enemies 
of  the  Jews  hoped  to  have  power  over  them,  (though  it  was  turned 
to  the  contrary,  that  the  Jews  had  rule  over  them  that  hated  them,) 


Esther,  143 

2  The  Jews  gathered  themselves  together  in  their  cities,  through- 
out all  the  provinces  of  the  king  Ahasuerus,  to  lay  hand  on  such  as 
.nought  their  hurt ;  and  no  man  could  withstand  them  :  for  the  fear  of 
them  fell  upon  all  people. 

3  And  all  the  rulers  of  the  provinces,  and  the  lieutenants,  and  the 
deputies,  and  officers  of  the  king,  helped  the  Jews  ;  because  the  fear 
of  Mordecai  fell  upon  them. 

4  For  JNIordecai  icas  great  in  the  king's  house,  and  his  fame  went 
out  throughout  all  the  provinces  :  for  this  man  Mordecai  waxed 
greater  and  greater. 

5  Thus  the  Jews  smote  all  their  enemies  with  the  stroke  of  the 
sword,  and  slaughter,  and  destruction,  and  did  what  they  would  unto 
those  that  hated  them. 

6  And  in  Shushan  the  palace,  the  Jews  slew  and  destroyed  five 
hundred  men. 

7  And  Parshandatha,  and  Dalphon,  and  Aspatha, 

8  And  Poratha,  and  Adalia,  and  Aridatha, 

9  And  Parmashta,  and  Arisai,  and  Aridai,  and  Vajezatha, 

10  The  ten  sons  of  Haman,  the  son  of  Hammedatha,  the  enemy 
of  the  Jews,  slew  they  ;  but  on  the  spoil  laid  they  not  their  hand. 

11  On  that  day  the  number  of  those  that  were  slain  in  Shushan 
the  palace  was  brought  before  the  king. 

12  1i  And  the  king  said  unto  Esther  the  queen.  The  Jews  have 
slain  and  destroyed  five  hundred  men  in  Shushan  the  palace,  and  the 
ten  sons  of  Haman ;  what  have  they  done  in  the  rest  of  the  king's 
provinces?  Nov/,  what  is  thy  petition?  and  it  shall  be  granted 
thee  :  or  what  is  thy  request  further  ?  and  it  shall  be  done. 

13  Then  said  Esther,  If  it  please  the  king,  let  it  be  granted  to  the 
Jews  which  are  in  Shushan  to  do  to-morrow  also  according  unto  this 
day's  decree,  and  let  Haman's  ten  sons  be  hanged  upon  the  gallows. 

14  And  the  king  commanded  it  so  to  be  done  :  and  the  decree  was 
given  at  Shushan  ;  and  they  hanged  Haman's  ten  sons. 

15  For  the  Jews  that  icere  in  Shushan  gathered  themselves  to- 
gether on  the  fourteenth  day  also  of  the  mon^h  Adar,  and  slew  three 
hundred  men  at  Shushan  ;  but  on  the  prey  they  laid  not  their  hand. 

16  But  the  other  Jews  that  ivere  in  the  king's  provinces  gathered 
themselves  together,  and  stood  for  their  lives,  and  had  rest  from  their 
enemies,  and  slew  of  their  foes  seventy  and  five  thousand,  but  they 
laid  not  their  hands  on  the  prey. 

17  On  the  thirteenth  day  of  the  month  Adar;  and  on  (he  four- 
teenth day  of  the  same  rested  they,  and  made  it  a  day  of  feasting 
and  gladness. 

18  But  the  Jews  that  were,  at  Shushan  assembled  together  on  the 
thirteenth  day  thereof,  and  on  the  fourteenth  thereof;  and  on  the 
fifteenth  day  of  the  same  they  rested,  and  made  it  a  day  of  feasting 
and  gladness. 

19  Therefore  the  Jews  of  the  villages,  that  dwelt  in  the  unwalled 
towns,  made  the  fourteenth  day  of  the  month  Adar  a  day  o/ gladness 
and  feasting,  and  a  good  day,  and  of  sending  portions  oiie  to  another. 

20  *  H  And  Mordecai  wrote  these  things,  and  sent  letters  unto  all 
the  Jews  that  were  in  all  the  provinces  of  the  king  Ahasuerus,  both 
nigh  and  far, 

*  B,  C.  450. 


444  Esther. 

21  To  stablish  this  among  them,  that  they  should  keep  the  fourteenth 
day  of  the  month  Adar,  and  the  fifteenth  day  of  the  same,  yearly, 

22  As  the  days  wherein  the  Jews  rested  from  their  enemies,  and 
the  month  which  was  turned  unto  them  from  sorrow  to  joy,  and  from 
mourning  into  a  good  day  :  that  they  should  make  them  days  of  feast- 
ing and  joy,  and  of  sending  portions  one  to  another,  and  gifts  to  the 
poor. 

23  And  the  Jews  undertook  to  do  as  they  had  begun,  and  as  Mor- 
decai  had  written  unto  them  ; 

24  Because  Haman  the  son  of  Hammedatha  the  Agagite,  the 
enemy  of  all  the  Jews,  had  devised  against  the  Jews  to  destroy  them, 
and  had  cast  Pur,  that  is,  the  lot,  to  consume  them,  and  to  destroy 
them  ; 

25  But  when  Esther  came  before  the  king,  he  commanded  by 
letters  that  his  wicked  device,  which  he  devised  against  the  Jews, 
should  return  upon  his  own  head,  and  that  he  and  his  sons  should  be 
hanged  on  the  gallows. 

26  Wherefore  they  called  these  days  Purim,  after  the  name  of 
Pur.  Therefore  for  all  the  words  of  this  letter,  and  of  that  which 
they  had  seen  concerning  this  matter,  and  which  had  come  unto 
them, 

27  The  Jews  ordained,  and  took  upon  them,  and  upon  their  seed, 
and  upon  all  such  as  joined  themselves  unto  them,  so  as  it  should  not 
fail,  that  they  would  keep  these  two  days  according  to  their  ^vriting, 
and  according  to  their  appointed  time  every  year  ; 

28  And  that  these  days  should  be  remembered  and  kept  through- 
out every  generation,  every  family,  every  province,  and  every  city; 
and  that  these  days  of  Purim  should  not  fail  from  among  the  Jews, 
nor  the  memorial  of  them  perish  from  their  seed. 

29  Then  Esther  the  queen,  the  daughter  of  Abihail,  and  IMordecai 
the  Jew,  wrote  with  all  authority,  to  confirm  this  second  letter  of 
Purim. 

30  And  he  sent  the  letters  unto  all  the  Jews,  to  the  hundred 
twenty  and  seven  provinces  of  the  kingdom  of  Ahasuerus,  with 
words  of  peace  and  truth, 

31  To  confirm  these  days  of  Purim  in  their  times  appointed,  ac- 
cording as  Mordecai  the  Jew  and  Esther  the  queen  had  enjoined 
them,  and  as  they  had  decreed  for  themselves,  and  for  their  seed,  the 
matters  of  the  fastings  and  their  cry. 

32  And  the  decree  of  Esther  confirmed  these  matters  of  Purim  j 
and  it  was  written  in  the  book. 

B.  C.  446.  ESTHER,    X. 

1  And  the  king  Ahasuerus  laid  a  tribute  upon  the  land,  and  upon 
the  isles  of  the  sea. 

2  And  all  the  acts  of  his  power  and  of  his  might,  and  the  declara- 
tion of  the  greatness  of  Mordecai,  whereunto  the  king  advanced  him, 
are  they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the  chronicles  of  tlie  kings  of 
Media  and  Persia  ? 

3  For  Mordecai  the  Jew  was  next  unto  king  Ahasuerus,  and  great 
among  the  Jews,  and  accepted  of  the  multitude  of  his  brethren^ 
seeking  the  wealth  of  his  people,  and  speaking  peace  to  all  his  seed. 


Nehemiah.  445 

NEHEMTAH,    I.  B.  C.  444. 

JVehemiah,  understanding  by  Hanani   the  misery   of  Jerusalem^ 
mourneth,  fasteth,  and  prayeth:  his  jirayer. 

1  The  words  of  Nehemiah,  the  son  of  Hachahah.  And  it  came  to 
pass,  in  the  month  Chisleu,  in  the  twentieth  year,  as  I  was  in  Shu- 
shan  the  palace, 

2  That  Hanani,  one  of  my  brethren,  came,  he  and  certain  men  of 
Judah  ;  and  I  asl<ed  them  concerning  the  Jews  that  had  escaped, 
which  were  left  of  the  captivity,  and  concerning  Jerusalem. 

3  And  they  said  unto  me.  The  remnant  that  are  left  of  the  cap- 
tivity there  in  the  province  are  in  great  affliction  and  reproach  ;  the 
wall  of  Jerusalem  also  is  broken  down,  and  the  gates  thereof  are 
burnt  with  fire. 

4  II  And  it  came  to  pass,  w^hen  I  heard  these  words,  that  I  sat  down 
and  wept,  and  mourned  certain  days,  and  fasted,  and  prayed  before 
the  God  of  heaven, 

5  And  said,  I  beseech  thee,  O  Lord  God  of  heaven,  the  great  and 
terrible  God,  that  keepeth  covenant  and  mercy  for  them  that  love 
him,  and  observe  his  commandments  ; 

6  Let  thine  ear  now  be  attentive,  and  thine  eyes  open,  that  thou 
rnayest  hear  the  prayer  of  thy  servant,  which  I  pray  before  thee 
now,  day  and  night,  for  the  children  of  Israel  thy  servants,  and  con- 
fess the  sins  of  the  children  of  Israel,  which  we  have  sinned  against 
thee  :  both  I  and  my  father's  house  have  sinned. 

7  We  have  dealt  very  corruptly  against  thee,  and  have  not  kept 
the  commandments,  nor  the  statutes,  nor  the  judgments,  which  thou 
commandedst  thy  servant  Moses. 

8  Remember,  I  beseech  thee,  the  word  that  thou  commandedst  thy 
servant  Moses,  sayiiig.  If  ye  transgress,  I  will  scatter  you  abroad 
among  the  nations  : 

9  But  if  ye  turn  unto  me,  and  keep  my  commandments,  and  do 
them;  though  there  were  of  you  cast  out  unto  the  uttermost  part  of 
the  heaven,  yet  will  I  gather  them  from  thence,  and  will  bring  them 
unto  the  place  that  1  have  chosen  to  set  ray  name  there. 

10  Now,  these  are  thy  servants,  and  thy  people,  whom  thou  hast 
redeemed  by  thy  great  power,  and  by  thy  strong  hand. 

110  Lord,  I  beseech  thee,  let  now  thine  ear  be  attentive  to  the 
praj^er  of  thy  servant,  and  to  the  prayer  of  thy  servants,  wiio  desire 
to  fear  thy  name  :  and  prosper,  I  pray  thee,  thy  servant  this  day,  and 
grant  him  mercy  in  the  sight  of  this  man  :  for  I  was  the  king's  cup- 
bearer. 

NEHEMIAH,    II. 

Artaxerxes  understanding  the  cause  of  JSTchemiah' s  sadness,  sendeth 
him.  with  two  letters  and  a  commission  to  Jerusalem. 

1  And  it  came  to  pass,  in  the  month  Nisan,  in  the  twentieth  year 
of  Artaxerxes  the  king,  that  wine  ivas  before  him  :  and  I  took  up 
the  wine,  and  gave  it  unto  the  king.  Now,  I  had  not  been  hef ore- 
time  sad  in  his  presence. 

2  Wheiefore  the  king  said  unto  me.  Why  is  thy  countenance  sad, 

37  ^ 


446  Nehemiah. 

seeing  thcni  art  not  sick  ?     This  is  nothing  else  but  sorrow  of  heart. 
Then  I  was  very  sore  afiaid, 

3  And  said  unto  the  king,  Let  the  king  Uve  for  ever  :  why  shoulid 
not  my  couatenance  be  sad,  when  the  city,  the  place  of  ray  fathers' 
sepulchres,  lieth  waste,  and  the  gates  thereof  are  consumed  with 
fire  ? 

4  Then  the  king  said  unto  me,  For  what  dost  thou  make  request  ? 
So  I  piayed  to  the  God  of  heaven. 

5  And  I  said  unto  the  king,  If  it  please  the  king,  and  if  thy  ser- 
vant have  found  fav^or  in  thy  sights  that  thou  vvouldest  send  me  unto 
Judah,  unto  the  city  of  my  fathers'  sepulchres,  that  I  may  build  it. 

6  And  the  king  said  unto  me,  (the  queen  also  sitting  by  him,)  For 
how  long  shall  thy  journey  be  ?  and  when  wilt  thou  return  ?  So  it 
pleased  the  king  to  send  me  ;  and  I  set  him  a  time. 

7  Moreover,  I  said  unto  the  king,  If  it  please  the  king,  let  letters 
be  given  me  to  the  governors  beyond  the  river,  that  they  may  con- 
vey me  over  till  I  come  into  Judah  ; 

S  And  a  letter  unto  Asaph  the  keeper  of  the  king's  forest,  that  he 
may  give  me  timber  to  make  beams  for  the  gates  of  the  palace  which 
api^ertained  to  the  house,  and  for  the  wall  of  the  city,  and  for  the 
house  that  I  shall  enter  into.  And  the  king  granted  me  according  to 
the  good  hand  of  my  God  upon  me. 

9  IT  Then  1  came  to  the  governors  beyond  the  river,  and  gave  them 
the  king's  letters.  (Now  the  king  had  sent  captains  of  the  army  and 
horsemen  with  m.e.) 

10  When  Saaballat  the  Horonite,  and  Tobiah  the  servant,  the 
Ammonite,  heard  of  it,  it  grieved  them  exceedingly  that  there  was 
come  a  man  to  seek  the  welfare  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

11  So  I  came  to  Jerusalem,  and  was  there  three  days. 

12  IT  And  I  arose  in  the  night,  I  and  some  few  men  ^vitli  me  : 
neither  told  1  any  man  what  my  God  had  put  in  my  heart  to  do  at 
Jerusalem  :  neither  was  there  any  beast  with  me,  save  the  beast  that 
I  rode  upon. 

13  And  I  went  out  by  night  by  the  gate  of  the  valley,  even  be- 
fore the  dragon  well,  and  to  the  dung  port,  and  viewed  the  walls  of 
Jerusalem,  which  were  broken  down,  and  the  gates  thereof  were 
co-nsumed  with  fire. 

14  Then  I  went  on  to  the  gate  of  the  fountain,  and  to  the  king's 
pool :  but  there  was  no  place  for  the  beast  that  was  under  me  to 
pass. 

15  Then  went  I  up  in  the  night  by  the  brook,  and  viewed  the 
wall,  and  turned  back,  and  entered  by  the  gate  of  the  valley,  and  so 
returned. 

16  And  the  rulers  knew  not  whither  I  went,  or  what  I  did;  neither 
had  I  as  yet  told  it  to  the  Jews,  nor  to  the  priests,  nor  to  the  nobles, 
nor  to  the  rulers,  nor  to  the  rest  that  did  the  work. 

17  H  Then  said  I  unto  them,  Ye  see  the  distress  that  we  are  in, 
how  Jerusalem  lieth  waste,  and  the  gates  thereof  are  burned  with 
fire  :  come  and  let  us  build  up  the  walls  of  Jerusalem,  that  we  be  no 
more  a  reproach. 

18  Then  I  told  them  of  the  hand  of  my  God  which  was  good  upon 
me  ;  as  also  the  king's  words  that  he  had  spoken  unto  me.  And  they 
said.  Let  us  rise  up  and  build.  So  they  strengthened  their  hands  for 
this  good  work. 


Nehemiah.  447 

19  But  when  Sanballat  the  Horonite,  and  Tobiah  the  servant,  the 
Ammonite,  and  Geshem  the  Arabian,  heard  it,  they  laughed  us  to 
scorn,  and  despised  us,  and  said,  What  is  this  thing  that  ye  do  ?  Will 
ye  rebel  against  the  king  ? 

20  Then  answered  I  them,  and  said  unto  them,  The  God  of  heaven 
he  will  prosper  us  ;  therefore  we  his  servants  will  arise  and  build : 
but  ye  have  no  portion,  nor  right,  nor  memorial,  in  Jerusalem. 

NEHEMIAH,    III. 

The  nmnes  and  order  of  them  that  huilded  the  wall. 

1  Then  Eliashib  the  high  priest  rose  up,  with  his  brethren  the 
priests,  and  they  huilded  the  sheep-gate  ;  they  sanctified  it,  and  set 
up  the  doors  of  it ;  even  unto  the  tower  of  Meah  they  sanctified  it, 
unto  the  tower  of  Hananeel. 

2  And  next  unto  him  huilded  the  men  of  Jericho.  And  next  to 
them  huilded  Zaccur  the  son  of  Imri. 

3  But  the  fish-gate  did  the  sons  of  Hassenaah  build,  w  ho  also  laid 
the  beams  thereof,  and  set  up  the  doors  thereof,  the  locks  thereof, 
and  the  bars  thereof. 

4  And  next  unto  them  repaired  Meremoth  the  son  of  Urijah,  the 
son  of  Koz.  And  next  unto  them  repaired  Meshullam  the  son  of 
Berechiah,  the  son  of  Meshezabeel.  And  next  unto  them  repaired 
Zadok  the  son  of  Baana. 

5  And  next  unto  them  the  Tekoites  repaired ;  but  their  nobles  put 
not  their  necks  to  the  work  of  their  Lord. 

6  Moreover,  the  old  gate  repaired  Jehoiada  the  son  of  Paseah,  and 
Meshullam  the  son  of  Besodeiah  ;  they  laid  the  beams  thereof,  and 
set  up  the  doors  thereof,  and  the  locks  thereof,  and  the  bars  thereof. 

7  And  next  unto  them  repaired  Melatiah  the  Gibeonite,  and  Jadon 
the  Meronothite,  the  men  of  Gibeon,  and  of  Mizpah,  «nto  the  throne 
of  the  governor  on  this  side  the  river. 

8  Next  unto  him  repaired  Uzziel  the  son  of  Harhaiah,  of  the  gold- 
smiths. Next  unto  him  also  repaired  Hananiah  the  son  of  one  of 
the  apothecaries,  and  they  fortified  Jerusalem  unto  the  broad  wall. 

9  And  next  unto  them  repaired  Rephaiah  the  son  of  Hur,  the 
ruler  of  the  half  part  of  Jerusalem. 

10  And  next  unto  them  repaired  Jedaiah  the  son  of  Harumaph, 
even  over  against  his  house.  And  next  unto  him  repaired  Hattush 
the  son  of  Hashabniah. 

11  Malchijah  the  son  of  Harim,  and  Hashub  the  son  of  Pahath- 
raoab,  repaired  the  other  piece,  and  the  tower  of  the  furnaces. 

12  And  next  unto  him  repaired  Shallum  the  son  of  Halohesh,  the 
ruler  of  the  half  part  of  Jerusalem,  he  and  his  daughters. 

13  The  valley-gate  repaired  Hanun,  and  the  inhabitants  of  Zano' 
ah  ;  thev  built  it,  and  set  up  the  doors  thereof,  the  locks  thereof,  and 
the  bars' thereof,  and  a  thousand  cubits  on  the  wall  unto  the  dung- 
gate. 

14  But  the  dung-gate  repaired  Malchiah  the  son  of  Rechab,  the 
ruler  of  part  of  Beth-haccerem  ;  he  built  it,  and  set  up  the  doors 
thereof,  the  locks  thereof,  and  the  bars  thereof. 

1.5  But  the  gate  of  the  fountain  repaired  Shallum  the  son  of  Col- 
hozeh,  uie  ruler  of  part  of  Mizpah  ;  he  built  it,  and  covered  it,  and 


448  Nehemiah. 

set  up  the  doors  thereof,  the  locks  thereof,  and  the  bars  thereof,  and 
the  wall  of  the  pool  of  Siloah  by  the  king's  garden,  and  unto  the 
stairs  that  go  down  from  the  city  of  David. 

16  After  him  repaired  Nehemiah  the  son  of  Azbuk,  the  ruler  of 
the  half  part  of  Bethzur,  unto  the  place  over  against  the  sepulchres 
of  David,  and  to  the  pool  that  was  made,  and  unto  the  house  of  the 
mighty. 

17  After  him  repaired  the  Levites,  Rehum  the  son  of  Bani.  Next 
unto  him  repaired  Hashabiah,  the  ruler  of  the  half  part  of  Keilah,  in 
his  part. 

18  After  him  repaired  their  brethren,  Bavai  the  son  of  Henadad, 
the  ruler  of  the  half  part  of  Keilah. 

19  And  next  to  him  repaired  Ezer  the  son  of  Jeshua,  the  ruler  of 
Mizpah,  another  piece  over  against  the  going  up  to  the  armory,  at  the 
turning  of  the  wall. 

20  After  him  Baruch  the  son  of  Zabbai  earnestly  repaired  the 
other  piece,  from  the  turning  of  ike  wall  unto  the  door  of  the  house 
of  Eliashib  the  high  priest. 

21  Alter  him  repaired  Meremoth  the  son  of  Urijah  the  son  of  Koz 
another  piece,  from  the  door  of  the  house  of  Eliashib  even  to  the  end 
of  the  house  of  Eliashib. 

22  And  after  him  repaired  the  priests,  the  men  of  the  plain. 

23  After  him  repaired  Benjamin,  and  Hashub,  over  against  their 
house.  After  him  repaired  Azariah  the  son  of  Maaseiah,  the  son  of 
Ananiah,  by  his  house. 

24  After  him  repaired  Binnui  the  son  of  Henadad,  another  piece, 
from  the  house  of  Azariah  unto  the  turning  of  the  wall,  even  unto 
the  corner. 

25  Palrtl  the  son  of  Uzai,  over  against  the  turning  of  the  wall,  and 
the  tower  which  lieth  out  from  the  king's  high  house,  that  was  by 
the  court  of  the  prison.     After  him  Pedaiah  the  son  of  Parosh. 

2G  Moreover,  the  Nethinims  dwelt  in  Ophel,  unto  the  place  over 
against  the  water-gate  toward  the  east,  and  the  tower  that  lieth  out. 

27  After  them  the  Tekoites  repaired  another  piece,  over  against  the 
great  tower  that  lieth  out,  even  unto  the  wall  of  Ophel. 

2S  From  above  the  horse-gate  repaired  the  priests,  every  one  over 
against  his  house. 

29  After  them  repaired  Zadok  the  son  of  Immer,  over  against  his 
liouse.  After  him  repaired  also  Shemaiah  the  son  of  Shechaniah, 
the  keeper  of  the  e^st  gate. 

30  After  him  repaired  Hananiah,  the  sonof  Shelemiah,  and  Hanun 
the  sixth  son  of  Zalaph,  another  piece.  After  him  repaired  Meshul- 
1am  the  son  of  Berechiah,  over  against  his  chamber. 

31  After  him  repaired  Malchiah  the  goldsmith's  son,  unto  the 
place  of  the  Nethinims,  and  of  the  merchants,  over  against  the  gate 
Miphkad,  and  to  the  going  up  of  the  corner, 

32  And  between  the  going  up  of  the  corner  unto  the  sheep-gate 
repaired  the  goldsmiths  and  the  merchants. 

NEHEMIAH,    IV. 

While  the  enemies  scoff  A^ehemiah  prayeth :  he  setteth  a  watch. 
1  But  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  Sanballat  heard  that  we  builded 


Nehemiah.  449 

the  wall,  he  was  wroth,  and  took  great  indignation,  and  mocked  the 
Jews. 

2  And  he  spake  before  his  brethren  and  the  army  of  Samaria,  and 
said,  What  do  these  feeble  Jews  ?  will  they  fortify  themselves  ?  will 
they  sacrifice  ?  will  they  make  an  end  in  a  day  ?  will  they  revive  the 
stones  out  of  the  heaps  of  the  rubbish  which  are  burnt  ? 

3  Now  Tobiah  the  Ammonite  was  by  him,  and  he  said,  Even  that 
which  they  build,  if  a  fox  go  up,  he  shall  even  break  down  their 
stone- wall. 

4  Hear,  0  our  God  ;  for  we  are  despised  :  and  turn  their  reproach 
upon  their  own  head,  and  give  them  for  a  prey  in  the  land  of  cap- 
tivity ; 

5  And  cover  not  their  iniquity,  and  let  not  their  sin  be  blotted  out 
from  before  thee  :  for  they  have  provoked  thee  to  anger  before  the 
builders. 

6  So  built  we  the  wall ;  and  all  the  wall  was  joined  together  unto 
the  half  thereof:  for  the  people  had  a  mind  to  work. 

7  IT  But  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  Sanballat,  and  Tobiah,  and  the 
Arabians,  and  the  Ammonites,  and  the  Ashdodites,  heard  that  the 
walls  of  Jerusalem  were  made  up,  and  that  the  breaches  began  to  be 
stopped,  then  they  were  very  wroth, 

8  And  conspired  all  of  them  together,  to  come  and  to  fight  against 
Jerusalem,  and  to  hinder  it. 

9  Nevertheless,  we  made  our  prayer  unto  our  (iod,  and  set  a  watch 
against  them  day  and  night,  because  of  them. 

10  And  Judah  said.  The  strength  of  the  bearers  of  burdens  is  de- 
cayed, and  there  is  much  rubbish ;  so  that  we  are  not  able  to  build 
the  wall. 

11  And  our  adversaries  said,  They  shall  not  know,  neither  see,  till 
we  come  in  the  midst  among  them,  and  slay  them,  and  cause  the 
work  to  cease. 

12  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  the  Jews  which  dwelt  by  them 
came,  they  said  unto  us  ten  times.  From  all  places  whence  ye  shall 
return  unto  us  they  will  be  upon  you. 

13  H  Therefore  set  I  in  the  lower  places  behind  the  wall,  and  on 
the  higher  places,  I  even  set  the  people  after  their  l^unilies,  with 
their  swords,  their  spears,  and  their  bows. 

14  And  I  looked,  and  rose  up,  and  said  unto  the  nobles,  and  to  the 
rulers,  and  to  the  rest  of  the  people.  Be  not  ye  afraid  of  them  : 
remember  the  Lord,  which  is  great  and  terrible,  and  fight  for  your 
brethren,  your  sons,  and  your  daughters,  your  wives,  and  your 
houses. 

15  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  our  enemies  heard  that  it  was  known 
unto  us,  and  God  had  brought  their  counsel  to  nought,  that  we  re- 
turned all  of  us  to  the  wall,  every  one  unto  his  work. 

16  And  it  came  to  pass  from  that  time  forth,  that  the  half  of  my 
servants  wrought  in  the  work,  and  the  other  half  of  them  held  both 
the  spears,  the  shields,  and  the  bows,  and  the  habergeons ;  and  the 
rulers  were  behind  all  the  house  of  Judah. 

17  They  which  builded  on  the  wall,  and  they  that  bare  burdens, 
with  those  that  laded,  everyone  with  one  of  his  hands  wrought  in  the 
work,  and  with  the  other  hand  held  a  weapon. 

18  For  the  builders,  every  one  had  his  sword  girded  by  his  side, 
and  so  builded  :  and  he  that  sounded  the  trumpet  loas  by  me. 


450  Nehemiah. 

19  IF  And  I  said  unto  the  nobles,  and  to  the  rulers,  and  to  the  rest 
of  the  people.  The  work  is  great  and  large,  and  we  are  separated 
upon  the  wall,  one  tar  from  another. 

20  In  what  place  therefore  ye  hear  the  sound  of  the  trumpet,  resort 
ye  t'lither  unto  us  :  our  God  shall  fight  for  us. 

2i  lio  we  labored  in  the  work:  and  half  of  them  held  the  spears 
from  the  rising  of  the  morning,  till  the  stars  appeared. 

22  Likewise  at  the  same  time,  said  I  unto  the  people.  Let  every- 
one with  his  servant  lodge  within  Jerusalem,  that  in  the  night  they 
may  be  a  guard  to  us,  and  labor  on  the  day. 

23  So  neither  \,  nor  my  brethren,  nor  my  servants,  nor  the  men 
of  the  guard  which  followed  me,  none  of  us  put  off  our  clothes, 
saving  that  every  one  put  them  off  for  washing. 

NEHEMIAH,    V. 

1  And  there  was  a  great  cry  of  the  people,  and  of  their  wives, 
against  their  brethren  the  Jews. 

2  For  there  were  that  said.  We,  our  sons,  and  our  daughters,  are 
many ;  therefore  we  take  up  corn  for  them,  that  we  may  eat  and 
live. 

3  Some  also  there  were  that  said,  We  have  mortgaged  our  lands, 
vineyards,  and  houses,  that  we  might  buy  corn,  because  of  the 
dearth. 

4  There  were  also  that  said.  We  have  borrowed  money  for  the 
king's  tribute,  aiid  that  ujion  our  lands  and  vineyards. 

5  Yet  now  our  flesh  is  as  the  flesh  of  our  brethren,  our  children 
as  their  children :  and,  lo,  we  bring  into  bondage  our  sons  and  our 
daughters  to  be  servants,  and  some  of  our  daughters  are  brought  into 
bondage  already,  neither  is  it  in  our  power  to  redeem  them  ;  for 
other  men  have  our  lands  and  vineyards. 

6  If  And  I  was  very  angry  when  I  heard  their  cry,  and  these  words. 

7  Then  I  consulted  with  myself,  and  I  rebuked  the  nobles,  and 
the  rulers,  and  said  unto  them.  Ye  exact  usury,  every  one  of  his 
brother.     And  I  set  a  great  assembly  against  them  ; 

8  And  I  said  unto  them,  We,  after  our  ability,  have  redeemed  our 
brethren  the  Jews,  ivhich  were  sold  unto  the  heathen:  and  will  ye 
even  sell  your  brethren  ?  or  shall  they  be  sold  unto  us  ?  Then  held 
they  their  peace,  and  found  nothing  to  answer. 

9  Also  1  said,  It  is  not  good  that  ye  do  :  ought  ye  not  to  walk  in 
the   fear  of  our  God,  because  of  the  reproach  of  the  heathen  our 


enenues 


10  I  likewise,  and  my  brethren,  and  my  servants,  might  exact  of 
them  money  and  corn  ;  1  pray  you  let  us  leave  off  this  usury. 

11  Restore,  I  pray  you,  to  them,  even  this  day,  their  lands,  their 
vineyards,  their  olive-yards,  and  their  houses,  also  the  hundredth 
part  of  the  money,  and  of  the  corn,  the  wine,  and  the  oil,  that  ye 
exact  of  them. 

12  Then  said  they.  We  will  restore  them,  and  will  require  nothing 
of  them  ;  so  will  we  do  as  thou  sayest.  Then  I  called  the  priests, 
and  took  an  oath  of  them,  that  they  should  do  according  to  this 
promise. 

13  Also  I  shook  my  lap,  and  said,  So  God  shake  out  every  man 


Nehemiah.  451 

from  his  house,  and  from  his  labor,  that  performeth  not  this  promise, 
even  thus  be  lie  shaken  out  and  emptied.  And  all  the  congregation 
said.  Amen,  and  praised  the  Lord.  And  the  people  did  according  to 
this  promise. 

14  IT  Moreover,  from  the  time  that  I  was  appointed  to  be  their  gov- 
ernor in  the  land  of  Judah,  from  the  twentieth  year  even  unto  the 
two  and  thirtieth  year  of  Artaxerxes  the  king,  that  is,  twelve  years, 
I  and  my  brethren  have  not  eaten  the  bread  of  the  governor. 

15  But  the  former  governors,  that  had  been  before  me,  were 
chargeable  unto  the  people,  and  had  taken  of  them  bread  and  wine, 
beside  forty  shekels  of  silver  ;  yea,  even  their  servants  bare  rule  over 
the  people  :  but  so  did  not  I,  because  of  the  fear  of  God. 

16  Yea  also,  I  continued  in  the  work  of  this  wall,  neither  bought 
we  any  land  :  and  all  my  servants  were  gathered  thither  unto  the 
work. 

17  Moreover,  there  were  at  my  table  an  hundred  and  fifty  of  the 
Jews  and  rulers,  besides  those  that  came  unto  us  from  among  the 
heathen  that  are  about  us. 

18  Now,  that  which  was  prepared  for  me  daily  was  one  ox,  and 
six  choice  sheep  ;  also  fowls  were  prepared  for  me,  and  once  in  ten 
days  store  of  all  sorts  of  wine:  yet  for  all  this  required  not  I  the  bread 
of  the  governor,  because  the  bondage  was  heavy  upon  this  people. 

19  Think  upon  me,  my  God,  for  good,  according  to  all  that  I  have 
done  for  this  people. 

NEHEMIAH,    VI. 

Sanballat  practiseth  to  terrify  JVehemiah.     The  work  is  finished. 
Secret  intelligence  between  the  enemies  and  the  nobles  of  Judah. 

1  Now  it  came  to  pass,  when  Sanballat,  and  Tobiah,  and  Geshem 
the  Arabian,  and  the  rest  of  our  enemies,  heard  that  I  had  builded 
the  wall,  and  that  there  was  no  breach  left  therein,  (though  at  that 
time  I  had  not  set  up  the  doors  upon  the  gates,) 

2  That  Sanballat  and  Geshem  sent  unto  me,  saying,  Come,  let  us 
meet  together  in  some  one  of  the  villages  in  the  plain  of  Ono :  but 
they  thought  to  do  me  mischief. 

3  And  1  sent  messengers  unto  them,  saying,  I  am  doing  a  great 
work,  so  that  I  cannot  come  down  :  why  should  the  work  cease, 
whilst  I  leave  it,  and  come  down  to  you  ? 

4  Yet  they  sent  unto  me  four  times  after  this  sort;  and  I  answered 
them  after  the  same  manner. 

5  Then  sent  Sanballat  his  servant  unto  me  in  like  manner,  the  fifth 
time,  with  an  open  letter  in  his  hand  ; 

6  Wherein  was  written.  It  is  reported  among  the  heathen,  and 
Gashmu  saith  it,  that  thou  and  the  Jews  think  to  rebel :  for  v/hich 
cause  thou  buildest  the  wall,  that  thou  mayest  be  their  king,  accord- 
ing to  these  words. 

7  And  thou  hast  also  appointed  prophets  to  preach  of  thee  at  Jeru- 
salem, saying.  There  is  a  king  in  Judah  :  and  now  shall  it  be  report- 
ed to  the  king  according  to  these  words.  Come  now,  therefore,  and 
let  us  take  counsel  together. 

8  Then  I  sent  unto  him,  saying,  There  are  no  such  things  done  as 
thou  sayest,  but  thou  feignest  them  out  of  thine  own  heart. 


452  Neliemiali. 

9  For  they  all  made  us  afraid,  saying,  Their  hands  shall  be  weak- 
ened from  the  work,  that  it  be  not  done.  Now  therefore,  O  God, 
strengthen  my  hands. 

10  Afterward  I  came  unto  the  house  of  Shemaiah  the  son  of  De- 
laiah  the  son  of  Mehetabeel,  who  was  shut  up ;  and  he  said,  Let  us 
meet  together  in  the  house  of  God,  within  the  temple,  and  let  us  shut 
the  doors  of  the  temple  :  for  they  will  come  to  slay  thee ;  yea,  in  the 
night  will  they  come  to  slay  thee. 

11  And  I  said,  Should  such  a  man  as  I  flee?  and  who  is  there, th^t 
being  as  I  am,  would  go  into  tho  temple  to  save  his  life  ?  I  will  not 
go  in. 

12  And,  lo,  I  perceived  that  God  had  not  sent  him  ;  but  that  he 
pronounced  this  prophecy  against  me :  for  Tobiah  and  Sanballat  had 
hired  him. 

13  Therefore  was  he  hired,  that  I  should  be  afraid,  and  do  so,  and 
sin,  and  that  they  might  have  matter  for  an  evil  report,  that  they 
might  reproach  me. 

14  My  God,  think  thou  upon  Tobiah,  and  Sanballat,  according  to 
these  their  works,  and  on  the  prophetess  Noadiah,  and  the  i-est  of  the 
prophets,  that  would  have  put  me  in  fear. 

15  ^  So  the  wall  was  finished  in  the  twenty  and  fifth  day  of  the 
month  Elul,  in  fifty  and  two  days. 

16  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  all  our  enemies  heard  thereof, 
and  all  the  heathen  that  were  about  us  saw  these  things,  they  were 
much  cast  down  in  their  own  eyes  :  for  they  perceived  that  this  work 
was  wrought  of  our  God. 

17  IT  Moreover  in  those  days  the  nobles  of  Judah  sent  many  letters 
unto  Tobiah,  and  the  letters  of  Tobiah  came  unto  them. 

18  For  there  ivere  many  in  Judah  sworn  unto  him,  because  he 
was  the  son-in-law  of  Shechaniah  the  son  of  Arab  ;  and  his  son  Jo- 
hanan  had  taken  the  daughter  of  Meshullam  the  son  of  Berechiah. 

19  Also  they  reported  his  good  deeds  before  me,  and  uttered  my 
words  to  him.     And  Tobiah  sent  letters  to  put  me  in  fear. 

NEHEMIAH,    VII. 

JVehemiah  committeth  the  charge  of  Jerusalem  to  Hanani  and  Ha- 
naniah.  A  register  of  the  genealogy  of  them  which  came  at  the 
first  out  of  Babylon,  of  the  people,  of  the  priests,  of  the  Levites, 
of  the  jYethinims,  fyc. 

1  Now  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  wall  was  built,  and  I  had  set  up 
the  doors,  and  the  porters,  and  the  singers,  and  the  Levites  were  ap- 
pointed, 

2  That  I  gave  my  brother  Hanani,  and  Hananiah  the  ruler  of  the 
palace,  charge  over  Jerusalem :  (for  he  ivas  a  faithful  man,  and  fear- 
ed God  above  many  :) 

.3  And  I  Slid  unto  them.  Let  not  the  gates  of  Jerusalem  be  opened 
until  the  sun  be  hot ;  and,  while  they  stand  by,  let  them  shut  the 
doors,  and  bar  them:  and  appoint  watches  of  the  inhabitants  of  Jeru- 
salem, every  one  in  his  watch,  and  every  one  to  he  over  against  his 
house. 

4  Now  the  city  loas  large  and  great :  but  the  people  were  few 
therein,  and  the  houses  were  not  builded. 


Neliemiali.  453 

70  U  And  some  of  the  cliief  of  the  fathers  gave  unto  the  work. 
The  Tirshatha  gave  to  the  treasure  a  thousand  drams  of  gold,  fifty- 
basons,  five  hundred  and  thirty  priests'  garments. 

71  And  soine  of  the  chief  of  the  fathers  gave  to  the  treasure  of  the 
work  twenty  thousand  drams  of  gold,  and  two  thousand  and  two  hun- 
dred pounds  of  silver. 

72  And  that  which  the  rest  of  the  people  gave  was  twenty  thou- 
sand drams  of  gold,  and  two  thousand  pounds  of  silver,  and  threescore 
and  seven  priests'  garments. 

73  So  the  priests,  and  the  Leviles,  and  the  porters,  and  the  singers, 
and  some  of  the  people,  and  the  Nethinims,  and  all  Israel,  dwelt  in 
their  cities  ;  and  when  the  seventh  month  came,  the  children  of 
Israel  were  in  their  cities. 


NEHEMIAH,    VIII. 

The  religious  manner  of  reading  and  hearing  the  law. 

1  And  all  the  people  gathered  themselves  together  a3  one  man  into 
the  street  that  was  before  the  water  gate  ;  and  they  spake  unto  Ezra 
the  scribe  to  bring  the  book  of  the  law  of  Moses,  which  the  Lorb 
had  commanded  to  Israel. 

2  And  Ezra  the  priest  brought  the  law  before  the  congregation 
both  of  men  and  women,  and  all  that  could  hear  with  understanding, 
upon  the  first  day  of  the  seventh  month. 

3  And  he  read  therein  before  the  street  that  was  before  the  water 
gate,  from  the  morning  until  midday,  before  the  men  and  the  women, 
and  those  that  could  understand ;  and  the  ears  of  all  the  people  were 
attentive  unto  the  book  of  the  law. 

4  And  Ezra  the  scribe  stood  upon  a  pulpit  of  wood,  which  they 
had  made  for  the  purpose  ;  and  beside  him  stood  Mattithiah,  and 
Shema,  and  Anaiah,  and  Urijah,  and  Hilkiah,  and  Maaseiah,  on  his 
right  hand;  and  on  his  left  hand,  Pedaiah,  and  Mishael,  and  Mal- 
chiah,  and  Hashum,  and  Hashbadana,  Zechariah,  and  Meshullam. 

5  And  Ezra  opened  the  book  in  the  sight  of  all  the  people;  (for  he 
was  above  all  the  people  ;)  and  when  he  opened  it,  all  the  people 
stood  up : 

6  And  Ezra  blessed  the  Lord,  the  great  God.  And  all  the  people 
answered,  Amen,  Amen,  with  lifting  up  their  hands  :  and  they  bowed 
their  heads,  and  worshipped  the  Lord  with  their  faces  to  the  ground. 

7  Also  Jeshua,  and  Bani,  and  Sherebiah,  Jamin,  Akkub,  Shabbe- 
thai,  Hodijah,  Maaseiah,  Kelita,  Azariah,  Jozabad,  Hanan,  Pelciiah. 
and  the  Levites,  caused  the  people  to  understand  the  law  :  and  the 
people  stood  in  their  place. 

8  So  they  read  in  the  book  in  the  law  of  God  distinctly,  and  gave 
the  sense,  and  caused  them  to  understand  the  reading. 

9  \\  And  Nehemiah,  which  is  the  Tirshatha,  and  Ezra  the  priest  the 
scribe,  and  the  Levites  that  taught  the  people  said  unto  all  the  people. 
This  day  is  holy  unto  the  Lord  your  God ;  mourn  not,  nor  weep. 
For  all  the  people  wept,  when  they  heard  the  words  of  the  law. 

10  Then  he  said  unto  tfeem,  Go  your  way,  eat  the  fat,  and  drink 
the  sweet,  and  send  portions  unto  them  for  whom  nothing  is  prepar- 
ed :  for  this  day  is  holy  unto  our  I^ord  :  neither  be  ye  sorry ;  for 
the  joy  of  the  Lord  is  your  strength. 

38 


454  Nehemiah. 

11  So  the  Levites  stilled  all  the  people,  saying,  Hold  your  peace, 
tor  the  day  is  holy  ;  neither  be  ye  grieved. 

12  And  all  the  people  went  their  way  to  eat  and  to  drink,  and  to 
send  portions,  and  to  make  great  mirth,  because  they  had  understood 
the  words  that  were  declared  unto  them. 

13  H  And  on  the  second  day  were  gathered  together  the  chief  of 
the  fathers  of  all  the  people,  the  priests  and  the  Levites,  unto  Ezra 
the  scribe,  even  to  understand  the  words  of  the  law. 

14  And  they  found  written  in  the  law,  which  the  Lord  had  com- 
manded by  Moses,  that  the  children  of  Israel  should  dwell  in  booths 
in  the  feast  of  the  seventh  month  : 

15  And  that  they  should  publish  and  proclaim  in  all  their  cities, 
and  in  Jerusalem,  saying.  Go  forth  unto  the  mount,  and  fetch  olive- 
branches,  and  pine-branches,  and  myrtle-branches,  and  palm-branch- 
es, and  branches  of  thick  trees,  to  make  booths,  as  it  is  written. 

16  H  So  the  people  went  forth,  and  brought  them,  and  made  them- 
selves booths,  every  one  upon  the  roof  of  his  house,  and  in  their 
courts,  and  in  the  courts  of  the  house  of  God,  and  in  the  street  of  the 
water  gate,  and  in  the  street  of  the  gate  of  Ephraim. 

17  And  all  the  congregation  of  them  that  were  come  again  out  of 
the  captivity  made  booths,  and  sat  under  the  booths  ;  for  since  the 
days  of  Jeshua  the  son  of  Nun  unto  that  day,  had  not  the  children  of 
Israel  done  so.     And  there  was  very  great  gladness. 

18  Also  day  by  day,  from  the  first  day  unto  the  last  day,  he  read 
in  the  book  of  the  law  of  God  ;  and  they  kept  the  feast  seven  days, 
and  on  the  eighth  day  was  a  solemn  assembly,  according  unto  the 
manner. 

NEHEMIAH,  IX. 

^  solemn  fast,  and  repentance  of  the  people.     The  Levites  confess 
God's  goodness,  and  their  oivn  wickedness. 

1  Now  in  the  twenty  and  fourth  day  of  this  month,  the  children  of 
Israel  were  assembled  with  fasting,  and  with  sackclothes,  and  earth 
upon  them.    • 

2  And  the  seed  of  Israel  separated  themselves  from  all  strangers, 
and  stood  and  confessed  their  sins,  and  the  iniquities  of  their  fathers. 

3  And  they  stood  up  in  their  place,  and  re^d  in  the  book  of  the  law 
of  the  Lord  their  God,  07ie  fourth  part  of  the  day  ;  and  another 
fourth  part  they  confessed,  and  worshipped  the  Lord  their  God, 

4  IT  Then  stood  up  upon  the  stairs,  of  the  Levites,  Jesliua,  and  Bani, 
Kadmiel,  Shebaniah,  Bunni,  Shcrebiah,  Bani,  and  Chenani,  and 
cried  with  a  loud  voice  unto  the  Lord  their  God. 

5  Then  the  Levites,  Jeshua,  and  Kadmiel,  Bani,  Hashabniah, 
Sherebiah,  Hodijah,  Shebaniah,  and  Pethahiah,  said,  Stand  up  and 
bless  the  Lord  your  God  for  ever  and  ever:  and  blessed  be  thy 
glorious  name,  which  is  exalted  above  all  blessing  and  praise. 

6  Thou,  eve?i  thou,  art  Lord  alone  ;  thou  hast  made  heaven,  the 
heaven  of  heavens,  with  all  their  host,  the  earth,  and  all  things  that 
are  therein,  the  seas,  and  all  that  is  therein,  and  thou  preservest  them 
all  ;  and  the  host  of  heaven  worshippeth  thee. 

7  Thou  art  the  Lord  the  God,  who  didst  choose  Abram,  and 
broughtest  him  forth  out  of  Ur  of  the  Chaldees,  and  gavest  him  the 
name  of  Abrahajn : 


Nehemiali.  455 

8  And  foundest  his  heart  faithful  before  thee,  and  madest  a  cove- 
nant with  him,  to  give  the  land  of  the  Canaanites,  the  Hittites,  the 
Amorites,  and  the  Perizzites,  and  the  Jebusites,  and  the  Girgashites, 
to  give  it,  I  say,  to  his  seed,  and  hast  performed  thy  words  ;  for  thou 
art  righteous  : 

9  And  didst  see  the  affliction  of  our  fathers  in  Egypt,  and  heardest 
their  cry  by  the  Red  sea  : 

10  And  shewedst  signs  and  wonders  upon  Pharaoh,  and  on  all  his 
servants,  and  on  all  the  people  of  his  land ;  for  thou  knewest  that 
they  dealt  proudly  against  them :  so  didst  thou  get  thee  a  name,  as 
it  is  this  day. 

11  And  thou  didst  divide  the  sea  before  them,  so  that  they  went 
through  the  midst  of  the  sea  on  the  dry  land  ;  and  their  persecutors 
thou  threwest  into  the  deeps,  as  a  stone  into  the  mighty  waters. 

12  Moreover,  thou  leddest  them  in  the  day  by  a  cloudy  pillar,  and 
and  in  the  night  by  a  pillar  of  lire,  to  give  them  light  in  the  way 
wherein  they  should  go. 

13  Thou  earnest  down  also  upon  mount  Sinai,  and  spakest  with 
them  from  heaven,  and  gavest  them  right  judgments  and  true  laws, 
good  statutes  and  commandments  : 

14  And  madest  known  unto  them  thy  holy  sabbath,  and  com- 
mandest  them  precepts,  statutes  and  laws,  by  the  hand  of  Moses  thy 
servant : 

15  And  gavest  them  bread  from  heaven  for  their  hunger,  and 
broughtest  forth  water  for  them  out  of  the  rock  for  their  thirst,  and 
promisedst  them  that  they  should  go  in  to  possess  the  land  which  thou 
hadst  sworn  to  give  them. 

16  But  they  and  our  fathers  dealt  proudly,  and  hardened  their 
necks,  and  hearkened  not  to  thy  commandments, 

17  And  refused  to  obey,  neither  were  mindful  of  thy  wonders  that 
thou  didst  among  them  ;  but  hardened  their  necks,  and  in  their 
rebellion  appointed  a  captain  to  return  to  their  bondage  :  but  thou  art 
a  God  ready  to  pardon,  gracious  and  merciful,  slow  to  anger,  and  of 
great  kindness,  and  forsookest  them  not. 

18  Yea,  when  they  had  made  them  a  molten  calf,  and  said.  This  is 
thy  god  that  brought  thee  up  out  of  Egypt,  and  had  wrought  great 
provocations ; 

19  Yet  thou,  in  thy  manifold  mercies,  forsookest  them  not  in  the 
wilderness :  the  pillar  of  the  cloud  departed  not  from  them  by  day, 
to  lead  them  in  the  way  ;  neither  the  pillar  of  fire  by  night,  to  shew 
them  light,  and  the  way  wherein  they  should  go. 

20  Thou  gavest  also  thy  good  Spirit  to  instruct  them,  and  with- 
heldest  not  thy  manna  from  their  mouth,  and  gavest  them  water  for 
their  thirst. 

21  Yea,  forty  years  didst  thou  sustain  them  in  the  wilderness,  so 
that  they  lacked  nothing  :  their  clothes  waxed  not  old,  and  their  feet 
swelled  not. 

22  Moreover,  thou  gavest  them  kingdoms  and  nations,  and  didst 
divide  them  into  corners :  so  they  possessed  the  land  of  Sihon,  and 
the  land  of  the  king  of  Heshbon,  and  the  land  of  Og  king  of  Bashan. 

23  Their  children  also  multipliedst  thou  as  the  stars  of  heaven,  and 
broughtest  them  into  the  land,  concerning  which  thou  hadst  promis- 
ed to  their  fathers,  that  they  should  go  in  to  possess  it. 


456  Nehemiah. 

24  So  the  children  went  in  and  possessed  the  land,  and  thou  sub- 
duedst  before  them  the  inhabitants  of  the  land,  the  Canaanites,  and 
gavest  them  into  their  hands,  with  their  kings,  and  the  people  of  the 
land,  that  they  might  do  with  them  as  they  would. 

25  And  they  took  strong  cities,  and  a  fat  land,  and  possessed  houses 
full  of  all  goods,  wells  digged,  vineyards,  and  olive-yards,  and  fruit- 
trees  in  abundance  :  so  they  did  eat,  and  were  filled,  and  became  fat, 
and  delighted  themselves  in  thy  great  goodness. 

26  Nevertheless,  they  were  disobedient,  and  rebelled  against  thee, 
and  cast  thy  law  behind  their  backs,  and  slew  thy  prophets,  which 
testified  against  them  to  turn  them  to  thee  ;  and  they  wrought  great 
provocations. 

27  Therefore  thou  deliveredstthem  into  the  hand  of  their  enemies, 
who  vexed  them:  and  in  the  time  of  their  trouble,  when  they  cried 
unto  thee,  thou  heardest  them  from  heaven ;  and,  according  to  thy 
manifold  mercies,  thou  gavest  them  saviours,  who  saved  them  out  of 
the  hand  of  their  enemies. 

28  But  after  they  had  rest,  they  did  evil  again  before  thee :  there- 
fore Icftest  thou  them  in  the  hand  of  their  enemies,  so  that  they  had 
the  dominion  over  them  :  yet  when  they  returned,  and  cried  unto 
thee,  thou  heardest  them  from  heaven,  and  many  times  didst  thou 
deliver  them,  according  to  thy  mercies ; 

29  And  testitiedst  against  them,  that  thou  mightest  bring  them 
again  unto  thy  law  ;  yet  they  dealt  proudly,  and  hearkened  not  unto 
thy  commandments,  but  sinned  against  thy  judgments,  (which  if  a 
man  do,  he  shall  live  in  them,)  and  withdrew  the  shoulder,  and 
hardened  their  neck,  and  would  not  hear  : 

SO  Yet  many  years  didst  thou  forbear  them,  and  testifiedst  against 
them  by  thy  Spirit  in  thy  prophets  ;  yet  would  they  not  give  ear  : 
therefore  gavest  thou  them  into  the  hand  of  the  people  of  the  lands. 

31  Nevertheless,  for  thy  great  mercies'  sake  thou  didst  not  utterly 
consume  them,  nor  forsake  them  ;  for  thou  art  a  gracious  and  merci- 
ful God. 

32  Now  therefore,  our  God,  the  great,  the  mighty,  and  the  terrible 
God,  who  keepest  covenant  and  mere}',  let  not  all  the  trouble  seem 
little  before  thee,  that  hath  come  upon  us,  on  our  kings,  on  our 
princes,  and  on  our  priests,  and  on  our  prophets,  and  on  our  fathers, 
and  on  all  thy  people,  since  the  time  of  the  kings  of  Assyria  unto  this 
day. 

33  Hovvbeit  thou  art  just  in  all  that  is  brought  upon  us  ;  for  thou 
hast  done  right,  but  we  have  done  wickedly  : 

34  Neither  have  our  kings,  our  princes,  our  priests,  nor  our  fathers, 
kept  thy  law,  nor  hearkened  unto  thy  commandments,  and  thy  testi- 
monies, wherewith  thou  didst  testify  against  them. 

35  For  they  have  not  served  thee  in  their  kingdom,  and  in  thy 
great  goodness  that  thou  gavest  them,  and  in  the  large  and  fat  land 
which  thou  gavest  before  them,  neither  turned  they  from  their  wick- 
ed works. 

36  Behold,  we  are  servants  this  day  ;  and  for  the  land  that  thou 
gavest  unto  our  fathers,  to  eat  the  fruit  thereot,  and  the  good  thereof, 
behold,  we  are  servants  in  it : 

37  And  it  yieldeth  much  increa&e  unto  the  kings  whom  thou  hast 
set  over  us  because  of  our  sins  :  also  they  have  dominion  over  our 


Nehemiah.  457 

bodies,  and  over  our  cattle,  at  their  pleasure,  and  we  are  in  great 
distress. 

38  And  because  of  all  this,  we  make  a  sure  covenant,  and  write  it  ; 
and  our  princes,  Levites,  and  priests,  seal  wito  it. 

A'EHEMIAH,    X. 

28  IT  And  the  rest  of  the  people,  the  priests,  the  Levites,  the  por- 
ters, the  singers,  the  Nethinims,  and  all  they  that  had  separated 
themselves  from  the  people  of  the  lands  unto  the  law  of  God ;  their 
%vives,  their  sons,  and  their  daughters,  every  one  having  knowledge, 
and  having  understanding ; 

29  They  clave  to  their  brethren,  their  nobles,  and  entered  into  a 
curse,  and  into  an  oath,  to  walk  in  God's  law,  which  was  given  by 
Moses,  the  servant  of  God,  and  to  observe  and  do  all  the  command- 
ments of  the  Lord  our  Lord,  and  his  judgments,  and  his  statutes  ; 

30  And  that  we  would  not  give  our  daughters  unto  the  people  of 
the  land,  nor  take  their  danorhters  for  our  sons  : 

31  And  ?/the  people  of  the  land  bring  ware  or  any  victuals  on  the 
sabbath-day  to  sell,  that  we  would  not  buy  it  of  them  on  the  sabbath, 
or  on  the  holy-day  ;  and  that  we  would  leave  the  seventh  year,  and 
the  exaction  of  every  debt. 

32  Also  we  made  ordinances  for  us,  to  charge  ourselves  yearly 
with  the  third  part  of  a  shekel,  for  the  service  of  the  house  of  ouV 
God  ; 

33  For  the  shew-bread,  and  for  the  continual  meat-offering,  and 
for  the  continual  burnt-offering,  of  the  sibbaths,  of  the  new-moons, 
for  the  set  feasts,  and  for  the  holy  things,  and  for  the  sin-offerings,' 
to  make  an  atonement  for  Israel,  and/c;r  all  the  work  of  the  house  of 
our  God. 

34  And  we  cast  the  lots  among  the  priests,  the  Levites,  and  the 
people,  for  the  wood-offering,  to  bring  it  into  the  house  of  our  God, 
after  the  houses  of  our  fathers,  at  times  appointed,  year  by  year,  to 
burn  upon  the  altar  of  the  Lord  our  God,  as  it  is  written  in'the  law  • 

35  And  to  bring  the  first-fruits  of  our  ground,  and  the  first-fruits  of 
all  fruit  of  all  trees,  year  by  year,  unto  the  house  of  the  Lord  : 

36  Also  the  first-born  of  our  sons,  and  of  our  cattle,  (as  it  is  written 
in  the  law,)  and  the  firstlings  of  our  herds,  and  of  our  flocks,  to  bring 
to  the  hou?e  of  our  God,  unto  the  priests  that  minister  in  the  house 
of  our  God : 

37  And  that  we  should  !.>ing  the  first-fruits  of  our  douah,  and  our 
offerings,  and  the  fruit  of  all  manner  of  trees,  of  wine,  and^'of  oil,  unto 
the  priests,  to  the  chambers  of  the  house  of  our  God  ;  and  the  (ithes 
of  our  ground  unto  the  Levites,  that  the  same  Levites  might  have  the 
tithes  in  all  the  cities  of  our  tiiiaa-e. 

38  And  the  priest  the  son  o^Aaron,  shall  be  with  the  Levites 
when  the  Levites  take  tithes  :  and  the  Levites  shall  bring  up  the 
tithe  of  the  tithes  unto  the  house  of  cur  God,  to  the  chambers,  into 
the  treasure-house. 

39  For  the  children  of  Israel,  and  the  children  of  Levi,  shall  brintr 
the  offering  of  the  corn,  of  the  nev,-  wine,  and  the  oil,  unto  the  cham^ 
bers  where   are  the   vessels  of  the   sanctuary,  and  the   priests  that 

38* 


458  Nehemiah. 

minister,  and  the  porters,  and  the  singers:  and  we  will  not  forsake 
the  house  of  our  God. 

B.  C.  443.  ^'EHEMIAII,  xi. 

1  And  the  rulers  of  the  people  dwelt  at  Jerusalem  :  the  rest  of  the 
people  also  cast  lots,  to  bring  one  of  ten  to  dwell  in  Jerusalem  the 
holy  city,  and  nine  parts  to  dwell  in  other  cities. 

2  And  the  people  blessed  all  the  men  that  willingly  offered  them- 
selves to  dwell  at  Jerusalem. 

B.  C.  441.  NEHEMIAH,    XIII. 

10  H  And  I  perceived  that  the  portions  of  the  Levites  had  not  been 
given  them:  for  the  Levites  and  the  singers,  that  did  the  work,  were 
fled  every  one  to  his  iield. 

11  Then  contended  I  with  the  rulers,  and  said.  Why  is  the  house 
of  God  forsaken  ?  And  I  gathered  them  together,  and  set  them  in 
their  place. 

12  Then  brought  all  Judah  the  tithe  of  the  corn,  and  the  new 
wine,  and  the  oil,  unto  the  treasuries. 

13  And  I  made  treasurers  over  the  treasuries,  Shelemiah  the  priest, 
and  Zadok  the  scribe ;  and  of  the  Levites,  Pedaiah  ;  and  next  to  them 
was  Hanan  the  son  of  Zaccur,  the  son  of  Mattaniah  :  for  they  were 
counted  faithful ;  and  their  office  was  to  distribute  unto  their  brethren. 

14  Remember  me,  O  my  God,  concerning  this,  and  wipe  not  out 
my  good  deeds  that  I  have  done  for  the  house  of  my  God,  and  for  the 
offices  thereof. 

15  *  "il  In  those  days  saw  I  in  Judah  some  treading  wine-presses 
on  the  sabbath,  and  bringing  in  sheaves,  and  lading  asses  ;  as  also 
wine,'  grapes,  and  figs,  and  all  manner  of  burdens,  which  they 
brought  into  Jerusalem  on  the  sabbath-day:  and  I  testified  ao'amsf 
them  in  the  day  wherein  they  sold  victuals. 

16  There  dv.elt  men  of  Tyre  also  therein,  which  brought  fish,  and 
all  manner  of  ware,  and  sold  on  the  sabbath  unto  the  children  of 
Judah,  and  in  Jerusalem. 

17  Then  I  contended  with  the  nobles  of  Judah,  and  said  unto 
them,  What  evil  thing  is  this  that  ye  do,  and  profane  the  sabbath- 
day  ? 

18  Did  not  j^our  fathers  thus,  and  did  not  our  God  bring  all  this 
evil  upon  us,  and  upon  this  city?  yet  ye  bring  more  wrath  upon 
Israel  by  profaning  the  sabbath. 

19  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when  the  gates  of  Jerusalem  began  to 
be  dark  before  the  sabbath,  I  commanded  that  the  gates  should  be 
shut,  and  charged  that  they  should  not  be  opened  till  after  the  sab- 
bath :  and  some  of  my  servants  set  I  at  the  gates,  that  there  should 
no  burden  bo  brought  in  on  the  sabbath-day. 

20  So  the  merchants,  and  sellers  of  all  kind  of  ware,  lodged  with- 
out Jerusalem  once  or  twice. 

21  Then  1  testified  against  them,  and  said  unto  them.  Why  lodge 
ye  about  the  wall  ?  if  ye  do  so  again,  1  will  lay  hands  on  you.  From 
that  time  forth  came  Ihcy  no  more  on  the  sabbath. 

22  And  I  commanded  the  Levites,  that  they  should  cleanse  them- 
selves, and  that  they  should  come  and  keep  the  gates,  to  sanctify  the 

*  B.  C.  428! 


Nehemiah.     Malachi.  459 

sabbath-day.     Remember  me,  O  my  God,  concerning  this  also,  and 
spare  me  according  to  the  greatness  of  thy  mercy. 

23  IT  In  those  days  also  saw  I  Jews  that  had  married  wives  of 
Ashdod,  of  Ammon,  and  of  Moab  : 

24  And  their  children  spake  half  in  the  speech  of  Ashdod,  and 
could  not  speak  in  the  Jews'  language,  but  according  to  the  language 
of  each  people. 

25  And  1  contended  with  them,  and  cursed  them,  and  smote  cer- 
tain of  them,  and  plucked  off  their  hair,  and  made  them  swear  by 
God,  saying,  Ye  shall  not  give  your  daughters  unto  their  sons,  nor 
take  their  daughters  unto  your  sons,  or  for  yourselves. 

26  Did  not  Solomon  king  of  Israel  sin  by  these  things  ?  yet  among 
many  nations  was  there  no  king  like  him,  who  was  beloved  of  his 
God,  and  God  made  him  king  over  all  Israel:  nevertheless,  even  him 
did  outlandish  women  cause  to  sin. 

27  Shall  we  then  heaiken  unto  you  to  do  all  this  great  evil,  to 
transgress  against  our  God,  in  marrying  strange  wives  ? 

28  And  one  of  the  sons  of  Joiada,  the  son  of  Eliashib  the  high 
priest,  was  son-in-law  to  Sanballat  the  Horonite :  therefore  I  chased 
him  from  me. 

29  Remember  them,  O  my  God,  because  they  have  defiled  the 
priesthood,  and  the  covenant  of  the  priesthood,  and  of  the  Levites. 

30  Thus  cleansed  I  them  from  all  strangers,  and  appointed  the 
wards  of  the  priests  and  the  Levites,  every  one  in  his  business; 

31  And  for  the  wood-offering,  at  times  appointed,  and  for  the  first- 
fruits.     Remember  me,  0  my  God,  for  good. 

MALACHI,    I.  B.  C.  420. 

Malachi  complaineth  of  Israel's  unkindncss,  irreligion,  and  pro- 
faneness. 

1  The  burden  of  the  word  of  the  Lord  to  Israel  by  Malachi. 

2  I  have  loved  you,  saith  the  Lord  ;  Yet  ye  say.  Wherein  hast 
thou  loved  us  ?  Was  not  Esau  Jacob's  brother  .?  saith  the  Lord  : 
yet  I  loved  Jacob, 

3  And  I  hated  Esau,  and  laid  his  mountains  and  his  heritage  waste 
for  the  dragons  of  the  wilderness. 

4  Whereas  Edom  saith,  W^e  are  impoverished,  but  we  will  return 
and  build  the  desolate  places  ;  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.  They 
shall  build,  but  I  will  throw  down  ;  and  they  shall  call  them,  The 
border  of  wickedness,  and,  The  people  against  whom  the  Lord  hath 
indignation  for  ever. 

5  And  your  eyes  shall  see,  and  ye  shall  say.  The  Lord  will  be 
magnified  from  the  border  of  Israel. 

6  TF  A  son  honoreth  his  father,  and  a  servant  his  master  :  if  then  I 
be  a  father,  where  is  mine  honor  ?  and  if  I  &e  a  master,  where  is  my 
fear?  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  unto  you,  0  priests,  that  despise  my 
name.     And  ye  say,  W'herein  have  we  despised  thy  name  ? 

7  Ye  offer  polluted  bread  upon  mine  altar  ;  and  ye  say,  W^herein 
have  we  polluted  thee  .'  In  that  ye  say,  The  table  of  the  Lord  is 
contemptible. 

8  And  if  ye  offer  the  blind  for  sacrifice.  Is  it  not  evil  ?  and  if  ye 
offer  the  lame  and  sick,  Is  it  not  evil  ?  offer  it  now  unto  thy  gover- 


460  Malachi. 

nor ;  will  he  be  pleased  with  thee,  or  accept  thy  person  ?  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts. 

9  And  now,  I  pray  you,  beseech  God  that  he  will  be  gracious  unto 
us :  this  hath  been  by  your  means :  will  he  regard  your  persons  ? 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

10  Who  is  there  even  among  you  that  would  shut  the  doors  for 
nought  7  neither  do  ye  kindle  fire  on  mine  altar  for  nought.  I  have 
no  pleasure  in  you,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  neither  wiU  J.  accept  an 
offering  at  your  hand, 

11  For  from  the  rising  of  the  sun  even  unto  the  going  down  of  the 
same,  my  name  shall  he  great  among  the  Gentiles  ;  and  in  every 
place  incense  shall  he  offered  unto  my  name,  and  a  pure  offering: 
for  my  name  shall  be  great  among  the  heathen,  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts. 

12  IT  But  ye  have  profaned  it,  in  that  ye  say,  The  table  of  the 
Lord  is  polluted  ;  and  the  fruit  thereof,  even  his  meat,  is  contempti- 
ble. 

13  Ye  said  also.  Behold,  what  a  weariness  is  it!  and  ye  have 
snuffed  at  it,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  ;  and  ye  brought  that  ichich 
was  torn,  and  the  lame  and  the  sick  ;  thus  ye  brought  an  offering  : 
Should  I  accept  this  of  your  hand  ?  saith  the  Lord. 

14  But  cursed  be  the  deceiver,  which  hath  in  his  flock  a  male,  and 
voweth  and  sacrificeth  unto  the  Lord  a  corrupt  thing:  for  I  «??i  a 
great  King,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  and  my  name  is  dreadful  among 
the  heathen. 

MALACHI,    II. 

He  reproveth  the  priests  for  neglecting  their  covenant,  and  the  peo- 
ple for  idolatry,  adultery,  and  infidelity. 

1  And  now,  O  ye  priests,  this  commandment  is  for  you. 

2  If  ye  wilfnot  hear,  and  if  ye  will  not  lay  it  to  heart,  to  give 
glory  unto  my  name,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  I  will  even  send  a 
curse  upon  you,  and  I  will  curse  your  blessings:  yea,  I  have  cursed 
them  already,  because  ye  do  not  lay  it  to  heart. 

3  Behold,"  I  will  corrupt  your  seed,  and  spread  dung  upon  your 
faces,  even  the  dung  of  your  solemn  feasts  ;  and  one  shall  take  you 
away  with  it. 

4  And  ye  shall  know  that  I  have  sent  this  commandment  unto  you, 
that  my  covenant  n;ight  be  with  Levi,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

5  My  covenant  was  with  Isim  of  life  and  peace  ;  and  I  gave  them 
to  him  for  the  fear  wherewith  he  feared  me,  and  was  afraid  before 
my  name. 

6  The  law  of  truth  was  in  his  mouth,  and  iniquity  was  not  found 
in  his  lips ;  he  walked  with  me  in  peace  and  equity,  and  did  turn 
many  away  from  iniquity. 

7  For  the  priest's  lips  should  keep  knowledge,  and  they  should 
seek  the  law  at  his  mouih  :  for  he  is  the  messenger  of  the  Lord  of 
hosts. 

8  But  ye  are  departed  out  of  the  way ;  ye  have  caused  many  to 
stumble  at  the  law  ;  ye  have  corrupted  the  covenant  of  Levi,  saith 
the  Lord  of  hosts. 

9  Therefore  have  I  also  made  you  contemptible  and  base  before  all 


Malachi,  461 

the  people,  according  as  ye  have  not  kept  my  ways,  but  have  been 
partial  in  the  law. 

10  Have  we  not  all  one  father  ?  hath  not  one  God  created  us  ?  why 
do  we  deal  treacherously  every  man  against  his  brother,  by  profaning 
the  covenant  of  our  fathers  ? 

11  IT  Judah  hath  dealt  treacherously,  and  an  abomination  is  com- 
mitted in  Israel  and  in  Jerusalem  ;  for  Judah  hath  profaned  the  holi- 
ness of  the  Lord  which  he  loved,  and  hath  married  the  daughter  of 
a  strange  god. 

12  The  Lord  will  cut  off  the  man  that  doeth  this,  the  master  and 
the  scholar,  out  of  the  tabernacles  of  Jacob,  and  him  that  ofFereth  an 
offering  unto  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

-  13  And  this  have  ye  done  again,  covering  the  altar  of  the  Lord 
with  tears,  with  weeping,  and  with  crying  out,  insomuch  that  he 
regardeth  not  the  offering  any  more,  or  receiveth  it  with  good  will  at 
your  hand. 

14  IT  Yet  ye  say,  Wherefore  ?  Because  the  Lord  hath  been 
witness  between  thee  and  the  wife  of  thy  youth,  against  whom  thou 
hast  dealt  treacherously  :  yet  is  she  thy  companion,  and  the  wife  of 
thy  covenant. 

15  And  did  not  he  make  one  ?  Yet  had  he  the  residue  of  the 
spirit.  And  wherefore  one  ?  That  he  might  seek  a  godly  seed. 
Therefore  take  heed  to  your  spirit,  and  let  none  deal  treacherously 
against  the  wife  of  his  youth. 

16  For  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Israel,  saith,  that  he  hateth  putting 
away  :  for  one  covereth  violence  with  his  garment,  saith  the  Lord 
of  hosts  ;  therefore  take  heed  to  your  spirit,  that  ye  deal  not  treach- 
erously. 

17  11  Ye  have  wearied  the  Lord  with  your  words :  yet  ye  say, 
Wherein  have  we  wearied  him  ?  When  ye  say.  Every  one  that  doeth 
evil  is  good  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  and  he  delighteth  in  them ;  or. 
Where  is  the  God  of  judgment  ? 

MALACHI,    III. 

Of  the  messenger,  majesty,  and  grace,  of  Christ.  Of  the  rebellion, 
sacrilege,  and  infidelity  of  the  people.  The  promise  of  blessing 
to  them  that  fear  God. 

1  Behold,  I  will  send  my  messenger,  and  he  shall  prepare  the 
way  before  me  :  and  the  Lord,  whom  ye  seek,  shall  suddenly  come 
to  his  temple,  even  the  messenger  of  the  covenant,  whom  ye  delight 
in  :  behold,  he  shall  come,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

2  But  who  may  abide  the  day  of  his  coming .'  and  who  shall  stand 
when  he  appeareth  ?  for  he  is  like  a  refiner's  fire,  and  like  fullers' 
soap  : 

3  And  he  shall  sit  as  a  refiner  and  purifier  of  silver :  and  he  shall 
purify  the  sons  of  Levi,  and  purge  them  as  gold  and  silver,  that  they 
may  offer  unto  the  Lord  an  offering  in  righteousness. 

4  Then  shall  the  offering  of  Judah  and  Jerusalem  be  pleasant  unto 
the  Lord,  as  in  the  days  of  old,  and  as  in  former  years. 

5  And  I  will  come  near  to  you  to  judgment ;  and  I  will  be  a  swift 
witness  against  the  sorcerers,  and  against  the  adulterers,  and  against 
false  swearers,  and  against  those  that  oppress  the  hireling  in  his 


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wages,  the  widow,  and  the  fatherless,  and  that  turn  aside  the  stranger 
from  his  right,  and  fear  not  me,  salth  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

6  For  I  am  the  Lord,  1  change  not;  therefore  ye  sons  of  Jacob 
are  not  consumed. 

7  IT  Even  from  the  days  of  your  fathers  ye  are  gone  away  from 
mine  ordinances,  and  have  not  kept  them.  Return  unto  me,  and  I 
will  return  unto  you,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.  But  ye  said.  Wherein 
shall  we  return  ? 

8  H  Will  a  man  rob  God  ?  yet  ye  have  robbed  me.  But  ye  say, 
Wherein  have  we  robbed  thee  ?     In  tithes  and  offerings. 

9  Ye  are  cursed  with  a  curse :  for  ye  have  robbed  me,  even  this 
whole  nation. 

10  Bring  ye  all  the  tithes  into  the  store-house,  that  there  may  be 
meat  in  mine  house,  and  prove  me  now  herewith,  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts,  if  I  will  not  open  you  the  windows  of  heaven,  and  pour  you 
out  a  blessing,  that  there  shall  not  be  roo)n  enough  to  receive  it. 

11  And  I  will  rebuke  the  devourer  for  your  sakes,  and  he  shall  not 
destroy  the  fruits  of  your  ground ;  neither  shall  your  vine  cast  her 
fruit  before  the  time  in  the  field,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

12  And  all  nations  shall  call  you  blessed  :  for  ye  shall  be  a  delight- 
some land,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

13  IT  Your  words  have  been  stout  against  me,  saith  the  Lord  :  yet 
ye  say.  What  have  we  spoken  so  much  against  thee  ? 

14  Ye  have  said,  It  is  vain  to  serve  God ;  and  what  profit  is  it 
that  we  have  kept  his  ordinance,  and  that  we  have  walked  mourn- 
fully before  the  Lord  of  hosts  ? 

15  And  now  we  call  the  proud  happy  :  yea,  they  that  work  wick- 
edness are  set  up  ;  yea,  they  that  tempt  God  are  even  delivered. 

16  H  Then  they  that  feared  the  Lord  spake  often  one  to  another; 
and  the  Lord  hearkened,  and  heard  it :  and  a  book  of  remembrance 
was  written  before  him  for  them  that  feared  the  Lord,  and  that 
thought  upon  his  name. 

17  And  they  shall  be  mine,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  in  that  day 
when  I  make  up  my  jewels;  and  I  will  spare  them,  as  a  man  spareth 
his  own  son  that  serveth  him. 

18  Then  shall  ye  return,  and  discern  between  the  righteous  and 
the  wicked  ;  between  him  that  serveth  God  and  him  that  serveth  him 
not. 

MALACHI,    IV. 

God's  judgment  on  the  wicked,  and  his  Messing  on  the  good :  he 
telleth  of  Elijah's  coming. 

1  For,  behold,  the  day  cometh  that  shall  burn  as  an  oven  ;  and  all 
the  proud,  yea,  and  all  that  do  wickedly,  shall  be  stubble  :  and  the 
day  that  cometh  shall  burn  them  up  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  that  it 
shall  leave  them  neither  root  nor  branch. 

2  H  But  unto  you  that  fear  my  name  shall  the  Sun  of  righteousness 
arise  with  healing  in  his  wings ;  and  ye  shall  go  forth,  and  grow  up 
as  calves  of  the  stall. 

3  And  ye  shall  tread  down  the  wicked  ;  for  they  shall  be  ashes 
under  the  soles  of  your  feet,  in  the  day  that  I  shall  do  this,  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts. 


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4  TF  Remember  ye  the  law  of  Moses  my  servant,  which  I  com- 
manded unto  him  in  Horeb  for  all  Israel,  with  the  statutes  and  judg- 
ments. 

5  TT  Behold,  I  will  send  you  Elijah  the  prophet  before  the  coming 
of  the  great  and  dreadful  day  of  the  Lord  : 

6  And  he  shall  turn  the  heart  of  the  fathers  to  the  children,  and 
the  heart  of  the  children  to  their  fathers,  lest  I  come  and  smite  the 
earth  with  a  curse. 


